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Gazprom, PGNiG clinch gas deals
MOSCOW, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Polish gas giant PGNiG and Russian gas monopoly said they settled deals for increased deliveries of gas to Poland through 2037
Engineered metamaterials enable remarkably small antennas
In an advance that might interest Q-Branch, the gadget makers for James Bond, researchers have designed and tested experimental antennas that are highly efficient and yet a fraction of the...
Diamonds made even stronger by pressure
LIVERMORE, Calif., Jan. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have discovered that compression makes a diamond so strong it can withstand nearly a million times atmospheric pressure.
ESA signs three Galileo contracts
PARIS, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency says it has signed the first three contracts for the Galileo full operational capability phase.
Pomegranate extract stimulates uterine contractions
The team identified beta-sitosterol - a steroid that can inhibit the absorption of cholesterol in the intestine - as the main constituent of pomegranate seed extract. The research suggests that...
Innovative technique can spot errors in key technological systems
An innovative computational technique that draws on statistics, imaging and other disciplines has the capability to detect errors in sensitive technological systems ranging from satellites to weather instruments...
Clean and green: Supermarket shelves awash in eco-friendly laundry detergents
Laundry detergent manufacturers are rolling out a new generation of products aimed at making cleaning more efficient and environmentally friendly, according to an article in the current issue of Chemical...
Mismatched alloys are a good match for thermoelectrics
Employing some of the world's most powerful supercomputers, scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have shown that mismatched alloys are a good match for the future development of high performance...
Technology-testing Proba-2 opens new eye on the Sun
Packed with novel devices and science instruments, Proba-2 is demonstrating technologies for future ESA missions while providing new views of our Sun.
A softer ride for barefoot runners
People who run long distances without shoes cushion the blow with their gait.
Supercomputing Time Awarded to Design Transformational Lithium Air Battery
The Department of Energy announced today that 24 million hours of supercomputing time out of a total of 1.6 billion available hours at Argonne and Oak Ridge National Laboratories have...
Runners, baring your soles makes you well-heeled
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Harvard biologist and runner Daniel Lieberman had a simple question: "How did people run without shoes?"...
West Africa's oil triggers disputes
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- A tug-of-war between the Nigerian government and the foreign oil companies that operate the country's oil fields over the renewal of their...
Michigan looks to wind energy
DETROIT, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Operations at a 2,000-acre wind farm in Cadillac, Mich., are meeting the electricity demands of roughly 2,000 homes, Michigan utility Detroit Edison said.
Fruity route to control asymmetric syntheses
UK chemists find a quick, inexpensive route to make a key sulfide reagent for asymmetric organic syntheses with the help of limonene
Using degrees of freedom to get hyperentanglement
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the biggest challenges scientists are grappling with today is the creation of an efficient quantum computer. There are a number of models out there, and hundreds...
Scientists create small ozone sensor
FREIBURG, Germany, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- German scientists say they've developed a highly sensitive, miniaturized mobile ozone sensor that can operate in the air or water.
Stacking the deck: Single photons observed at seemingly faster-than-light speeds
Researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), a collaboration of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland at College Park, can speed up photons (particles...
"Big Bang" Cosmologist Found Dead at 52
Police Say Caltech Physicist Andrew E. Lange Died in an Apparent Suicide
SDSC, UCSD Pursuing HPC-based Radiation Therapy
SCORE project pursues novel high-performance computing applications for radiotherapy.
Algae as biofuel still rough around the edges
Source of food, carbon dioxide can make or break this potential renewable fuel heavyweight
Power from down under
Grants recently awarded to MIT researchers by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) could help to pave the way for a method of generating electricity that produces no greenhouse gas...
Germany boosts clean energy research
BERLIN, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- The German government has dubbed 2010 the "Energy Year" during which it will fund energy-related research projects with more than $600 million.
Making Quantum Behavior Observable Using Optical Levitation
(PhysOrg.com) -- Perhaps one of the biggest challenges of modern physics is figuring out how to realize and take advantage of strange quantum behaviors in progressively larger and more complex...
Interview: The beauty of fullerenes
Nazario Martín talks about C60, the energy crisis and chemistry in Spain.
Glasgow scientists predict mass of new particle
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of physicists from the University of Glasgow has predicted the mass of a new particle which would help explain one of the fundamental forces of the...
Energy Grants Seek Reliable Source for Diagnostic Aid
Faced with a limited supply of a radioactive drug, the Energy Department is investing in new processes and a new type of reactor.
Widely Used Bomb Detectors Deemed Useless
Iraq Invests Millions in Devices but U.S. Military Says They're Only Good for "Fooling a 4-Year-Old"