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Sharpest Measurement Of Ice Crystals In Clouds Ever Will Help In Climate Modeling
Scientists have created an instrument designed to help determine the shapes and sizes of tiny ice crystals typical of those found in high-altitude clouds, down to the micron level (comparable...
Fuel from food waste: bacteria provide power
Researchers have combined the efforts of two kinds of bacteria to produce hydrogen in a bioreactor, with the product from one providing food for the other. According to an article...
Gore Urges Change to Dodge an Energy Crisis
Al Gore said the goal of using only electricity produced by renewable energy in 10 years was achievable and necessary for national security.
Virtual World Is Sign Of Future For Scientists, Engineers
A new virtual environment enables scientists and engineers to interpret raw data collected with powerful instruments called dynamic atomic force microscopes. This is part of a research trend, with tools...
Balance problems? Step into the iShoe
Your grandmother might have little in common with an astronaut, but both could benefit from a new device an MIT graduate student is designing to test balancing ability.
MIT-led team creates touch-based illusion
A team of scientists from MIT, Harvard and McGill has designed a new illusion involving the sense of touch, which is helping to glean new insights into perception and how...
"Nanosculpture" Could Enable New Types of Heat Pumps and Energy Converters
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered a new technique for growing single-crystal nanorods and controlling their shape using biomolecules. The research, published in the journal Advanced Materials, could enable...
First full 3-D view of cracks growing in steel
A team of researchers from the University of Manchester (United Kingdom), the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Lyon (France) and the ESRF has revealed how a growing crack interacts...
Super-resolution X-ray microscopy
A novel super-resolution X-ray microscope developed by a team of researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) and EPFL in Switzerland combines the high penetration power of x-rays with high...
Consortium Established to Develop 'TransferJet' Wireless Technology
Several major telecom giants today announced an agreement to form a consortium to develop specifications for "TransferJet" - a new interoperable wireless transfer technology that enables rapid transfer of high...
Gold Complex Changes Color Reversibly
Grinding and exposure to solvents trigger phase transformations and color changes
Uncovering the hidden nanoworld
A powerful imaging technique now enables tiny buried objects to be investigated
Resorts offer to lock up BlackBerrys, cellphones
Some resort hotels in the Rockies are selling rest and relaxation to BlackBerry addicts and cellphone fanatics by offering to lock up their electronic devices during their stays.
Argonne Scientist to Become ATLAS Physics Coordinator for CERN
U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory scientist Tom LeCompte has been tapped to be the physics coordinator for the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at European...
Tree Branching Key To Efficient Flow In Nature And Novel Materials
Nature, in the simple form of a tree canopy, appears to provide keen insights into the best way to design complex systems to move substances from one place to another,...
Hydrogen Vehicles Coming Soon? Two Million Could Be On Roads By 2020
A transition to hydrogen vehicles could greatly reduce US oil dependence and carbon dioxide emissions, says a new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council, but making hydrogen vehicles...
Students who use 'clickers' score better on physics tests
Hand-held electronic devices called clickers are helping college students learn physics, according to a series of research studies.
New kind of MRI enables study of magnets for computer memory
What is there to see inside a magnet that's smaller than the head of a pin? Quite a lot, say physicists who've invented a new kind of MRI technique to...
Molecular Hula Hoop: Spinning motion of a molecular rotor detected
(PhysOrg.com) -- Humans have long been trying to make the dream of nanoscopic robots come true. The dream is, in fact, taking on some aspects of reality. Nanoscience has produced...
Pumped atom laser brings high-precision measurements in sight
Technique uses a second atomic condensate to feed the laser
Automakers offer hybrids for NYC taxi fleet
(AP) -- Three major auto manufacturers are promising to reserve 300 new hybrid vehicles each month exclusively for the city as it replaces its entire fleet of yellow cabs.
Japanese lucky charms turn out to be radioactive: police
A Japanese duo who marketed charms said to glow for more than a decade ran out of luck themselves as it came to light that the products were radioactive, police...
Lights Out?: How the Grid Copes When a Nuclear Power Plant Goes Down [News]
Last Friday at 11 A.M., the operators of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon, Vt., detected a leak. About 60 gallons (225 liters) of water a minute was...
Quantum Rod System May Safely 'Sneak' Drugs, Diagnostics into Brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- A unique nanoparticle system developed by University at Buffalo scientists takes advantage of the versatility of bioconjugated quantum rods to ferry novel diagnostic and therapeutic agents across the...
Researchers Lower the Force of Nothingness to, Well, Nothing
In the strange, subatomic world of quantum mechanics, even complete nothingness exerts a force. According to a principle known as the Casimir Effect, two plates separated by an incredibly small...
Kidney damage caused by iodinated contrast material thought to be overestimated, study shows
The use of iodinated contrast material may be less damaging to the kidneys than previously recorded, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center in...
Motorola's Cost-Effective Wireless Ethernet Bridge Enables Connectivity Almost Anywhere
Motorola today announced its new Wireless Ethernet Bridge - the PTP 300 Series. This solution provides enterprises and government agencies with carrier class connectivity while offering a strong return...
NIU engineers make micro-milling affordable
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Northern Illinois University College of Engineering and Engineering Technology has created a new micro-milling machine that could open doors for small machine shops looking to manufacture the...