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Sky Show This Weekend: Venus to Meet Elusive Mercury
Normally elusive, Mercury will be shining brightly near Venus for most of this month—with a close conjunction on April 3 and 4.
Study: Magnetic Waves Alter Moral Compass
MIT Researchers Find That Magnetic Pulses Directed at Brain Change People's Ability to Tell Right from Wrong
Solvent may change cooking oil production
KINGSTON, Ontario, March 31 (UPI) -- A Canadian professor says a special solvent he invented might revolutionize the manufacturing of cooking oil.
New soybean aphid biotype identified
URBANA, Ind., March 31 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've identified a new soybean aphid -- Biotype 3 -- that can multiply on aphid-resistant soybean varieties.
Why certain symmetries are never observed in nature
Ordered materials with 7-fold, 9-fold or 11-fold symmetries are never observed in nature. Researchers discovered the reason for this when they tried to impose a 7-fold symmetry on a layer...
Scientists push closer towards birth of universe
Physicists at CERN, buoyed by their ground-breaking success in creating mini-Big Bangs giving them a glimpse of the dawn of time, began on Wednesday to push closer towards the very...
Japan plans nuclear power expansion
Proposal for eight new reactors and nuclear fuel reprocessing faces public opposition.
Better military technology does not lead to shorter wars, analysis reveals
It is generally assumed that military technology that is offensive rather than defensive in nature leads to shorter wars. Yet, new research from Sweden shows that this assumption is not...
Scientists to levitate liquid drops to study glass
Physicists are building a levitation chamber to suspend a drop of liquid in mid-air and watch its atoms as it cools into glass. The machine should help clarify the mystery...
NASA Joins Federal Probe Into Toyota Vehicle Problems
NASA scientists have joined the investigation into the root of Toyota auto failures.
For the First Time, Simulation Predicts Precisely How Materials Fracture
Taking the "what the frack" out of materials engineering Puzzlement over how to predict fractures in real-world materials has finally given way before a new mathematical model that describes exactly how materials crack...
New Capabilities Enable Suppliers, Manufacturers to Perform Specialized Testing, Avoid Additional Costly Investments
Celsis Analytical Services, a division of Celsis International, a leading global life sciences company, today announced the company has expanded the analytical chemistry capabilities of its accredited CGMP labs to...
Vital role for bacteria in climate-change gas cycle
Isoprene is a Jekyll-and-Hyde gas that is capable of both warming and cooling the Earth depending on the prevailing conditions. It is an important industrial gas, necessary for the manufacture...
Zero carbon, zero waste city being built in Abu Dhabi (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new eco-city being built in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Masdar City, will be the world`s first clean technology city, relying entirely on renewable energy sources, and...
Scientists discover world's smallest superconductor
Scientists have discovered the world's smallest superconductor, a sheet of four pairs of molecules less than one nanometre wide. The Ohio University-led study, published Sunday as an advance online publication...
Brown University-led team discovers how bats avoid collisions
For years, Brown University neuroscientist James Simmons has filmed bats as they flew in packs or individually chased prey in thick foliage. All the while, he asked himself why the...
Dual responsive microgel particles
Microgel particles that are responsive to both temperature and a magnetic field could lead to improved targeting in drug delivery systems
Vanderbilt sets up 1 of 8 virtual control rooms for LHC in US
On Tuesday, Mar. 30, the world's most powerful particle accelerator is scheduled to begin slamming subatomic particles together at record energies and recording the consequences of the micro-explosions that result,...
Shut Down The LHC? I'd Rather Not Hurt A Fly.
So how dangerous is the Large Hadron Collider? How likely is it that when operated at maximum energy the LHC will create a black hole and wipe out earth? Eric...
For one tiny instant, physicists may have broken a law of nature
For a brief instant, it appears, scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island recently discovered a law of nature had been broken. For the tiniest fraction of a second...
Study: Morality can be altered by magnets
The research could have big implications for not only neuroscientists, but also for judges and juries. Religion and Spirituality - Research - Health - Physics -...
Video: The Smallest Town in the U.S.
For "Assignment America," Steve Hartman visits Elgin Park, a collection of 1950s-era miniature cars and stores designed by popular photographer Michael Paul Smith.
How bats avoid collisions
How do bats avoid colliding with objects while flying? Scientists, using tiny microphones on bats' heads, found that bats tweak the frequencies of the sounds they emit to detect and...
Europe's electricity could be all renewables by 2050
Europe could meet all its electricity needs from renewable sources by mid-century, according to a report released Monday by services giant PricewaterhouseCoopers.
For The First Time, Researchers Harvest Raw Electric Current Directly From Algae
A step towards bio-batteries Algae has been floated again and again as a possible means of biofuel production, usually through chemical processes that extract sugars or other organic compounds that can be processed...
Lenzing Ups Fiber Capacity Again
Eastward Expansion: Plans call for doubling cellulosic capacity in China.
Thorium Complex Almost Maxes Out
Inorganic Chemistry: 15-Coordinate thorium aminodiboranate sets a record, just one bond short of a perfect 16.
OMV looks to fill extra gas capacity
VIENNA, March 29 (UPI) -- Austrian energy giant OMV announced Monday that companies could bid for the extra space in its Schonkirchen-Tief gas storage site starting May 6.