Each of the single-molecule, 244-atom submersibles built in the Rice lab of chemist James Tour has a motor powered by ultraviolet light. With each full revolution, the motor’s tail-like prop... Read more
Titanium dioxide is really rather useful Last week that giant multinational of aluminum production Alcoa announced its new “smog-eating” architectural panels – in other wor... Read more
The kids at Philips have just announced something called InstantTrust, a UV water purification system that heralds “the first time water can be disinfected instantly, efficiently and i... Read more
Thinking about the sun leads to device that could help in hospitals, high-traffic areas When Grant Edwards sees a heap of roller-skate wheels, a towel ring and a singing-toothbrush battery,... Read more
Chemical engineers at Oregon State University have invented a new technology to deposit “nanostructure films” on various surfaces, which may first find use as coatings for eyegla... Read more