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Light Touch: Controlling The Behavior Of Quantum Dots
Researchers from NIST and the Joint Quantum Institute have reported a new way to fine-tune the light coming from quantum dots by manipulating them with pairs of lasers. Their technique...
Turning Up The Heat On Tomatoes Boosts Absorption Of Lycopene
Turning up the heat on the red tomato during processing has the potential to give the popular garden staple added disease-fighting power. Scientists have found that lycopene molecules in tomatoes...
Chemists Synthesize Promising Anti-cancer Product
Chemists have patented an efficient technique for synthesizing a marine algae extract in sufficient quantities to now test its ability to inhibit the growth of cancerous cells while leaving normal...
Chloroplast development protein is found
EAST LANSING, Mich., Aug. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've found a protein necessary for chloroplast development -- a discovery that may lead to plants tailored for...
Fast quantum computer bit is created
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have made the fastest quantum computer bit created, demonstrating the advantage of the qubit over the conventional...
Monolithic comb drive nanomachine created
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have created a nanoscale motorized positioning device that may have applications in biological and engineering fields.
New catalyst boosts chances of hydrogen from ethanol as a green transport fuel
Scientists have developed a cheaper way to make hydrogen from biofuel that could be a solution to previous difficulties with storage and transport of the gas
Polymer Electric Storage, Flexible And Adaptable
The proliferation of solar, wind and even tidal electric generation and the rapid emergence of hybrid electric automobiles demands flexible and reliable methods of high-capacity electrical storage. Now materials scientists...
New Instrument To Control The Size Of Nanoclusters Could Lead To Reduced Pollution From Petroleum Products
A new instrument enables researchers to make nanoclusters of 10 to 100 atoms with atomic precision. A new model of nanocatalysts of molybdenum sulfide is the first step in developing...
Large Hadron Collider Set To Unveil A New World Of Particle Physics
The field of particle physics is poised to enter unknown territory with the startup of a massive new accelerator -- the Large Hadron Collider -- in Europe this summer. On...
Drilling for Hot Rocks: Google Sinks Cash into Advanced Geothermal Technology
For $1 billion over the next 40 years, the U.S. could develop 100 gigawatts (a gigawatt equals one billion watts) of electricity generation that emits no air pollution and pumps...
A Virus-Powered Battery
Engineers at MIT have figured out a way to deal with virus that is better than just killing them: they're putting them to work. The researchers have developed a new...
Creating Unconventional Metals: Quantum Halfway House Between Magnet And Semiconductor Discovered
The semiconductor silicon and the ferromagnet iron are the basis for much of mankind's technology, used in everything from computers to electric motors. Scientists now report that they have combined...
Bloomberg proposes windmills for New York City
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed a renewable energy program for New York city that would include placing windmills on city bridges, solar panels on skyscrapers, and the use of tidal,...
U.S. economy: Light at the end of the tunnel
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sure, the U.S. economy is struggling, but the end to the "growth recession" may be in sight, say University of Michigan economists.
Microorganisms That Convert Hydrocarbons To Natural Gas Isolated
When a group of University of Oklahoma researchers began studying the environmental fate of spilt petroleum, a problem that has plagued the energy industry for decades, they did not expect...
Spinning electrons make for an unconventional metal
Simple exception to Landau-Fermi liquid could provide new route to spintronics
Microbial Gas May Have Led To Accident At Paper Mill
Hydrogen generated by anaerobic bacteria considered as possible fuel for tank explosion
Guy Dammann: We don't need scientists to reinforce beauty norms
Guy Dammann: We're under enough pressure to look a certain way – the last thing we need is scientific research that makes us feel even more inadequate
Researcher Closes in On Ethanol Breakthrough that Reduces Need to Use Corn to Make Ethanol
A yeast geneticist on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) is close to developing mutant yeast for ethanol production that would reduce or eliminate the need to use...
NIST study helps stabilize protein drugs
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Aug. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've developed a fast, inexpensive and effective technology for use in stabilizing protein drugs for room temperature storage.
How Bubble Wrap Could Power the Future
The outer structure of the stunning "Water Cube" at the Beijing Olympics is made of air-filled polymer cushions that require 200 times less energy than glass.
Small SUVs Improve In Crash Tests
Four small sport utility vehicles received top scores in crash tests. Most small SUVs were rated as marginal or poor in terms of safety five years ago.
Gasoline produced from biomass could be in fuel tanks by 2010 with new technology
(PhysOrg.com) -- Turning everyday waste into gasoline may seem like a distant dream, but thanks to researchers with the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) and Byogy Renewables Inc., it could...
Extreme Engineering
Extra Credit: University of British Columbia engineering students (note the hand-painted “E” for “engineers”) managed to hang this car from this Vancouver bridge and get away with it. The...
Trace arsenic in water may be linked with diabetes
CHICAGO (AP) -- A new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with Type 2 diabetes, researchers...
A molecule keeps anxiety down
(PhysOrg.com) -- The link between emotions and experiences determines many aspects of our daily life. It allows us to recognize pretty objects or harmful situations. These links are created when...
Sweet smell of success
German scientists have used an ionic liquid coating on a hydrogenation catalyst to make sweet smelling chemicals