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Flexible Glass for Brighter, Lighter Displays
  Fri, 28 May 2010 04:00:00 GMT
  Electronics printed on flexible glass could challenge LCDs in many devices.
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Room-Temperature Microlasers
  Thu, 06 May 2010 04:00:00 GMT
  A thin layer of glass makes "sub-wavelength" lasers more practical.


Getting Arsenic Out of Water
  Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT
  IBM is developing a membrane that is more effective at ridding drinking water of arsenic contaminants.
First Acoustic Superlens
  Thu, 28 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT
  An ultrasound lens could be used for high-resolution clinical imaging.


Print-on-Demand Power
  Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT
  Flexible carbon-nanotube supercapacitors could give more power to cell phones and other electronics.
Unzipping Graphene's Potential
  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:00:00 GMT
  Slicing open carbon nanotubes could lead to much faster electronic components.

Growing Nanotube Forests
  Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT
  Carefully grown carbon-nanotube arrays could be the basis of new energy-storage devices and chip-cooling systems.
A New Route to Terabit Memory
  Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:00:00 GMT
  Polymers that arrange into nanostructures could store terabits on a square inch.
Graphene for the Green Grid
  Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT
  Ultracapacitors that store more could help the grid run smoothly.


Color Quantum-Dot Displays
  Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT
  A new way to print quantum dots could lead to brighter, more power-efficient displays.

Carbon-Nanotube Thread
  Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT
  Fabrics woven from highly conductive, nanotube-coated cotton are wearable biosensors.

Making Materials Untouchable
  Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT
  New designs for materials that repel all liquids.
Black Silicon
  Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT
  A new type of silicon promises cheaper, more-sensitive light detectors.

Water-Repelling Metals
  Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT
  New metals will keep engines and turbines dry and ice-free.
Sticky Nanotape
  Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT
  Carbon-nanotube adhesive outperforms gecko feet and could aid climbing robots.
Flexible Silicon Solar Cells
  Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT
  Thin but efficient solar cells use one-tenth the silicon of conventional cells.

Nanotubes on the Brain
  Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT
  Neural implants could benefit from coated electrodes.
Nano Carrier Targets Cell Sites
  Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT
  Researchers find a new way to precisely target cancer drugs.
Nanonets Snare Energy
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT
  A new material could cheaply convert sunlight into hydrogen.
Tiny Drug Transporters
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT
  Carbon nanotubes could reduce side effects from cancer treatment.