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Hot rods make boiling better
Kettle lined with tiny copper rods enables faster bubbling.
Engineers show nanotube circuits can be made en masse
Most innovations don't go far unless there is a way to turn them into products that are manufacturable on a mass scale. That's why new research on carbon nanotubes, presented...
Nuclear fallout used to spot fake art
New technique identifies unnatural isotopes in post-war forgeries
A new spin on sorting nanotubes
A technique that separates semiconducting and metallic nanotubes could pave the way for progress in nanoelectronics
U.S. Lifts Moratorium on New Solar Projects
Under increasing public pressure, the federal government lifted a freeze on new solar projects, barely a month after it was put into effect.
Some Fundamental Interactions Of Matter Found To Be Fundamentally Different Than Thought
When an atom collides with a molecule, traditional wisdom said the atom had to strike one end of the molecule hard to deliver energy to it. People thought a glancing...
Right Again, Einstein
A providential pair of pulsars shows once again that relativity passes muster
Visualizing atomic-scale acoustic wavesin nanostructures
Acoustic waves play many everyday roles - from communication between people to ultrasound imaging. Now the highest frequency acoustic waves in materials, with nearly atomic-scale wavelengths, promise to be useful...
Coffee Grounds Perk up Compost Pile With Nitrogen
Coffee grounds can be an excellent addition to a compost pile. The grounds are relatively rich in nitrogen, providing bacteria the energy they need to turn organic matter into compost.
Printed Optical Electronics Come Into View
European researchers have taken a major step towards the goal of developing printable electronics that can be used for creating radio frequency identification tags and flexible watch displays. Researchers have...
Rubber 'snake' could help wave power get a bite of the energy market
A device consisting of a giant rubber tube may hold the key to producing affordable electricity from the energy in sea waves. read more
Doppler lidar shows how the wind blows
QINGDAO, China, July 3 (UPI) -- Chinese scientists say they've created a light detection and ranging, or lidar, system to measure wind speed and direction over large areas...
'Smart' Materials Get Smarter With Ability To Better Control Shape And Size
A dynamic way to alter the shape and size of microscopic three-dimensional structures built out of proteins has been developed by biological chemists.
Phoenix To Bake Ice-Rich Sample Next Week
The next sample delivered to NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA) will be ice-rich. A team of engineers and scientists assembled to assess TEGA after a short...
Move Over, Porsche, Lamborghini, Ferrari!
The electric sports car Telsa Roadster makes "going green" flashy! It also goes from zero to 60 mph in a mere 3.9 seconds. The Early Show sported one on its...
Video: World's First Computer Is Finally Built
Charles Babbage’s 1822 design for a mechanical "difference engine" was never actually constructed...until now.
Scientists set out to measure how we perceive naturalness
Natural products are highly valued by consumers yet their properties have been difficult to reproduce fully in synthetic materials, placing a drain on our limited natural resources. Until now ...
Fireball in sky not a plane, Halifax police say
Police investigating a report of a small plane crashing in Halifax say the glowing object was likely a flare.
Interview: Navy's sensing mission
Frances Ligler tells Kathleen Too about portable, automated biosensors for fast, on-site detection of pathogens, toxins, pollutants, drugs and explosives
Borane leads the way to alternative fuels
New routes to hydrogen storage materials have been developed by scientists in the US and Singapore
Atomic scale microscopy goes commercial
Instrument manufacturers bring state-of-the-art transmission electron microscopes to the market
Worms do calculus to find meals or avoid unpleasantness
Thanks to salt and hot chili peppers, researchers have found a calculus-computing center that tells a roundworm to go forward toward dinner or turn to broaden the search. It's a...
The benefits of black holes
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: What good is a microscopic black hole, anyway? One of the physicists behind the latest report on the theoretical phenomenon explains it all for you.
New Form Of Energy-Transfer Processes: Atomic Tug Of War
A new form of energy-transfer processes, reported in Nature may have implications for the study of reactions going on in the atmosphere, and even for those occurring in the body.
Novel Sources of Dietary Fiber
Everyone knows that oat bran is a source of dietary fiber. Now dates, fenugreek, purslane and sweet potato greens are emerging to add their beneficial properties to the worldwide array....
Winning the Tour de France Takes Grit, Strength--And Cutting-Edge Technology [News]
To wear the winner's distinctive yellow jersey when this year's Tour de France ends in Paris on July 27, cyclists must make every second count throughout the race's 21 stages...
Ionic-Liquid Solar Cells
Blending solids leads to stable ionic liquid and efficient energy conversion device
New Nanowire-Based Memory Could Beef Up Information Storage
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have created a type of nanowire-based information storage device that is capable of storing three bit values rather than the usual two—that is, "0,"...