Future Aircraft Could Repair Themselves

Damaged aircraft could repair themselves automatically, even during flight, by mimicking healing processes found in nature.

Drax's £50m renewables project throws biomass into the coal mix

The UK's largest power station, Drax, has launched a £50m project aimed at replacing 10% of the coal it uses with biomass

Bacteria-resistant Films Created: Microbe Adhesion Depends On Surface Stiffness

Having found that whether bacteria stick to surfaces depends partly on how stiff those surfaces are, MIT engineers have created ultrathin films made of polymers that could be applied to...

First Room-temperature Semiconductor Source Of Coherent Terahertz Radiation Demonstrated

Engineers and applied physicists from Harvard University have demonstrated the first room-temperature electrically-pumped semiconductor source of coherent Terahertz radiation, also known as T-rays. The breakthrough in laser technology, based upon...

Laser heats up the fusion future

The world's most powerful laser is used to heat matter to 10 million Celsius - hotter than the surface of the Sun.

USDA Researchers Honored with 2008 SDA/NBB Glycerine Innovation Award

Glycerine-derived, eco-friendly biosurfactants and polymers - produced from renewable resources and quickly biodegradable - are getting their moment in the sun. Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), who...

Germany Debates Subsidies for Solar Industry

Thanks to its aggressive push into renewable energies, cloud-wreathed Germany has become an unlikely leader in the race to harness the sun’s energy.

Perfect, Tiny Golden Nano-crown Made

Researchers in China have recently made a "golden crown" with a diameter of only a few nanometers, a large ring-shaped molecule containing 36 gold atoms.

Obituary: Ron Collins

Obituary: Before and during the second world war, the chemist and photographic scientist researched photographic emulsion

Let There Be LEDs!

Thanks to a tiny computer chip with a bright idea, LEDs, or light-emitting diodes, have already begun to change everything you thought you knew about light.

Australian state government to probe Agent Orange claims

The government of Australia's Queensland state on Sunday said it will investigate claims that chemical weapons such as Agent Orange were tested there in the 1960s.

At Ten, Dark Energy "Most Profound Problem" in Physics

A decade after its discovery, scientists are struggling to pin down the properties of the "dark side" of gravity and unravel a mystery that accounts for about 74 percent of...

Physics Professor Demonstrates Lasing Without Inversion (LWI)

A Western Illinois University physics professor has discovered a way to understand lasing without inversion, which will allow the generation of X-ray and gamma-ray laser light without needing large energy...

A Critique of Shortsighted Anthropic Principles

Many people marvel that we live in a universe that seems to be precisely tailored to suit the development of intelligent life. The observation is the basis for some forms...

Canada scraps plans for new reactors for making medical isotopes

Canada announced Friday it is scrapping development of two new nuclear reactors that would have supplied radioactive materials, essential for medical tests, to most of the world.

God and Science Collide in Nation's Capital

of modern science is being forced again to explain its position on God.

Rochester's Omega Laser Receives 50-Fold Power Increase to Become 'Petawatt' Laser

The University of Rochester will mark another important step in the effort toward attaining sustainable fusion, the ultimate source of clean energy, Friday, May 16.

Automotive safety systems get more dependable

As automotive safety systems become more complex, the risk of failure increases. But European researchers believe they have found a way to improve dependability.

Precision Control Of Movement In Robots

Scientists are investigating the characteristics of various types of materials for their use in the generation and measurement of precise movements. When the arms of a robot move to pick...

Weather, waves and wireless: Super strength signalling

A new study from the University of Leicester has discovered a particular window of time when mobile signals and radio waves are ‘super strength` - allowing them to be...

Ontario to resume coverage of sex-change operations

The Ontario government will soon pay for sex-change operations again, Health Minister George Smitherman has confirmed.

Concern over small biomass option

Small-scale biomass power plants can have bigger enviro-impacts than other renewables, a study says.

Researchers devise 'mobile' medical imaging system

Scientists have created a system that transfers medical images via mobile phones, enabling more economical imaging technology.

Simple model cell is key to understanding cell complexity

Energy-Saving Tip: Walk Like a Human

Vertical treadmills reveal that size matters when it comes to efficient locomotion

The Commercials Commerce

I’m going to be straight with you—if you don’t click one of the ads on this page, we’re all doomed. Maybe not today or tomorrow or next week; but if...

Sharp Achieves the World`s Highest Power Density for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

Sharp Corp. has achieved the world's highest power density, 0.3W/cc, for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC) for mobile equipment. This new technology enables efficient power generation from a small cell...

Fuel cells: distant dream, but burning with promise

Some day, fuel cells may power your car and exhaust only water and perhaps carbon dioxide. More efficient and cleaner than an internal combustion engine, their emissions will be much...