Twinkle, Twinkle, Nanostar ...

Twinkle, Twinkle, Nanostar ...

Purdue University researchers have created magnetically responsive gold nanostars that gyrate when exposed to a rotating magnetic field and can scatter light to produce a pulsating or "twinkling"…
Sun Power For Soldiers

Sun Power For Soldiers

'Sun power for soldiers' sounds like aging hipsters have taken over the military, right?   No, this is still manly; a special "conductive ink" that can be used to make printed organic…
Tires From Trees?  Yep

Tires From Trees? Yep

Don't get Michael Schumacher or Jeff Gordon on the phone yet but we could one day be driving on tires made from trees. Wood science researchers at Oregon State University say they could cost less,…