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Spacetime: A smoother brew than we knew

10 years ago from Physorg

Spacetime may be less like foamy quantum beer and more like smooth Einsteinian whiskey, according to research led by physicist Robert Nemiroff of Michigan Technological University being presented today at...

Engineering alternative fuel with cyanobacteria

10 years ago from Science Daily

Biologists have engineered two strains of cyanobacteria to produce free fatty acids, a precursor to liquid fuels. Micro-algal fuels might be one way to reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign...

Research reveals potential for producing liquid fuels using microalgae

10 years ago from Physorg

(Phys.org)—Due to continuing high demand, depletion of non-renewable resources and increasing concerns about climate change, fossil fuel-derived transportation fuels face constant challenges from both a world market and an environmental...

CES 2013 'niche' no-shows RIM, Microsoft barely missed

10 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

There are two companies that aren't at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, both literally and figuratively: Microsoft and Research In Motion.

Japan’s Cleanup After a Nuclear Accident Is Denounced

10 years ago from NY Times Science

Much of Japan’s post-Fukushima cleanup is primitive, slapdash and bereft of the cleanup methods lauded by scientists as effective in removing radioactive cesium.

Dyson calls for UK technology boost

10 years ago from BBC News: Science & Nature

Inventor Sir James Dyson calls on the government to do more to boost the UK's technology industry, warning of a shortfall of engineering graduates.

Green Blog: Ant Study Deepens Concern About Plastic Additives

10 years ago from NY Times Science

Research shows that phthalate contamination of ants is ubiquitous, and worsens simply with exposure to the air.

Q & A: Why Do I Sneeze When I Feel Cold?

10 years ago from NY Times Science

Sneezing is a neurological process that can be set off by a wide variety of stimuli, including a change in temperature.

US to require electric cars to make noise

10 years ago from Physorg

A U.S. government safety agency wants electric and hybrid vehicles to make more noise when traveling at low speeds so pedestrians can hear them coming.

Researchers learn mechanism of hearing is similar to car battery

10 years ago from Physorg

(Phys.org)—University of Iowa biologist Daniel Eberl and his colleagues have shown that one of the mechanisms involved in hearing is similar to the battery in your car.

CES 2013: Roku to get 300 Time Warner live TV channels

10 years ago from CBSNews - Science

A deal announced at the International Consumer Electronics Show will bring Time Warner's mobile app to Roku devices

Shortage of helium has business impact

10 years ago from UPI

FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A worldwide shortage of the lighter-than-air gas helium has seen huge increases in costs for businesses that say they depend on it.

Researchers show new level of control over liquid crystals

10 years ago from Science Daily

An interdisciplinary team of researchers has shown a new way to direct the assembly of liquid crystals, generating small features that spontaneously arrange in arrays based on much larger templates.

BodyMedia's New Core 2 Captures Body Data With 4 Sensors | Video

10 years ago from Live Science

BodyMedia announced it's newest 24/7 body monitoring arm band at CES 2013, the Core 2. The device, which is customizable with faceplates, armbands, and jewelry like metal bands, contains 4...

Salt Power: Norway Project Gives Osmotic Energy a Shake

10 years ago from National Geographic

Ocean energy lurks not only in waves and tides, but also in saltiness. A Norway experiment seeks to harness renewable power in saltwater’s natural movement into fresh water.

A French nuclear exit?

10 years ago from Science Daily

France has been held up, worldwide, as the forerunner in using nuclear fission to produce electricity. However, a third of the nation's nuclear reactors will need replacing in the next...

New path to more efficient organic solar cells uncovered

10 years ago from Science Daily

Working at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source, an international team of scientists found that for highly efficient polymer/organic solar cells, size matters. Impure domains if made sufficiently small can lead...

Researcher finds life flying high above

10 years ago from Physorg

For years, scientists have been tracking pollution that travels across the jet stream from Asia and measuring how much of it winds up in Northwest air. Now new work from...

Formula One bosses line–up to gear up for 2020 emissions race

10 years ago from Science Daily

World-beating engineering that powers the world’s fastest and most glamorous racing cars is set to help family cars of the future become super-efficient, claim experts.

3-D color X-Ray imaging radically improved for identifying contraband, corrosion or cancer

10 years ago from Science Daily

Scientists have developed a camera that can be used to take powerful three dimensional color X-ray images, in near real-time, without the need for a synchrotron X-ray source. 

Seismic fabric coming to the market

10 years ago from Physorg

In the case of earthquakes, only seconds may remain for a safe escape from buildings. Debris falling down and obstructing the escape routes may even aggravate the situation. A product...

Space History Photo: Supersonic Wind Tunnel Test Section

10 years ago from Space.com

The tunnel received some updates in the form of stainless steel walls.

A mathematical study of the famous Dirac equation that describes particles

10 years ago from Science Daily

In 1928 the British physicist Paul Dirac put forward one of the fundamental equations that we use today to mathematically describe a spin one-half particle from a relativistic point of...

Founders Revive ‘One-step’ Biofuel Firm Qteros

10 years ago from C&EN

Technology for single-step cellulosic ethanol gets a second chance

Unlocking nature's quantum engineering for efficient solar energy

10 years ago from Physorg

(Phys.org)—Quantum scale photosynthesis in biological systems which inhabit extreme environments could hold key to new designs for solar energy and nanoscale devices. Certain biological systems living in low light environments...

How do you know if you ran through a wall? Testing the nature of dark energy and dark matter

10 years ago from Physorg

(Phys.org)—Researchers from Canada, California, and Poland have devised a straightforward way to test an intriguing idea about the nature of dark energy and dark matter. A global array of atomic...

Pink diamond's behaviour solved

10 years ago from Science Alert

Researchers have worked out how pink diamonds change colour under light, but still aren't sure what gives them their famous colour in the first place.

Tingye Li, Instrumental in the Laser’s Development, Dies at 81

10 years ago from NY Times Science

Dr. Li’s calculations in the early 1960s helped guide the development of the laser and propel the dizzying increase in the speed of fiber-optic communication.