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Argonne launches unique research initiative to realize solar energy's full potential
(PhysOrg.com) -- Spurred by global development and population growth, the world's energy needs are expected to double by 2050. The best solution to meet this coming demand is an energy...
Highest temperature in universe created
BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Scientists say a U.S. Department of Energy study has created the hottest conditions ever measured in the universe -- 7.2 trillion degrees Fahrenheit.
Obama Sings A Nuclear Tune
Renaissance: Administration offers $8 billion in loan guarantees for nuclear power plants.
Chickens 'one-up' humans in ability to see color
Researchers have peered deep into the eye of the chicken and found a masterpiece of biological design. Scientists mapped five types of light receptors in the chicken's eye. They discovered...
Enzyme design with remote effects
Engineers are unlikely to tinker with the cooling system if they want to increase the size of an engine. Yet chemists at the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research have...
Marriage of microfluidics and optics could advance lab-on-a-chip devices
With a silicone rubber 'stick-on' sheet containing dozens of miniature, powerful lenses, engineers at Harvard are one step closer to putting the capacity of a large laboratory into a micro-sized...
Lou's clues lead to nano revelation
Welding uses heat to join pieces of metal in everything from circuits to skyscrapers. But Rice University researchers have found a way to beat the heat on the nanoscale...
For nanowires, nothing sparkles quite like diamond
Diamonds are renowned for their seemingly flawless physical beauty and their interplay with light. Now researchers are taking advantage of the mineral's imperfections to control that light at the atomic...
New material mimics bone to create better biomedical implants
A 'metal foam' that has a similar elasticity to bone could mean a new generation of biomedical implants that would avoid bone rejection that often results from more rigid implant...
Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Navistar work to increase semi-truck fuel efficiency
In a few years, semi-trucks on U.S. highways could save the nation more than $10 billion annually in diesel fuel costs.
Scientists find donut-shaped structure of enzyme involved in energy metabolism
If subway terminals didn't exist and people had to exit subway stations to switch subway lines, transit time would increase. People also may encounter distractions, such as grabbing a cup...
Lasers Could Speed Cancer Testing
(PhysOrg.com) -- Photonics center explores new technology that might enable real-time diagnoses.
Precise Route To Polypropylenes
Polymer Chemistry: Novel chain-transfer process expands range of possible materials.
SanDisk Announces iNAND Embedded Flash Drive Line
SanDisk Corporation today announced that the SanDisk iNAND Embedded Flash Drive (EFD) product line offers new performance enhancement features that go beyond the existing e.MMC 4.4 specification. The new features...
US military to make jet fuel from algae
(PhysOrg.com) -- If military researchers in the US are right, jet fuel produced from algae may soon be available for about the same price as ordinary jet fuels.
Power from motion and vibrations
This is the second of a series about MIT research on harnessing micro-sources of power (part one can be read here).The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, which traverses hundreds of miles of some of...
Nano for the senses
Pin-sharp projections, light that’s whiter than white, varnishes that make sounds if the temperature changes: at nano tech 2010 in Tokyo, researchers present nanotechnology that is a veritable feast for...
Habit-learning device will lower energy bills under new clean energy cashback scheme
Smart control units that learn householders' energy habits and provide immediate feedback on consumption could give home energy savings of up to 20 percent without compromising comfort.
In Brookhaven Collider, Scientists Briefly Break a Law of Nature
A departure from normal physics in the Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider.
FOR KIDS: Pipefish power from mom
When pop's a shrimp of a fish, mom passes on extra protein boost
NRL Develops Technique To Speed Detection Process
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Naval Research Laboratory are developing a device to enable rapid detection and identification of bacteria, chemicals, and explosives in the environment or on the battlefield.
Energy-efficient lighting made without mercury
Scientists have developed a revolutionary lighting technology that is more energy efficient than the common incandescent light bulb and does not contain mercury, making it environmentally safer than the compact...
Energy Efficient Separations: Researchers Use Computational Modeling to Design Improved Membrane Technology
(PhysOrg.com) -- Computational modeling tools developed at the Georgia Institute of Technology could accelerate development of a new type of membrane technology that will boost the efficiency of energy-related gas...
German CDU minister wants nuclear out
BERLIN, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Germany's environment minister is defying his fellow conservatives by calling to get rid of nuclear power.
Researchers demonstrate mosquito laser in action (w/ Video)
In the video below, you can watch what happens to a mosquito at the instant it's zapped by a laser, all in slow-motion. Nathan Myhrvold`s company, Intellectual Ventures, has been...
'Primordial soup' rejected as life's start
LONDON, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- British and German scientists say life on Earth may have begun when energy from alkaline, deep-sea vents produced the lipids and proteins of the...
U.S. Olympic Skeleton Team Studies Sled Forces in High-Tech Simulator
In the sport of skeleton , where athletes called "sliders" hurtle face first atop a sled the size of a seat cushion down an iced-over concrete track at speeds...
Grid computing for the masses
Having helped scientists study the building blocks of the universe, peer inside the human body in miniscule detail and monitor climate change, grid computing could soon be put to more...