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Traders: China halts rare earth exports to Japan
(AP) -- China has halted exports to Japan of rare earth elements - which are crucial for advanced manufacturing - trading company officials said Friday amid tensions between the...
Secret of oysters' ability to stick together cracked open
A research team has uncovered the chemical components of the adhesive produced by oysters, providing information that could be useful for fisheries, boating and medicine. A better understanding of oysters'...
Black Strings: Black Holes With Extra Dimensions
If our universe has hidden dimensions, black strings could result.
Turkmen gas line almost done, Iran says
TEHRAN, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- A section of a natural gas pipeline stretching from Iran to Turkmenistan is 95 percent complete, a gas director said in Tehran. ...
Searching in the microbial world for efficient ways to produce biofuel
With the help of genetic materials from a cow's rumen, scientists are developing new ways to break down plant fibers for conversion into biofuel.
Fuel and waste no bar to US nuclear growth
Report finds that plentiful fuel supplies and temporary storage will buy decades of time to develop a longer-term strategy.
Nano antenna concentrates light
Researchers have made a nanoscale optical antenna that amplifies light a thousand-fold. Getting an accurate measurement of the plasmonic effect is a first.
Novel electronic biosensing technology could facilitate new era of personalised medicine
The multi-welled microplate, long a standard tool in biomedical research and diagnostic laboratories, could become a thing of the past thanks to new electronic biosensing technology developed by a team...
Nanocatalyst is a gas
A nanoparticle-based catalyst developed at Rice University may give that tiger in your tank a little more roar...
Noninvasive and accurate: Absolute temperature mapping for biomedical applications
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in Germany and the US have developed a new approach to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) thermometry using encaged hyperpolarized xenon as a temperature sensor. The method allows...
In Berlin, conflict over nuclear heats up
BERLIN, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Tens of thousands of anti-nuclear activists took to the streets in Berlin over the weekend to protest German Chancellor Angela Merkel's plan to extend...
Paper-Thin Batteries
Lithium layers over nanotube films, separated by paper, create ultrathin power source.
Boosting Solid-State NMR
Surface Science: Signal-enhancing technique makes NMR a powerful probe of surfaces.
Nanoparticle shaped like Star of David discovered
A new type of nanoparticle resembling the six-pointed Star of David has been discovered by researchers in Israel. The discovery may lead to new ways for sensing of glucose in...
Entangled frameworks limber up
The degree of interconnectivity of molecular frameworks in microporous materials influences their structural flexibility and gas sorption
Spanish scientists are working on mechanical transmission without contact between parts
Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid are coordinating an international project to develop a new concept of mechanical transmission without contact between parts, based on magnetic forces, which prevents...
Physicists find evidence of new state of matter in a simple oxide
Symmetry is a fundamental concept in physics. Our ‘standard model` of particle physics, for example, predicts that matter and anti-matter should have been created in equal amounts at the big...
New light on nonlinearity: Peregrine’s soliton observed at last
Despite its central place as a defining object of nonlinear science for over 25 years, the unique characteristics of the Peregrine soliton have never been directly observed in a continuous...
Einstein secures the internet
Using Einstein’s theory of entangled particles, we can be one step closer to ultra-secure communication and fast computing.
Sustainable material for wine bottle stoppers being developed
Researchers are developing a new sustainable material to make stoppers for wine bottles. The aim of the project is to substitute the plastic stoppers used for wine bottles with stoppers...
Technology that can withstand extremes of temperature and radiation created
Radio transmitters that can withstand temperatures of up to 900 degrees C could soon be dropped into the depths of the earth to provide early warning of a volcanic eruption....
One dimensional carbon chains get longer
Chemists have made the longest polyyne so far – linear chains of carbon atoms that resemble carbyne, an elusive form of one-dimensional carbon
Chemists discover method to create high-value chemicals from biomass
Chemist Walter Trahanovsky was trying to produce sugar derivatives from biomass using high-temperature chemistry. He was surprised when his research also produced significant yields of high-value chemicals.
In a parallel universe known as Nokia world, the future's bright | John Naughton
The mobile giant is a master of hardware. But software is more important nowIt's not often that a newspaper column can resolve a dispute that has troubled the finest minds of an...
'Stop-start' system coming to U.S. cars
DETROIT, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- A relatively simple and inexpensive fuel-saving technology from Europe will soon be introduced on vehicles in North America, engineers say. ...
Modern infrastructures said 'vulnerable'
LONDON, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Britain's electrical system, financial networks and transport infrastructure could be paralyzed by a solar flare or a nuclear attack, a U.K. official says. ...
U.S. lab, Air Force seek better drug tests
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- A U.S. Department of Energy lab and a U.S. Air Force medical wing are joining forces to develop better tests for illicit drug use...
The Grand Design: New Answers to the Ultimate Questions of Life by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow | Book review
Tim Radford enjoys a brief illustrated discussion of cosmologyHere is how to create a universe fit for both Stephen Hawking and his readers: first, you need laws of physics that embrace gravity, quantum...