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Slippery Customer: A Greener Antiwear Additive for Engine Oils
(PhysOrg.com) -- Titanium, a protean element with applications from pigments to aerospace alloys, could get a new role as an environmentally friendly additive for automotive oil, thanks to work by...
First Solar: Quest for the $1 Watt
Photovoltaic cells, once so costly they could be used only to power million-dollar satellites, are today turning up even on humble parking meters. Now a brash Tempe, Ariz., company called...
Better Than Power Grid: New Microgrid Network Proposed For More Dependable, Cheaper Power
A researcher has proposed a microgrid-based power plant with its own local power sources and independent control as a more dependable, efficient, and cost effective system than traditional telecom power...
Carbon Dioxide Laser Resurfacing May Reduce Wrinkles Over Long Term
Carbon dioxide laser resurfacing appears to be an effective long-term treatment for facial wrinkles, according to a report in the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.
Solar power from Saharan sun could provide Europe's electricity, says EU
Largescale renewable energy grid at heart of plan to cut Europe's carbon emissions by harnessing power of desert sun
USDA awards $6.9M for energy projects
WASHINGTON, July 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Agriculture Department Tuesday said it released $6.9 million in loans and grants for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.
RAM for Free
A novel form of data compression effectively doubles the memory in embedded systems while barely slowing them down.
Holey Nanoparticles Create New Tumor Imaging and Therapeutic Agent
Using a polymer that has both water-soluble and water-insoluble regions, a team of investigators from the Siteman Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence has created a nanoparticle shaped like a bialy,...
Researchers Discover Novel Method for Activating Enzymatic Reactions
Researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered a new method for "switching on" enzymatic reactions with precise energy delivery: by using microwave radiation.
During Olympics, Researcher Studies Air-quality in Beijing
As the world watches China prepare for the Olympic Games, Cornell researcher Max Zhang has his eye on less visible matters -- the particles in Beijing's air that millions breathe...
Engineers Prove Graphene is the Strongest Material
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research scientists at Columbia University`s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science have achieved a breakthrough by proving that the carbon material graphene is the strongest material...
New breast cancer test under study
Whether a painless, portable device that uses electrical current rather than X-ray to look for breast cancer could be an alternative to traditional mammograms is under study at the Medical...
First Full 3-D View Of Cracks Growing In Steel
Researchers have revealed how a growing crack interacts with the 3-D structure of stainless steel. By using a new technique, they could determine the internal 3-D structure of the sample...
A 'New Dimension' at the LHC
(PhysOrg.com) -- Later this year, the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland, will begin operating, sending beams of protons hurling around circular...
Dutch researchers take flight with three-gram 'dragonfly'
(PhysOrg.com) -- On Wednesday 23 July, TU Delft will be presenting the minute DelFly Micro air vehicle. This successor to the DelFly I and II weighs barely 3 grams, and...
Possible To Reduce Emissions By 30 Percent By 2025, Model Shows
Scientists modeled emissions for Minnesota and found that it is possible to reduce emissions by 30 percent by 2025 and 80 percent by 2050 and possibly exceed those numbers if...
Who covets the electric car? Sales surge in Ottawa
Ottawa motorists are being driven like never before toward technology that allows them to run a car without gas, say those who help convert cars to electric power.
Construction vehicle rampages in Jerusalem
The driver of a construction vehicle rammed and overturned cars in downtown Jerusalem on Tuesday, wounding four people before he was shot dead, police said.
Portuguese team makes first paper based transistor
(PhysOrg.com) -- Elvira Fortunato and colleagues from the Centro de Investigação de Materiais (Cenimat/I3N), at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, made the first Field Effect Transistor...
George Monbiot on Channel 4's global warming documentary
The environmentalist George Monbiot says Channel 4 was wrong to screen a documentary that distorted the views of climate scientists
Nanotechnology: Learning From Past Mistakes
A new expert analysis in Nature Nanotechnology questions whether industry, government and scientists are successfully applying lessons learned from past technologies to ensure the safe and responsible development of emerging...
Watchdog's verdict on Channel 4 climate film angers scientists
Station cleared of 'materially misleading the audience so as to cause harm or offence'
EPA diesel emission grants available
WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it has $3.4 million in grant funds for projects using new technology to reduce existing diesel engine...
Economic View: Means Testing, for Medicare
No matter who sits in the Oval Office next year, there won’t be many degrees of freedom in the federal budget. The main problem: Medicare.
Solar cars cruise through Prairies
Drivers passing through the Prairies on the Trans-Canada Highway will be sharing the road with some futuristic-looking vehicles on Monday, as contestants in a solar car race head into the...
First STM spectroscopy of graphene flakes yields new surprises
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley have performed the first scanning tunneling spectroscopy of graphene flakes...
Oat Producers Sow $500,000 in Oat R & D
Saskatchewan oat producers are sowing $500,000 in University of Saskatchewan research into high-yielding and disease-resistant oat varieties.
Margarine, pastry producers slow to reduce trans-fat levels: task force
Margarines, doughnuts and pastries still contain high levels of trans fat, according to a Health Canada task force.