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Mussel power: Universal solvent no match for new self-healing sticky gel
Scientists can now manufacture a synthetic version of the self-healing sticky substance that mussels use to anchor themselves to rocks in pounding ocean surf and surging tidal basins. Potential applications...
Powerful 3-D X-rays for kids in braces should be the exception, not the rule
Some orthodontists may be exposing young patients to unnecessary radiation when they order 3-D X-ray imaging for simple orthodontic cases before considering traditional 2-D imaging, suggests a new article.
A mix of tiny gold and viral particles - and the DNA ties that bind them
Scientists have created a diamond-like lattice composed of gold nanoparticles and viral particles, woven together and held in place by strands of DNA. The structure - a distinctive mix of...
Q&A: The Electric Car Transition a Matter of When, Not If
Electric Car Pioneer Shai Agassi Predicts Global Change Before End of Current Decade
Bovine bellies yield clues for new biofuels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers looking for better ways to make biofuels turned to experts at breaking down grass -- cattle -- and found more than a dozen new compounds in...
Video: Hands On with Sony's Playstation Portable 2 (NGP)
Gamespot.com's Ricardo Torres takes a First Look at Sony's Next Generation Portable, known as the PSP2, unveiled in Tokyo.
Tipping Point: The Age of the Oil Sands
Scientists and activists are pitted against the oil industry in a battle for hearts and minds -- have the oil sands reached a tipping point?
Something to Chew on: Researchers Look Inside Cow Stomachs for a Leg up on Next-Gen Biofuels
You may have heard the proclamation before: The next generation of biofuels will be derived from cellulosic plant material. And, in theory, this makes sense. Whereas ethanol can...
Artificial hydrogen tests quantum theory
Heavy and light analogues of hydrogen probe the limits of quantum chemistry.
Muons take kinetic isotope effects to extremes
Scientists have used elementary particles to investigate the effect of isotope identity on one of the most fundamental reactions in chemistry
Strange News of the Day
Strange News: Invisible Squid Soldiers, Weed-Launching Trebuchet. Life's Little Mysteries rounds up the day's strangest stories.
Hospital supervisor to retain board as 'advisors'
Hôtel-Dieu Grace hospital's provincially appointed supervisor, Ken Deane, has asked the board of directors to stay on as an advisory board.
Strain and spin could drive ultralow energy computers
Nanomagnet circuits could be used in implantable medical devices
EU presses London to improve air
The UK government has just weeks to convince the EU that it will meet European clean air standards in London, if it is to avoid a court case.
Soft landing metal-based molecules create active, easy-to-separate catalyst
A vanadium-based catalyst's effectiveness in acidic liquids can be mimicked on a solid, less-toxic surface, thanks to scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Purdue University, and National Dong Hwa University...
Touchscreens made of carbon
Touchscreens are in – although the technology still has its price. The little screens contain rare and expensive elements. This is the reason why researchers are coming up with an...
Photon-plasmon coupling: Dye guides light through perforated metal foil
(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as photons are bundles of light energy, plasmons are energy packets of plasma oscillationsoscillations of the electron density in a solid body, which are known as surface...
Prototype military vehicles pass tests
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., Jan. 27 (UPI) -- General Dynamics Land Systems of Michigan says prototype Expeditionary Fighting Vehicles for the Marines have completed reliability tests.
Mobile system weathers crises
A new mobile technology is set to improve calls during disasters by allowing the transmission of signals without nearby phone towers.
Green: For Excess Solar Flow, a Veg-O-Matic for Voltage
A panel manufactured by Petra Solar can slice and dice voltage to to prevent a surplus of solar energy from crippling power lines.
Scientist at Work: Camera Traps Catch Lots of Monkeys
Camera traps set at a salt lick in the Ecuadorian jungle catch troops of spider and howler monkeys.
Physicists study mechanics of 'crackling'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Everywhere around us, things "crackle" -- from Rice Krispies in a puddle of milk, to crumpled pieces of paper, to the Earth's crust from earthquakes. Physics is helping...
Cerium's unusual behaviour
(PhysOrg.com) -- Livermore researchers have found that a crystal of cerium -- the chemical element that can be used for catalysts and fuel additives -- behaves in very unique ways...
Obama seeks new path to environmental goals
(AP) -- Facing a Congress that is more hostile to environmental regulation, President Barack Obama is moderating his environmental goals: a clean energy standard that mixes nuclear, natural gas...
Inside the house built in a laboratory
A complete house built inside a laboratory could help improve the energy efficiency of thousands of homes across the UK.
Hunt for dark matter closes in at Large Hadron Collider
(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists are closer than ever to finding the source of the Universe's mysterious dark matter, following a better than expected year of research at the Compact Muon Solenoid...
Personal solar panel could make electricity more accessible in the developing world (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- As a child in Mali, Abdrahamane Traore often did his homework by the sooty, dim light of a kerosene lamp.
Neutrino detector starts measurement
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Double Chooz collaboration recently completed its neutrino detector which will see anti-neutrinos coming from the Chooz nuclear power plant in the French Ardennes. The experiment is now...