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Observatory: Wing Design Is Behind Added Lift for Locusts
With insect wings, as with so much in life, it’s the details that count.
Impact Of Renewable Energy On Our Oceans Must Be Investigated, Say Scientists
Scientists are calling for urgent research to understand the impact of renewable energy developments on marine life. The study highlights potential environmental benefits and threats resulting from marine renewable energy,...
Strain on nanocrystals could yield colossal results
In finally answering an elusive scientific question, researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have shown that the selective placement of strain can alter...
Magnetism Observed In Gas For The First Time
For the first time, MIT scientists have observed ferromagnetism in an atomic gas, addressing the decades-old question of whether gases could show properties similar to a magnet made of iron...
Smaller isn't always better: Catalyst simulations could lower fuel cell cost
Imagine a car that runs on hydrogen from solar power and produces water instead of carbon emissions. While vehicles like this won't be on the market anytime soon, University of...
Invention Can Turn Red Wine By-products Into Yoghurt, Chocolates, Creams And More
A conversation over a glass of wine turned into a research effort to create new, healthy wine-flavored products. The German and Spanish research team say they have invented a way...
New Material Brings IBM's Super-High-Density Memory Closer to Market
"Millipede" MEMS storage could hold 1 terabyte of data per square inch Even though computer memory has become cheaper and cheaper, the materials chemistry behind storage has not changed significantly in a long...
Nanotechnology method folds DNA segments
PROVO, Utah, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. nanotechnology scientists say they've developed a technique that allows creation of letters so small that hundreds of thousands could fit into a...
Truth Is Stranger Than Science: Discovering true properties of metal oxides
(PhysOrg.com) -- To successfully compete in a global marketplace, manufacturers continually search for better materials: faster drying and less hazardous paint, longer-lasting sunscreen, and faster computers. Transition metal and complex...
American-made superconducting radiofrequency cavity makes the grade
The U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility marked a step forward in the field of advanced particle accelerator technology with the successful test of the first U.S.-built...
Making Nanowires More Electrically Stable
(PhysOrg.com) -- It's widely predicted that future electronics will largely depend on something really small -- nanomaterials used for building nanoelectronics. A key component of these tiny circuits is stable...
'Eyetooth' restores U.S. woman's vision
A woman in Mississippi recovered her sight after surgeons used one of her teeth as a base to hold an artificial lens.
Some Lifepak-brand defibrillators recalled
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- A federal agency announced the recall of certain Lifepak CR-plus automated external defibrillators because they may malfunction in extremely high humidity.
Mechanical and nuclear engineers receive award for top-100 technology product of 2009
A neutron detector created at Kansas State University has been named one of the top 100 technologies of the year.
Buffer gas cooling could open up the field of ultracold physics
(PhysOrg.com) -- "Scientists have been making Bose-Einstein Condensates [BECs] for nearly 15 years," Charlie Doret tells PhysOrg.com. "Essentially all BEC research to date, however, begins with laser cooling. Unfortunately, laser...
Researchers make progress in optimizing solid oxide fuel cells
While our standard of life increases, so does the worldwide energy demand. In this vein, the application of technologies based on fuel cells is put forward as an alternative to...
New method cleans stormwater
Researchers have produced good drinking water from stormwater, by combining natural and engineered ways of purifying.
Theoretical nuclear physics in China
In recent years several Large-Scale Scientific Facilities (LSSF) for nuclear, hadronic, and particle physics have been upgraded and constructed in China.
Cars running on ethanol can pollute too: Brazil study
Cars running on sugarcane ethanol can produce as many harmful pollutants as those using ordinary petrol (gasoline), according a study published by Brazil's environment ministry.
New Material For Nanoscale Computer Chips
New data from Chinese-Danish collaboration shows that organic nanoscale wires could be an alternative to silicon in computer chips.
Seeing a fabulous vision of the future
It was a harmonic convergence of scheduling that found me spending six solid hours with some of Silicon Valley's brightest minds. Without giving it much thought, I committed recently to...
Researcher thinks 'inside the box' to create self-contained wastewater system for soldiers, small towns
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cheaper. Better. Faster. Most people will say you can't have all three. But don't tell that to Dr. Jianmin Wang, a professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering...
Company Claims ESLs to be the Future of Light Bulbs (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- While compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) are currently the primary alternative to incandescent light bulbs, a company from Seattle predicts that its own novel light bulbs will eventually replace...
In the Case of Droplets, Opposites Repel
Highly charged droplets bounce off one another instead of merging [Read more]
Engineers Produce 'How-To' Guide for Controlling the Structure of Nanoparticles
(PhysOrg.com) -- 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...
Medical Imaging Skills Harnessed to Understand the Sun
Solar physicist uses imaging techniques to better understand sun's behavior.
Scientists create 3-D images you can touch
Imagine a light switch or a book that appears only when you need it — Japanese scientists are one step closer to making the stuff of sci-fi films into reality.
Study on effect of electricity on liquids bucks conventional science
(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether gazing into lava lamps or watching balsamic vinegar mix with olive oil, people have long been transfixed by the seemingly mystical way that droplets of one liquid...