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Tractor Beams Get Real: Energy Ray Moves Tiny Objects
Once the stuff of science fiction, beams are now becoming reality.
Britain urged to speed up wind-power plans
LONDON, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Britain must allow more wind farms if it is to meet its climate-change target of generating 15 percent of its energy needs from green...
Solar plane flight delayed in Switzerland
Forecasts of strong wind have put plans to fly a solar-powered plane across the length of Switzerland on hold.
NASA thinks long term in Chile
Medical adviser Michael Duncan says rescuing trapped miners is just the first step
Putin defends Samsun-Ceyhan oil pipeline
SOCHI, Russia, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Moscow stands by plans to build an oil pipeline from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean despite company complaints, the Russian prime minister...
Stanford land-use expert brings satellite data down to Earth
By integrating remote satellite imagery with revelations from door-to-door interviews, Stanford University geographer Eric Lambin and his colleagues are exploring the complex conditions that give rise to a broad range...
New American Chemical Society podcast: Economical biodiesel from sewage sludge
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2010 -- Biodiesel fuel could be produced from municipal sewage sludge at a cost that is within a few cents a gallon of being...
Super strong alloy discovered
Using top-end microscopy and microanalysis, a collaborative project has led to the discovery of a super-strength light alloy.
Análisis del Islam: promover la colaboración científica
La cooperación científica en el mundo islámico no solo exige financiación sino además una serie de proyectos sustanciales, dice Athar Osama.
Universe chaotic from very beginning
Seven years ago Northwestern University physicist Adilson E. Motter conjectured that the expansion of the universe at the time of the big bang was highly chaotic. Now he and a...
The dance of hot nanoparticles
(PhysOrg.com) -- "Brownian motion is a very old concept," Klaus Kroy tells PhysOrg.com. "The laws explaining it were formulated more than a century ago by Albert Einstein. However, we are...
Scientists develop device to enable improved global data transmission
Researchers have developed a new data transmission system that could substantially improve the transmission capacity and energy efficiency of the world's optical communication networks...
Heat pumps 'need tighter rules'
Domestic heat pumps need to be subject to tighter regulations in order for them to deliver widespread energy savings, a report suggests.
World's biggest Wave Hub installed off UK coast
(PhysOrg.com) -- A wave energy generation test site called the "Wave Hub" is being set up off Cornwall`s northern coast. The site is the first offshore wave energy site in...
Vega launcher production contracts signed by ESA, Arianespace and ELV
As Vega’s development is coming to an end with the qualification flight scheduled in 2011, two contracts were signed to allow the project to move on to the next phase.
Galileo revisited: How ribbons roll
Galileo Galilei’s experiments on the motions of falling and rolling objects, described in his 1638 book, “Two New Sciences,” are considered by many to be the beginning of modern science. Now researchers at...
Cable to signal 'cuts to science'
Business Secretary Vince Cable is expected to signal a squeeze on government funding for scientific research, urging universities to do 'more for less'.
Tiny 'Flying Saucers' Could Save Earth From Global Warming
But emissions cuts still crucial, inventor says
Swedish Researchers Harness Green Goo to Create Solar Cells from Jellyfish
Jellyfish Hodgers via Wikimedia A group of Swedish researchers are looking beyond plants for living models upon which to base their solar harvesting tech, turning instead to the photovoltaic prowess of the jellyfish....
No Quirks, Says DZERO
No, it is not a typo. I do mean "quirks": these are hidden-valley brothers of quarks predicted to exist in some fancy new physics scenarios. These particles have been sought...
Solvation Shell Helps Track Charge Transfer
Researchers report monitoring ultrafast charge transfer in a dye molecule via the IR spectrum of its solvent shell.
Three-quarters of new solar systems worldwide were installed in the EU in 2009: report
In 2009, newly installed photovoltaic (PV) cells world-wide produced a peak amount of electricity estimated at 7.4 GW, out of which 5.8 GW was located in Europe. Similarly to previous...
The digital film reel
In the production of films for movie theaters and cinemas, digital technology is pushing the film reel aside much more slowly than it does with photography. Up until only a...
A Bare Bones Vision On The Origin Of Physical Dynamics
I like to guide your attention to the work of Denis Sciama who in his article "On the origin of inertia" (see reference below) has put a very interesting view...
Stealth micelles for improved MRI scans
Novel gadolinium complexes could improve magnetic resonance imaging of blood
Green Gym Generates Electricity From Bikers
A San Diego gym has refurbished its exercise bikes to generate electrical power, helping to offset its carbon profile.
Electric car ends coast-to-coast trip
A 21-year-old engineering student is claiming to be the first person to cross mainland Canada in an electric car.
Scientists examine possibility of a phonon laser, or 'phaser'
(PhysOrg.com) -- While the optical laser celebrated its 50th anniversary earlier this year, some scientists have been working on a new type of coherent beam amplifier for sound rather than...