Step Made Toward Invisible Electronics

Researchers have made an advance toward building "invisible electronics" and transparent displays.

Gates unleashes skeeters at technology conference

(AP) -- Bill Gates set a conference abuzz when he opened a jar of mosquitoes onstage to make a point about malaria prevention.

Catalonian researchers design smart room

A room with 85 microphones and eight cameras that act as the eyes and ears of a projected talking head that is capable of recognising speakers and turning towards their...

New open-source software permits faster desktop computer simulations of molecular motion

Whether vibrating in place or taking part in protein folding to ensure cells function properly, molecules are never still. Simulating molecular motions provides researchers with information critical to designing vaccines...

Powerful new technique to measure asteroids' sizes and shapes

'Knowledge of the sizes and shapes of asteroids is crucial to understanding how, in the early days of our Solar System, dust and pebbles collected together to form larger bodies...

Nanoparticle system scans opaque objects

SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've developed a nanoparticle system that allows microscopes to view the internal structure of nearly opaque biological materials.

New plasma transistor could create sharper displays

By integrating a solid-state electron emitter and a microcavity plasma device, researchers at the University of Illinois have created a plasma transistor that could be used to make lighter, less...

Nanotubes trigger biochemical 'cross talk' for consumer protection tests

Researchers in West Virginia and Japan are reporting an advance toward a blood test that could help protect consumers from new products containing potentially harmful kinds of nanotubes. These ultra...

Simplicity is crucial to design optimisation at nanoscale

MIT researchers who study the structure of protein-based materials with the aim of learning the key to their lightweight and robust strength have discovered that the particular arrangement of proteins...

Medical isotopes the likely cause of radiation in Ottawa waste

The sludge that was quarantined near the Canadian border tested positive for radiation because of the presence of a medical isotope, according to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.

Bacteria are models of efficiency

The bacterium Escherichia coli, one of the best-studied single-celled organisms around, is a master of industrial efficiency. This bacterium can be thought of as a factory with just one product:...

Bullets hold the key in Bond's unique view to a kill

Detective Garrie Dorman wants to find a killer. He travelled from Connecticut last week to ask Dr John Bond, scientific support manager for Northamptonshire police and honorary research fellow at...

Keeping an eye on the Inauguration

One of the toughest technological challenges for law enforcement is to simultaneously monitor live feeds from the wireless cameras scattered across their jurisdictions. A nearly impossible task under any circumstances,...

Radioactive waste could be false alarm, transporter says

The Ottawa waste that's been quarantined for radioactivity may not be radioactive after all, the waste transportation company handling the material says.

Meet TED - The Intellectual Mardi Gras

Daniel Sieberg previews this year's TED or the Technology, Entertainment, Design conference held in Long Beach, California.

NCAR Forecasts Will Help Xcel Energy Harness Wind

NCAR has reached an agreement with Xcel Energy to provide highly detailed, localized weather forecasts to enable the utility to use more wind energy. The forecasts will help utility operators...

French scientists revolt against government reforms

Strike threatens to undermine Sarkozy's overhaul of universities.

'Experiments of concern' to be vetted online

Expert panel to offer advice on science with bioterror applications.

Kurzweil + Google = Learnin'

The Physics of Artificial Gravity, Part Two

Nano-twinned copper: Chinese-Danish scientists develop super strong nanometals

Research shows that it is possible to produce copper about 4 times stronger than commercial material - and doing so while also having a ductile material. As the thermal and...

Asus 1000HE Netbook Claims 9.5 Hour Battery Life

(PhysOrg.com) -- Asus has just introduced an Eee PC netbook that uses the Intel Atom N280, which has slightly better performance than the previous N270 chip. The N280 runs at...

New school to study ways to harness tech's power

(AP) -- Technology is changing the world so rapidly that even geniuses need help making sense of it all.

Edwin Salpeter

The renowned Austrian-American astrophysicist Edwin E Salpeter, who has died aged 83, spent essentially his entire career at Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York, beginning as a postdoctoral researcher in...

Dark Days for Green Energy

After years of blistering growth, installation of wind and solar power is plummeting due to the credit crisis and the broader economic downturn.

Open Source Research Platform: Wireless At WARP Speed

In less than two years, WARP -- a new open-source wireless research platform -- has found its way into laboratories at Nokia, MIT, Toyota, NASA, Ericsson and dozens of other...

Saving Gas: Pneumatic Hybrid Engine Is Much Cheaper Than Electric Hybrids And Almost As Economical

A pneumatic hybrid engine could be used to power vehicles in the future. The benefit of this technology: it is much cheaper than today's electric hybrids and almost just as...

In Bolivia, Untapped Bounty Meets Nationalism

Bolivia will not easily surrender its massive reserve of lithium, the mineral needed to power electric vehicles.