Year: 2013
Organic polymers show sunny potential
Researchers at Rice and Pennsylvania State universities have created solar cells based on block copolymers, self-assembling organic materials that arrange…
Diamonds, nanotubes find common ground in graphene
Rice University and the Honda Research Institute use single-layer graphene to grow forests of nanotubes on virtually anything. The image…
Clouds in the head
A new model of the brain's thought processes explains the apparently chaotic activity patterns of individual neurons. They do not…
PRINCIPLES OF ANT LOCOMOTION COULD HELP FUTURE ROBOT TEAMS WORK UNDERGROUND
Georgia Tech researchers (l-r) Daniel Goldman and Michael Goodisman pose with a tube containing simulated soil used to study tunnels…
RNA WAS CAPABLE OF CATALYZING ELECTRON TRANSFER ON EARLY EARTH WITH IRON’S HELP, STUDY SHOWS
Georgia Tech School of Chemistry and Biochemistry postdoctoral fellow Chiaolong Hsiao (left) and professor Loren Williams examine on a light…
New blood-thinner measures may cut medication errors
Georgia Tech School of Chemistry and Biochemistry postdoctoral fellow Chiaolong Hsiao (left) and professor Loren Williams examine on a light…
Study: Bladder cancer could reoccur despite bladder removal
Patients with advanced bladder cancers that are surgically removed might need additional therapy to prevent recurrence in certain situations, a…
One Bad Gene: Mutation that Causes Rare Sleep Disorder Linked to Migraines
A gene mutation associated with a rare sleep disorder surprisingly also contributes to debilitating migraines, a new study led…