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Quantum Computers Could Excel In Modeling Chemical Reactions
Quantum computers would likely outperform conventional computers in simulating chemical reactions involving more than four atoms, according to scientists. Such improved ability to model and predict complex chemical reactions could...
Researchers Make New Electronics -- With A Twist
Scientists have made electronics that can bend. They've made electronics that can stretch. And now, they've reached the ultimate goal -- electronics that can be subjected to any complex deformation,...
Researchers to Develop National Energy/Transportation Model and Plan
James McCalley, an Iowa State University professor in electrical and computer engineering, is leading a research team that's developing new and better infrastructure designs for the country's energy and transportation...
New method for tracing metal pollution back to its sources
A new way of pinpointing where zinc pollution in the atmosphere comes from could improve pollution monitoring and regulation, says research out this week in the journal Analytical Chemistry.
Researchers shed new light on catalysed reactions
Rice University scientists on the hunt for a better way to clean up the stubborn pollutant TCE have created a method that lets them watch molecules break down on the...
New material could make gases more transportable
Chemists at the University of Liverpool have developed a way of converting methane gas into a powder form in order to make it more transportable...
New research will seal the future of green packaging
Researchers at the University of Bath and the food & drinks research centre at Campden BRI are leading a project to create a new high speed environmentally-friendly packaging process that...
With Perfect Accuracy, Cornell Chemical Engineering Car Wins National Competition
With their shoebox-size car powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, the 18-member undergraduate student team placed first at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers student-car competition in Philadelphia Nov. 16,...
Hollywood moguls see cinema's future in 3D
Three-dimensional films, once blamed for making audiences nauseous, are making a comeback and are likely to become the future of cinema thanks to digital technology, Hollywood studio moguls say.
Debate still heated on China’s fusion plans
Scientists question country’s involvement in Iter, the international fusion project
Astronaut's bag joins 9,000 other bits of space debris
Space-walk to repair joint on solar panel wing takes seven hours after toolbag slips out of a greasy glove
How Do Bacteria Swim? Physicists Explain
Physicists have completed the most detailed study of the swimming patterns of a microbe, showing for the first time how its movement is affected by drag and a phenomenon called...
Are Flexible, Flapping Flying Machines in our Future?
Modern aircraft have been fabulously successful with rigid wings and rotors. But just imagine the flying machines that would be possible if we could understand and harness the most efficient...
Institute for Nanotechnology Established at The George Washington University
The GW Institute of Nanotechnology will draw on the expertise of the University's faculty members in mechanical, aerospace, electrical, computer, civil, and environmental engineering; physics, chemistry; and biochemistry.
Reducing Our Lead Footprint: Engineers Discover New Material to Reduce Lead in Electronics
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering have discovered a new lead-free material, bismuth samarium ferrite (BSFO), for use in products ranging from...
Kanguru Announces First e-Flash (eSATA + USB)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Kanguru Solutions announced today the release of their first e-Flash drive. Utilizing eSATA (External Serial ATA) technology allows the Kanguru e-Flash to achieve performance speeds never before obtainable...
Ultra-wideband radio rides a beam of light
(PhysOrg.com) -- Multiple high-definition videos and other data-rich services may soon stream through homes, offices, ships and planes via new hybrid optical/ultra-wideband-radio systems developed by European researchers.
Light inside sponges
Fibre optics as light conductors are obviously not just a recent invention. Sponges (Porifera), the phylogenetically oldest, multicellular organisms (Metazoa) are able to transduce light inside their bodies by employing...
Researchers reshape the future of drug discovery
Scientists in Leeds have devised a new way to create the next generation of man-made molecules in a breakthrough that could revolutionise drug development. Creating new drugs to combat disease...
Power of the Future: A Timeline to Energy Independence
When might we expect exciting alternative technology to become our ho-hum everyday energy supply?
Better Than Bombs: Rocket Balls
They propel themselves every which way, bouncing off hardened walls and breaking through doors.
Improved Spectrometer Based On Nonlinear Optics
Scientists have created a new highly sensitive infrared spectrometer. The device converts light from the infrared part of the spectrum to the visible part, where the availability of superior optical...
New System Proposed To Optimize Combined Energy Use
Engineers in Spain have developed an algorithm that can optimize hybrid electricity generation systems through combined use of renewable energies, such as photovoltaic and wind power, and non-renewables, such as...
Group says link auto aid to efficiency
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Any financial aid to U.S. automakers should be tied to better fuel efficiency to boost energy independence and the economy, a scientific...
What If Your Energy Supply is Gone with the Wind?
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new research program at Oregon State University proposes to tackle one of the major remaining problems with wind energy - how do you provide a steady,...
Future Cars More Recyclable
Aluminum is good for fuel economy, reduced emissions, high recyclability and improved safety.
LLNL, industry leaders to develop advanced technology cluster testbed
The National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has teamed with 10 computing industry leaders to accelerate the development of powerful next-generation Linux clusters in a project dubbed...
Precise measurement of phenomenon advances solar cell understanding
"One type of solar cell design starts with a chain of chromophores strung between two electrodes," explained Dewey Holten, Ph.D., professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences. "This chain absorbs...