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Fungi may keep spent uranium from leaching

16 years ago from UPI

DUNDEE, Scotland, May 6 (UPI) -- Scottish scientists say fungi might be useful in determining depleted uranium's environmental fate by keeping it from leaching into the environment.

Powerful New Laser Could Aid Search For Extrasolar Planets

16 years ago from PopSci

Scientists have shown off a new laser that boasts an incomparable mix of speed, short pulses and power. That's newsworthy in and of itself, but this laser, developed by researchers...

More Efficient Fuel Cells, Thanks To A New Catalyst

16 years ago from Science Daily

Methanol fuel cells are an efficient and sustainable alternative to fossil fuels, but they are still not economically viable. Now, a University of the Basque Country research chemist has developed...

Nano-designed Transistors With Disordered Materials, But High Performance

16 years ago from Science Daily

The Holy Grail for transistor designers has been the requirement to be able to get high performance at reduced costs over very large substrate areas. Transistors on cheap and flexible...

Hard Drive Recovered from Columbia Shuttle Solves Physics Problem [News]

16 years ago from Scientific American

Researchers have finally published the results of data recovered from a cracked and singed hard drive that fell to Earth in the debris from the Space Shuttle Columbia, which exploded...

New technology rids microchips of defects

16 years ago from UPI

PRINCETON, N.J., May 5 (UPI) -- U.S. engineers say they've created a method that rids microchips of tiny defects, possibly leading the way to smaller, more powerful nanometer-scale...

Uranium claims spring up along Grand Canyon rim

16 years ago from LA Times - Science

A rush to extract uranium on public lands pits environmentalists, who worry about the local effect, against mining companies, which point out that nuclear power wouldn't contribute to global warming. ...

Botulism neurotoxin antidote is sought

16 years ago from UPI

UPTON, N.Y., May 5 (UPI) -- U.S. government scientists say they've taken the first step toward designing an effective antidote to the most potent form of Botulinum neurotoxin.

Quantum Mechanical Con Game: Winning Every Time

16 years ago from Science Daily

For the first time, physicists have come up with a scheme that would allow a quantum mechanical expert to win every time in a con game with a victim who...

Brain-training To Improve Memory Boosts Fluid Intelligence

16 years ago from Science Daily

Brain-training efforts designed to improve working memory can also boost scores in general problem-solving ability and improve fluid intelligence, according to new research. Many psychologists believe general intelligence can be...

Tiny microscope speeds diagnoses

16 years ago from Science Alert

Australian scientists have created a tiny microscope that can travel inside the human body in order to minimise diagnosis times and detect cancer earlier.

Electronic "ears" guide drills

16 years ago from Science Alert

Mining drills 300 metres below the ground could soon be directed by electronic ears that hear their location, thanks to Australian research.

Lasers And Milk: The Common Denominator

16 years ago from Science Daily

Reading about a "random laser" for the first time, you might wonder whether this term refers to the laser in your CD player which plays the song titles in the...

'Smart' power meters herald future of our electricity use

16 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- Determined to cut his electricity bill, Darrell Brubaker took the usual steps of raising his air conditioner's thermostat and cooking more on the grill. But the key...

Smarter electric grid could be key to saving power

16 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- The glowing amber dot on a light switch in the entryway of George Tsapoitis' house offers a clue about the future of electricity.

Yoga pose stretches leg, back muscles

16 years ago from LA Times - Health

Perform this yoga pose to help your body find a balance between effort and ease. It will strengthen your lower body and provide a deep stretch in your back muscles....

New 3-D Test Method For Biomaterials 'Flat Out' Faster

16 years ago from Science Daily

Researchers report on a novel, 3-D screening method for analyzing interactions between cells and new biomaterials could cut initial analysis times by more than half. The technique, an advance over...

Video: Diesel Nano-Fix - from The Next Step

16 years ago from Live Science

Quantum experimentation yields better catalytic converters for cleaner air.

A New Polymer Product From Soy Oil, Not Petroleum

16 years ago from Science Daily

Hair-care products, wound-care dressings and drug encapsulation are among the potential uses of new, soy-oil-based polymers known as "hydrogels." Chemists developed the soy-oil-based hydrogels as a biodegradable alternative to the...

Chemists Point and Click on Specific Molecules

16 years ago from Science NOW

Technique could someday open new vistas in medical imaging

Tesla rolls out its long-awaited electric sports car

16 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- It's safe to say Jeremy Snyder gets a charge out of the two-seat Tesla Roadster whenever he pulls one off the lot - and not because it's...

Consumer Electronics: Future Looks Bright

16 years ago from CBSNews - Science

Larry Magid reports on the outlook for the global consumer electronics market

Creating Highly Sought Magnetic Nanoparticles in One Step

16 years ago from Physorg

Researchers from the University of Minnesota have demonstrated a one-step technique for producing a class of magnetic nanoparticles that could be used in everything from biomedical applications to data storage....

Of myths and men

16 years ago from News @ Nature

Worries about an apocalypse unleashed by particle accelerators are not new, says Philip Ball. They have their source in old myths, which are hard to dispel.

Environmental fate of nanoparticles depends on properties of water carrying them

16 years ago from Physorg

The fate of carbon-based nanoparticles spilled into groundwater - and the ability of municipal filtration systems to remove the nanoparticles from drinking water - depend on subtle differences...

'Nanomechanical Oscillators' Could Lead to New Class of Computers

16 years ago from Physorg

More than 50 years ago, a graduate student in Japan conceived the “Parametron,” an electrical circuit that could form the basis for digital computers. The concept ultimately fell flat, but...

Renault's Ghosn says electric car draws Gulf interest

16 years ago from Physorg

The head of French automaker Renault, Carlos Ghosn, said Thursday that a country in the Gulf region is interested in his company's environmentally friendly electronic car project.

The Light of Silence

16 years ago from Physorg

Scientists have found a way of protecting quantum systems against noise using adaptively ‘shaped` pulses of laser light. Quantum systems are notoriously fragile as interactions with their surroundings disturb them...