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Produces palladium-like alloys
New technology

Produces palladium-like alloys

Researchers in Japan have created an alloy with properties similar to palladium, a precious metal used in many high-tech products.

December 11, 2018
Carbon bullets, radiation
New technology

Carbon bullets, radiation

Chinese scientists have created a super-strong, superconducting carbon fiber fabric that can be used to make astronauts' clothing, bulletproof and anti-radiation.

December 11, 2018
Light bending material
New technology

Light bending material

Recently, American scientists have discovered the opposite, light can bend matter.

December 11, 2018
Carbon nanotube can generate large currents
New technology

Carbon nanotube can generate large currents

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered a new way to generate electricity: using carbon nanotubes to generate electricity.

December 11, 2018
High performance nanofibers
New technology

High performance nanofibers

RTI has developed an intelligent light bulb with nanofibres, saving energy five times that of conventional lamps.

December 11, 2018
Clothes into solar cells
New technology

Clothes into solar cells

GS Research Team. Yi Cui, of Stanford University, has successfully put carbon nanotubes (one billionths of a meter) into a dye.

December 11, 2018