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• Carbon nanotubes channel fluids nearly friction free.(PROCESS TECHNOLOGY)

  - 2006-01-01

  Membranes composed of manmade carbon nanotubes permit a fluid flow nearly 10,000 to 100,000 times faster than conventional fluid flow theory would predict because of the nanotubes nearly friction-free surface, report researchers at the University of Kentucky, Lexington. For the experiments, researchers at the...

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• Energy Department Announces 2004 University Coal Research Recipients; Kentucky to Receive $249,814 Grant

  - 2004-08-13

  WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham announced today that 22 universities in 18 states will receive $3.4 million in fossil energy research grants through a Department of Energy DOE program that brings science, university students, and their professors together to advance the study of new...

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• In the middle of a storm, Dvorak credentials stand up

  - 2004-04-26

  HATTIESBURG - Earlier this year, some faculty members at the University of Southern Mississippi publicly questioned the credentials of Dr. Angeline "Angie" Dvorak, 44, former CEO of the Mississippi Technology Alliance, whom Southern Miss president Shelby Thames handpicked as vice president for research and economic development in 2002. At question...

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• Nanotube Arrays Formed from [Al.sub.2][O.sub.3] Template. (Research News).(University of Kentucky)(Brief Article)

  - 2001-12-01

  Nanotube Arrays Formed from [Al.sub.2][O.sub.3] Template. A team of researchers from the University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY) and the Pennsylvania State University (University Park, PA) synthesized aligned, high density, open-tipped carbon nanotube arrays via a flame method on silicon substrates using a nanoporous template of anodized...

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• Carbon nanotube hybrids.

  - 1999-01-01

  Scientists at the recently established University of Kentucky Materials Research Science and Engineering Center MRSEC claim to have found a way of combining carbon nanotubes with other materials so that they form composites. Discovered seven years ago, carbon nanotubes are strong,...

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