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Engineer discovers why particles disperse on liquids
Even if you are not a cook, you might have wondered why a pinch of flour (or any small particles) thrown into a bowl of water will disperse in a...
Letters: Causes of Falluja's birth defects
You are to be congratulated for bringing to public notice the possible causes of birth defects and cancers among infants in Falluja (Report, 14 November). You mention radiation poisoning, but not depleted uranium...
Angels & Demons: the Swansea connection
How do you make a bottle to store antimatter in? Don't ask Dan Brown; ask Professor Mike Charlton of Swansea University, who is researching the complex world of particle theory, in CernWhen...
Freezing: a phenomenon that 'jumps'
(PhysOrg.com) -- The freezing of suspensions of particles is not always a uniform phenomenon; in certain conditions it leads to a modification of the redistribution of particles and the growth...
Hydrogen Blast Leads To Refinery Shutdown
Investigation: Chemical Safety Board urges Utah plant to shutter operations, document safety.
Comcast's NBC talks cap its decades-long rise
(AP) -- Ralph Roberts knew he was onto something big when people ran after his cable TV trucks in Tupelo, Miss., asking for a visit to their homes.
Glimpsing a greener future
It's the year 2060, and 75 percent of drivers in the Greater Los Angeles area have hydrogen fuel cell vehicles that emit only water vapor.
Carnegie Mellon customizing electric cars for cost-effective urban commuting
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute have converted a 2001 Scion xB into an electric commuter vehicle that will serve as a test bed for a new community-based approach...
Building a more versatile laser
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the drawbacks associated with using semiconductor lasers is that many of them can only produce a beam of a single wavelength, and can only send that...
Measuring Electron Orbitals
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, it has been possible to measure electron density in individual molecular states using what is known as the photoelectric effect. Now published in Science,...
Tiny particles can deliver antioxidant enzyme to injured heart cells
Researchers at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed microscopic polymer beads that can deliver an antioxidant enzyme made naturally by the body into the heart.
Feature: Why taping is a necessity
Can a piece of tape really prevent injury? Dr Jodi Richardson finds out why most football players go through a kilometre of the stuff every year.
Simple test could offer cheap solution to detecting landmines
Scientists have developed a simple, cheap, accurate test to find undetected landmines.
A Prospective Car Buyer? Need Information About Auto Loans? Look No Further!
When we decide to buy a car we do a lot of homework about the different makes and the benefits of one over the other. We need to do the...
Taiwan, China may develop electric cars together
Taiwan and China are looking into developing electric cars together and will hold a conference here next week to seek areas where they can cooperate, a Taipei official said Monday.
Nanodevices Bend under the Force of Light
A team of researchers has fabricated a micron-scale device that deforms significantly under the force of light, a technology that could form the basis for tiny light-actuated switches or filters...
Vitaly Ginzburg obituary
Physicist who won the Nobel prize for his work on superconductivity and helped develop the Soviet hydrogen bombVitaly Ginzburg, who has died aged 93, was a Nobel prizewinning Russian physicist and a father...
NIST demonstrates 'universal' programmable quantum processor
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated the first "universal" programmable quantum information processor able to run any program allowed by quantum mechanics—the rules governing...
MIT scientists pinpoint origin of dissolved arsenic in Bangladesh drinking water
Researchers in MIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering believe they have pinpointed a pathway by which arsenic may be contaminating the drinking water in Bangladesh, a phenomenon that has...
Bacteria turn carbon dixoide into fuel
US researchers engineer bacteria to photosynthetically convert carbon dioxide to useful biofuel
Orwellian or Green? Carbon Taxes on Individuals
Carbon taxes have been aimed at individuals and businesses. Which is better?
Sculptured Materials Allow Multiple Channel Plasmonic Sensors
Sensors, communications devices and imaging equipment that use a prism and a special form of light -- a surface plasmon-polariton -- may incorporate multiple channels or redundant applications if manufacturers...
Ideal nanoparticle cancer therapies surf the bloodstream
Researchers are studying blood using computer models that simulate how the fluid and the cells it contains move around. One new study shows how components in blood line up to...
Scientists find key to creating clean fuel from coal and waste
'Gasification' process enhanced to save millions of tonnes of carbon and provide energyMillions of tonnes of carbon dioxide could be prevented from entering the atmosphere following the discovery of a way to turn...
Aircraft that can see for themselves (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian researchers have made two important advances in the development of unmanned aircraft capable of seeing for themselves as they fly fast and low over dangerous terrain.
Green Heating And Cooling Technology Turns Carbon From Eco-villain To Hero
Carbon is usually typecast as a villain in terms of the environment but researchers have now devised a novel way to miniaturize a technology that will make carbon a key...
Treadmills, ellipticals tap into natural power
Nothing would seem to be more "green" than exercise, which gives off sweat and smell but not pollution. But if you get your cardio on a machine, you're not completely...
Exploded: the myth of a miracle bomb detector | Ben Goldacre
It's always interesting when people take pseudoscience out of its natural habitat – north London's Islington – and off into a place where the stakes are quite high. Like the polio vaccine...