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World's Largest Wind Farm Churns in Texas
100,000-Acre Complex Holds 627 Turbines Capable of Generating Enough Juice To Power 230,000 Homes
Smart memory foam made smarter
Researchers from Northwestern University and Boise State University have figured out how to produce a less expensive shape-shifting 'memory' foam, which could lead to more widespread applications of the material,...
Engineers produce 'how-to' guide for controlling the structure of nanoparticles
Tiny objects known as nanoparticles are often heralded as holding great potential for future applications in electronics, medicine and other areas. The properties of nanoparticles depend on their size and...
Saudi science powerhouse opens its doors
Leaders of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, which opened this week, have stated their global aims.
Babies see it coming
Do infants only start to crawl once they are physically able to see danger coming? Or is it that because they are more mobile, they develop the ability to sense...
Paper battery may power future electronics
UPPSALA, Sweden, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Swedish scientists say they have developed a battery made of cellulose that might become an inexpensive battery of the future.
Environmentalists Battle Over Toilet Paper
Washington Post: Groups Say Soft Toilet Paper May be Hard on the Earth, But Consumers May Not Buy the Alternative
NASA to hold student gravity competition
CLEVELAND, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- NASA is inviting U.S. students in grades 6-12 to experience microgravity by designing and building experiments to be conducted in a space agency drop...
RCMP tests Tasers with video cameras
The RCMP is considering equipping officers with conducted energy weapons, or Tasers, that have video cameras embedded in the weapon's grip.
Harnessing nanopatterns: Tiny textures can produce big differences
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research at MIT has uncovered new information about how nanoscale patterns on the surface of a material can produce significant changes in the way it interacts with liquids....
Quantum Mechanics Advance Reported Using Superconducting Electrical Circuit
Physicists have made an important advance in quantum mechanics, demonstrating that they could detect the quantum correlations in the results of measurements of entangled quantum bits, using a superconducting electrical...
Japan's Honda unveils futuristic unicyle
It looks a bit like a plastic figure of eight, and its Japanese designers say it could revolutionise the way we get around, in total comfort and without breaking a...
Largest ever hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold
First pieces of gold were found in a farm field by an amateur metal detector who lives alone on disability benefit A harvest of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver so beautiful it brought tears...
Component of asphalt eyed as new fuel source
The pavement material that cars drive on may wind up in their fuel tanks as scientists seek ways of transforming asphaltenes - the main component of asphalt - into an...
A New Glance On Microscopic Images
A German researcher suggests interpreting the images generated by Kelvin probe force microscopy in a new way.
Students build electric car
First-year university students have designed and built an electric car that recharges itself and doesn't need mechanical brakes.
Opinion: Fuel reduction burning - misunderstood and irrationally maligned
The strategic use of fuel reduction burning should be embraced as one of the few tools that can minimise bushfire damage, Michael Poynter writes.
Smoke/Laser Microphone Captures "Pure Sound" With No Interference
Technological advances have brought audio recording a long way over the past several decades, but, as with so many things, microphone recording is limited by the very technology that has pushed it forward....
Smoke on the water -- and in the microphone?
(AP) -- What do you get if you combine a smoke machine, some tubing, a laser pointer, a fan and a piece of toilet paper? Answer: a microphone unlike...
Physics: The edge of physics
Canada's Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics was intended to become a world leader in the field. Eric Hand finds out if it has lived up to its ambitions.
Intel shows chips can get smaller
The head of the world's biggest chipmaker says it believes silicon chips can continue to get smaller and faster.
Why Size Isn't The Only Thing That Matters For Data Storage
Minute magnetic particles, whether bonded to plastic tape or coated onto a hard disk, are the basis of modern data storage. Information is encoded in the magnetic orientation of these...
Famed and Feared Hope Diamond Goes Naked
Long Rumored to Carry a Curse, World's Largest Blue Diamond Goes on Display for First Time Without Ornate Setting
Freak waves spotted in microwave cavity
Experiment could explain how huge waves form in the ocean
Rice researchers to build light-based crystal simulator
A Rice University-led team of physicists at seven U.S. universities has won $5 million from the Department of Defense to build a simulator capable of tackling high-temperature superconductivity, one of...
Engineering Better Disease Detectors, Energy Storage
Researcher develops biomaterials to aide in disease detection, energy storage.
Free PC widgets save energy
I shaved 0.86 pounds of emissions from my carbon footprint and saved 0.646 kilowatt hours yesterday, and if the little widget on my PC can be believed, more than 22,000...
Lasers' Role in Global Energy Revolution
Carbon nanotubes, photovoltaics and the "hydrogen economy" -- not exactly household concepts yet. But they are technologies at the forefront of the growing worldwide demand for "green" energy and manufacturing....