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Can we detect quantum behaviour in viruses?
(PhysOrg.com) -- The weird world of quantum mechanics describes the strange, often contradictory, behaviour of small inanimate objects such as atoms. Researchers have now started looking for ways to detect...
Scientists Discover New Way to Generate Electricity
MIT researchers have found a way to produce large amounts of electricity from tiny cylinders of carbon, called carbon nanotubes.
Kroger recalls two soup and dip mixes
CINCINNATI, March 11 (UPI) -- The Kroger Co. says it is recalling Kroger-brand onion soup and dip mix and beefy onion soup and dip mix because of possible contamination.
New, tough material is created
MANCHESTER, England, March 10 (UPI) -- British scientists say they have combined chalk and polystyrene to produce a tough new material that could make other materials more durable.
Scientists chemically turn CO2 into CO
ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 10 (UPI) -- U.S. and British scientists say they've developed a technique that chemically turns carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide using visible light, such as...
Cern's giant collider aims for world record
Scientists in Geneva expect to generate beams of particles with three times more energy than previously achievedThe giant machine designed to recreate conditions that existed moments after the big bang will attempt to...
Syria knocks on nuclear club door
PARIS, March 10 (UPI) -- Damascus has the right and the need to join the nuclear club with a civilian atomic energy program, the Syrian deputy foreign minister said...
U.S. funds new nuclear power technology
WASHINGTON, March 10 (UPI) -- The United States needs to retake its position as the global leader in the nuclear energy sector, the U.S. energy secretary said in Washington.
New nanotechnology sensor array unveiled
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 10 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've built a sensor array that, for the first time, can detect a molecule of hydrogen peroxide coming from a...
Cotton is the fabric of your lights, your MP3 player, your cell phone
Consider this T-shirt: It can monitor your heart rate and breathing, analyze your sweat and even cool you off on a hot summer's day. Or a solar-powered dress that can...
With A Bit of Math, Researchers Find a Way to See Through Opaque Materials
Light is essential to vision, at least the kind we perform with our naked eyes. This is why we can see through a glass lens but not through a brick wall (though...
New heat-conducting material is developed
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 9 (UPI) -- A U.S. research team says it has discovered a way of transforming polyethylene into a material that conducts heat as well as most...
Iran claims progress in energy sector
TEHRAN, March 9 (UPI) -- Iran expects "considerable development" in its energy sectors once 22 contracts with foreign companies go into effect, officials said.
Toyota disputes critic who blames electronics
(AP) -- Toyota gave detailed evidence Monday that it says disproves claims that electronics may cause the unwanted acceleration that led to the recall of more than 8 million...
ORNL Earns Project of Year Award from Tech Transfer Group
A technology that can enhance collecting of data from studying the compositions on a material surface has earned the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory the Excellence in Technology...
Quantum cryptography protocol doesn't require shared reference frames
(PhysOrg.com) -- Quantum cryptography, which enables two parties to communicate with each other with perfect security, has begun to be implemented by some governments, banks, and other corporations with high-security...
Enriching Uranium Only Gets Easier
Making the leap from reactor-grade nuclear fuel to bomb-grade is like the rich getting richer: really fast.
LED streetlights best buy for cities, researchers report
Researchers have conducted the first cradle-to-grave assessment of light-emitting diode streetlights and determined that the increasingly popular lamps strike the best balance between brightness, affordability, and energy and environmental conservation...
Wonders of the Solar System and A Kick in the Head | TV Review
Brain Cox gets choked up by solar eclipses and the northern lights. I am totally smittenParticle physicists aren't supposed to be like Professor Brian Cox. He's young and handsome, has a nice...
Geneva atom smasher seeks dark matter discoveries
(AP) -- The world's largest atom smasher could generate its first scientific breakthrough later this year when operators hope to make discoveries into the elusive nature of dark matter,...
EU members eye 'super' electric grid
LONDON, March 8 (UPI) -- The so-called Friends of the Super Grid unveiled a $46 billion plan in London to connect electricity grids in England, Scotland, Germany and Norway.
World first superconducting DC power transmission system a step closer
(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of researchers in Japan have succeeded for the first time in superconducting power transmission of direct current over two hundred meters.
Cellphone charges while travelling can mount
International roaming fees charged by wireless firms can be very expensive and difficult to predict, according to an investigation by CBC-TV's Marketplace.
'Quantum dots' could lead to faster computers
An international team of scientists has developed a new type of semiconductor that could lead to faster and more efficient computers with over double the average existing hard-drive storage capacity.
Warp Speed Will Kill You
Harmless interstellar hydrogen becomes deadly ionized radiation that would fry the crew and electronics of starships traveling near light speed, according to a physicist.
UK Parliament Debates Climate Science Report
UK Parliament Debates Climate Science Report If somebody is in favor of making our planet a better place to live, you can bet your life that somebody with a louder voice...
How ocean bacterium turns carbon into fuel
Researchers have uncovered details about how cyanobacteria, one of the most abundant organisms on Earth, digest carbon. These bacteria build miniature factories inside themselves that turn carbon into fuel. A...
Solvated electron mystery solved
Researchers directly measure binding energy of electrons in aqueous solution, finding that those in bulk solution behave differently to those on the surface