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Water found to be a catalyst in explosives
LIVERMORE, Calif., March 24 (UPI) -- U.S. government scientists say they've shown that water in hot dense environments acts as a catalyst, speeding chemical reactions without being consumed.
Barack Obama Announces Another $1.2 billion for Energy R&D
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the more interesting areas of technological development in the coming years is likely to be energy development -- specifically green energy development. With new advances in...
Carbon Nanotubes Are Superior To Metals For Electronics, According to Engineers
In the quest to pack ever-smaller electronic devices more densely with integrated circuits, nanotechnology researchers keep running up against some unpleasant truths: higher current density induces electromigration and thermomigration, phenomena...
Blue light specials
Lighting consumes one-fifth of the electricity generated in the United States. Solid-state lighting offers tremendous potential to improve the situation - once major research challenges are overcome...
New Platinum Catalysts For The Dehydrogenation Of Propane Discovered
The process to turn propane into industrially necessary propylene has been expensive and environmentally unfriendly. That was until scientists devised a greener way to take this important step in chemical...
Hollow gold nanospheres show promise for biomedical and other applications
SALT LAKE CITY, UT--A new metal nanostructure developed by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has already shown promise in cancer therapy studies and could be used for...
Nanocups brim with potential
Researchers at Rice University have created a metamaterial that could light the way toward high-powered optics, ultra-efficient solar cells and even cloaking devices...
New Experiments Constrain Higgs Mass
The territory where the Higgs boson may be found continues to shrink. The latest data from the collider experiments at the Department of Energy's Fermilab now exclude a significant fraction...
US economic stimulus money fuels 'smart' power grid surge
Electric grids are getting smarter in an IBM lab in Texas as the promise of billions of US economic stimulus dollars fuels a drive to make power delivery more efficient...
Nanotechnology Boosts Efficiency In Converting Solar Energy Into Hydrogen In Fuel Cells
Researchers find great promise in a process that could use solar energy to use hydrogen, the third most abundant element on earth's surface, as the ultimate alternative to fossil fuels....
University's new building features living biofilter
Drexel University began construction on a $69 million building that will include a 'Bio Wall' or living biofilter for energy efficiency and improved indoor air quality. Canadian-based Diamond and Schmitt...
Study shows experimental evidence of a unique atmospheric effect
Three members of the faculty at Stevens Institute of Technology recently collaborated on a paper focusing on free-space optical communication, which appears in the latest issue of Optics Express, a...
Random network connectivity can be delayed, but with explosive results
In the life of many successful networks, the connections between elements increase over time. As connections are added, there comes a critical moment when the network's overall connectivity rises rapidly...
NRL researchers report a forceful new method to sensitively detect proteins
Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) recently reported the detection of toxins with unprecedented speed, sensitivity, and simplicity. The approach can sense as few as a few hundred molecules...
Liver cell adenoma or hepatocellular carcinoma?
Recently, LCAs with typical backgrounds of the patients are diagnosed by radiological findings without pathological findings due to the progress of diagnostic imaging techniques. A typical LCA shows low density...
Feinstein seeks block solar power from desert land
WASHINGTON (AP) -- California's Mojave Desert may seem ideally suited for solar energy production, but concern over what several proposed projects might do to the aesthetics...
Shrinking Possibilities
ASML chief scientist Bill Arnold explains how the diverging paths of memory and logic will shape the future of lithography, and makes the case for extreme ultraviolet lithography as the...
Researchers evaluate highway rest areas for wind power
Illinois is the Prairie State and home to the Windy City. And sometimes, when standing out in that prairie and feeling the wind racing across the state, you begin to...
Quantum weirdness: What we call 'reality' is just a state of mind
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Argonne National Laboratory: A Leader in Advancing Alternative Energy Sources, 'Green' Technologies
Argonne National Laboratory is involved in a wide array of research and development projects aimed at advancing alternative energy sources and other "green" technologies in an effort to reduce greenhouse...
Alternative Energy Experts for Earth Day Related News
Alternative energy and sustainable construction experts available for Earth Day related interviews.
Medical probes get easy to spot
Gold nanorods and magnetic particles combine to make highly visible structures
Stainless Steel Replaces Platinum In Hydrogen Producing Microbial Electrolysis Cells
Platinum is highly desired in jewelry and as a catalyst, but in both cases it is expensive. Now, researchers have found a way to replace the platinum catalyst in their...
Dancing 'adatoms' help chemists understand how water molecules split
Single oxygen atoms dancing on a metal oxide slab, glowing brighter here and dimmer there, have helped chemists better understand how water splits into oxygen and hydrogen. In the process,...
Interview: Inspired by nature
Ann Valentine talks about bioinorganic chemistry, titanium and avoiding rust
Capsules with flexi-pores open wide
Researchers have shown that a molecular capsule with flexible pores can admit over-size guest molecules.
False Start on a Laser Remedy for Fungus
A company has begun marketing its laser for use on toenail infections, even though it has not received clearance from the F.D.A.