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05Oct/16

Molecular machines drive Nobel chemistry prize

October 5, 2016ScienceBen Feringa, Bernard L. Feringa, Chemistry, Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fraser Stoddart, James Fraser Stoddart, Jean, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Mana Rabiee, Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Molecular machine, molecular machinery, Molecular machines, Nanotechnology, Natural sciences, Netherlands, Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Physical sciences, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sauvage, Science and technology, Supramolecular chemistrysmbale

The 2016 Nobel prize in chemistry goes to a trio of European scientists for developing groundbreaking ‘molecular machines’ that the selection committee says are as exciting as the electric motor was in the 1830s. Mana Rabiee reports.
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13Apr/15

Smart fabric generates electricity

April 13, 2015InnovationAmbient intelligence, electricity, Electromagnetism, Electrostatics, Engines, Environment, Force, Kim Sang, Kim Sang-Woo, Microtechnology, Nanoelectronics, Nanogenerator, Nanotechnology, Physics, PROFESSOR AT SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY, South Korea, Static electricity, SUWON, Technology/Internet, Triboelectric effect, Wearable technology, Woosmbale

SUWON, SOUTH KOREA (REUTERS/SUNGYUNGKWAN UNIVERSITY)- Wearable technology is said to be the future.

But how to keep devices charged could be a problem.

Now South Korean researchers say they have a solution – a ‘smart’ fabric that generates electricity.
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