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Hawaiian Scientists Take Their Test Tubes Surfing
Chemists have traded their white coats for swim shorts at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu -- they've shunned the lab so they can swim out to the breakers with a...
Collider Operations on Hold Until Next Year
The world’s newest and largest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, will not begin operations again until April, officials at CERN said.
"Big Bang" collider to restart in spring 2009
GENEVA (Reuters) - The huge particle collider built to simulate the conditions of the "Big Bang" will not restart until spring 2009 after a weekend technical glitch, the European Organization...
Einstein fridge design can help global cooling
Scientists relaunch a 1930 invention that uses no electricity and would reduce greenhouse gases
Marcus Pearce: Art and illusion at BA 2008
The last day of the British Association Festival of Science in Liverpool was dedicated to art and optical illusions
Unlocking The Secret Of The Kondo Effect
Scientists have forged a breakthrough in understanding an intriguing phenomenon in fundamental physics: the Kondo effect.
Opinion: Woomf! Plunggg! Protons collide with doomsday fanaticism
The Large Hadron Collider has provided another trigger for humanity's innate proclivity for millenarianism, writes Brian Matthews.
Nanoscale Structures: A Snapshot Of Transformations
Researchers have achieved a milestone in materials science and electron microscopy by taking a high-resolution snapshot of the transformation of nanoscale structures.
Fuel-saving Designs Improve Efficiency Of Hydraulic Systems
Researchers have shown how to reduce fuel consumption and dramatically improve the efficiency of hydraulic pumps and motors in heavy construction equipment.
Skateboards catch an innovation wave
Surf or go snowboarding on the street with the Big Stick, Carveboard, Flowboard and Wave. ...
Gas Mileage Rises In 2008 Vehicles
The EPA reports average fuel efficiency of new cars and trucks rose only slightly in 2008, but the increased sales of smaller vehicles due to high gas prices could push...
Scientists Create World's Thinnest Balloon -- Just One Atom Thick
Using a lump of graphite, a piece of Scotch tape and a silicon wafer, Cornell researchers have created a balloonlike membrane that is just one atom thick -- but strong...
Small accidents mean big trouble for supercollider
(AP) -- Scientists expect startup glitches in the massive, complex machines they use to smash atoms. But the unique qualities of the world's largest particle collider mean that the...
Feature: Clearly infrared
An insight into how the high infrared transparency of chalcogenide glass promises technological innovation.
Seven Years Later: Electrons Unlocked Post-9/11 Anthrax Mail Mystery
When materials scientist Joseph Michael and his team at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., trained their high-powered electron microscope on anthrax spore samples the FBI had sent them in...
Lab Micro-Sizes Genetics Testing
Using new "lab on a chip" technology, James Landers, a University of Virginia chemistry professor, hopes to create a hand-held device that may eventually allow physicians, crime scene investigators,...
Video: On Dancing Air - The Story of Wind Power
How wind turbines work; and the 5000 year history of wind technology. Credit: IMAGINOVA
Chicago Unveils Multifaceted Plan to Curb Emissions of Heat-Trapping Gases
The blueprint would change the city’s building codes to promote energy efficiency, and it calls for installing huge solar panels at municipal properties and building alternative fueling stations.
Important Twist in Supercapacitor Research
(PhysOrg.com) -- Car batteries as we know them today may soon be relics. Storing energy in clunky containers with limited shelf lives has plagued car makers and military engineers who...
Squeezing Juice from the Sun: Tapping Solar Energy Could Provide Limitless Power
The biggest energy bang for the buck comes from sunlight, says Binghamton University researcher Seshu Desu. And together with his research team, he's hoping to tap into that immense supply...
Global Challenges
The American Chemical Society is now offering Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions, a series of podcasts focusing on daunting global problems and how new discoveries from the labs of chemists and other...
A broadband single-photon source
As science makes progress toward practical quantum computing, improved quantum cryptography and scalable quantum communications systems, single photon sources will become more important. Until now, though, efficient solid-state single photon...
Introducing the next generation of chemical reactors
Unique nanostructures which respond to stimuli, such as pH, heat and light will pave the way for safer, greener and more efficient chemical reactors.
Lasers slim down radiotherapy equipment
Accelerating electrons using lasers could save valuable space and time in hospitals
North Korea preparing to 'restart' nuclear reactor
A diplomat from Pyongyang says North Korea's atomic reactor will be restarted because Washington hasn't kept its part of an international deal to end the country's nuclear program.
Toughening up thin films
New thin film precursors could lead to faster and smaller electronic devices
Most industries remain dependent on hazardous substances
Many obstacles, including insufficient investment and lack of training, keep scientists from embracing green chemistry and designing safer substitutes for the vast majority of compounds in use today. ...
Potential environmental risks aren't part of chemical engineers' training
No university in the United States teaches basic toxicology or other environmental sciences to students studying for a traditional chemistry degree, even a doctorate. Chemistry textbooks are devoid of ...