Briny mix could stop carbon dioxide leaks

Engineers hope salt-water technique could make coal-fired power plants a cleaner energy option.

Invisibility Cloak "Feasible Now"

Scientists are one step closer to creating a Harry Potter-like invisibility cloak. But when we'll be able to hide under the high-tech garments is a matter of "will and money,"...

Researchers Make New Electronics -- With A Twist

Scientists have made electronics that can bend. They've made electronics that can stretch. And now, they've reached the ultimate goal -- electronics that can be subjected to any complex deformation,...

'4-D' Microscope Revolutionizes The Way We Look At Nano World

More than a century ago, the development of the earliest motion picture technology made what had been previously thought "magical" a reality: capturing and recreating the movement and dynamism of...

Nuclear masses calculated from scratch

An exhaustive calculation of proton and neutron masses vindicates the Standard Model.

Supercontinuum generation and soliton dynamics milestone achieved

A research team led by Fetah Benabid, University of Bath, has observed for the first time the simultaneous emission of two resonant dispersive waves by optical solitons (waves that maintain...

The Soul of a New Mercedes

The F700 concept vehicle offers luxury-car performance, comfort, and econo-car fuel efficiency.

The Flip Goes High-Def

Pure Digital, the creator of relatively inexpensive and easy to use "point and shoot" video cameras has just released its first high definition camera.

American Offers Mobile Boarding Passes

Passengers on American Airlines will be able to get boarding passes electronically on their mobile phones or PDAs at some airports beginning Thursday, avoiding the need for printed passes.

US firm unveils plans for mini nuclear reactors

Tiny reactors have no moving parts and could power a small town for $25m

'Fish technology' draws renewable energy from slow water currents

(PhysOrg.com) -- Slow-moving ocean and river currents could be a new, reliable and affordable alternative energy source. A University of Michigan engineer has made a machine that works like a...

Bounce Water, Bounce!

Quantum computers could excel in modelling chemical reactions

Quantum computers would likely outperform conventional computers in simulating chemical reactions involving more than four atoms, according to scientists at Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Haverford College....

NRL scientists study cracks in brittle materials

The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is part of an international team of scientists that is learning more about how cracks form in brittle materials. The team used both computer modeling...

Innovate to accumulate

Emerging economies have shown how knowledge can be harnessed to fuel long-term development, writes Calestous Juma.

Researchers to Develop National Energy/Transportation Model and Plan

James McCalley, an Iowa State University professor in electrical and computer engineering, is leading a research team that's developing new and better infrastructure designs for the country's energy and transportation...

New method for tracing metal pollution back to its sources

A new way of pinpointing where zinc pollution in the atmosphere comes from could improve pollution monitoring and regulation, says research out this week in the journal Analytical Chemistry.

New material could make gases more transportable

Chemists at the University of Liverpool have developed a way of converting methane gas into a powder form in order to make it more transportable...

New research will seal the future of green packaging

Researchers at the University of Bath and the food & drinks research centre at Campden BRI are leading a project to create a new high speed environmentally-friendly packaging process that...

Hollywood moguls see cinema's future in 3D

Three-dimensional films, once blamed for making audiences nauseous, are making a comeback and are likely to become the future of cinema thanks to digital technology, Hollywood studio moguls say.

Debate still heated on China’s fusion plans

Scientists question country’s involvement in Iter, the international fusion project

Astronaut's bag joins 9,000 other bits of space debris

Space-walk to repair joint on solar panel wing takes seven hours after toolbag slips out of a greasy glove

How Do Bacteria Swim? Physicists Explain

Physicists have completed the most detailed study of the swimming patterns of a microbe, showing for the first time how its movement is affected by drag and a phenomenon called...

Are Flexible, Flapping Flying Machines in our Future?

Modern aircraft have been fabulously successful with rigid wings and rotors. But just imagine the flying machines that would be possible if we could understand and harness the most efficient...

Institute for Nanotechnology Established at The George Washington University

The GW Institute of Nanotechnology will draw on the expertise of the University's faculty members in mechanical, aerospace, electrical, computer, civil, and environmental engineering; physics, chemistry; and biochemistry.

Reducing Our Lead Footprint: Engineers Discover New Material to Reduce Lead in Electronics

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering have discovered a new lead-free material, bismuth samarium ferrite (BSFO), for use in products ranging from...

Kanguru Announces First e-Flash (eSATA + USB)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Kanguru Solutions announced today the release of their first e-Flash drive. Utilizing eSATA (External Serial ATA) technology allows the Kanguru e-Flash to achieve performance speeds never before obtainable...

Ultra-wideband radio rides a beam of light

(PhysOrg.com) -- Multiple high-definition videos and other data-rich services may soon stream through homes, offices, ships and planes via new hybrid optical/ultra-wideband-radio systems developed by European researchers.