Posts Tagged ‘glass’
Glass slivers conduct current at the nanoscale
U. MICHIGAN (US)—On a very small scale, physics can get a little peculiar. Biomedical engineers have discovered such a nanoscale phenomenon and think it could lead to faster, less expensive portable diagnostic devices. Continue…
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How do you turn protein into glass?
DUKE (US)—Researchers have devised a method to dry and preserve proteins in a glassified form that seems to retain the molecules’ properties as workhorses of biology. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 23, 2009 4:00 - 1 Comment
Watching glass age in slow motion
U. PENN (US)–Despite thousands of years of household and industrial use, certain aspects of glasses have perplexed physicists. Now researchers have found new clues to why the dynamics of glasses get slower and more sluggish as they age. (more…)
