All Articles Tagged As: storage

Hydrogen storage in nanoparticles works (4/1/2008)

30 nanometre particles of the metal hydride sodium alanate make the favourable extraction and storage of hydrogen possible ...> Full Article

Rounding up gases, nano style (2/3/2008)

Chemists unveil new process for capturing and storing gas. Potential spin-offs include improvements to greenhouse gas management and fuel cell development. ...> Full Article

Nanowire battery holds 10 times the charge of existing ones (12/20/2007)

Researchers have found a way to use silicon nanowires to reinvent the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that power laptops, iPods, video cameras, cell phones, and countless other devices. ...> Full Article

Combining scaffold ingredients yields surprising nanoporous structure (12/13/2007)

With a novel twist on existing techniques used to create porous crystals, University of Michigan researchers have developed a new, high-capacity material that may be useful in storing hydrogen, methane and carbon dioxide. ...> Full Article

Researchers outline structure of largest nonvirus particle ever crystallized (11/27/2007)

Findings will make it easier to engineer nanoparticle containers for use in targeted drug therapy ...> Full Article

Pioneering research seeks to harness force of nature (11/15/2007)

A pioneering team from the University of Leicester is seeking to harness a force of nature- only measured accurately a decade ago - to help develop the technology of tomorrow. ...> Full Article

Self-assembling 'magnetic snakes' point to new electronic devices (10/4/2007)

"Magnetic snakes" with unique dynamic and magnetic properties that may usher in new generations of recording media, conductors and microfluidic devices have been created by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. ...> Full Article

Beyond Batteries: Storing Power in a Sheet of Paper (8/13/2007)

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new energy storage device that easily could be mistaken for a simple sheet of black paper. ...> Full Article