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Getting Arsenic Out of Water: By Katherine Bourzac
Monday, June 01, 2009; IBM is developing a membrane that is more effective at ridding drinking water of arsenic contaminants.

First Acoustic Superlens: By Katherine Bourzac | 05/28/2009 | 5 Comments; An ultrasound lens could be used for high-resolution clinical imaging.

Print-on-Demand Power: By Katherine Bourzac | 04/27/2009 | 5 Comments; Flexible carbon-nanotube supercapacitors could give more power to cell phones and other electronics.

Unzipping Graphene's Potential: By Katherine Bourzac | 04/15/2009; Slicing open carbon nanotubes could lead to much faster electronic components.

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Growing Nanotube Forests: By Katherine Bourzac; Carefully grown carbon-nanotube arrays could be the basis of new energy-storage devices and chip-cooling systems.

A New Route to Terabit Memory: By Prachi Patel | 02/20/2009; Polymers that arrange into nanostructures could store terabits on a square inch.

Graphene for the Green Grid: By Katherine Bourzac | 02/05/2009 | 4 Comments; Ultracapacitors that store more could help the grid run smoothly.

Color Quantum-Dot Displays: By Prachi Patel | 11/25/2008 | 1 Comment; A new way to print quantum dots could lead to brighter, more power-efficient displays.

Carbon-Nanotube Thread: By Katherine Bourzac | 11/19/2008 | 4 Comments; Fabrics woven from highly conductive, nanotube-coated cotton are wearable biosensors.

Making Materials Untouchable: By Katherine Bourzac | 11/14/2008 | 5 Comments; New designs for materials that repel all liquids.

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