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E.ON opens new wind farm in Poland
DUSSELDORF, Germany, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The opening of a 52.5 megawatt wind farm in Poland is part of a strategy to advance clean energy technology in Eastern Europe,...
Non-stick chewing gum hits market
Chemists tweak traditional chewing gum formulation to create a new gum that is simple to remove and degrades easily
Infiniti electric vehicle expected in 2013
Luxury automaker Infiniti will enter the electric vehicle market in 2013. Although details about the future Infiniti electric vehicle aren't available, the company recently released a new sketch to help...
Cluster helps disentangle turbulence in the solar wind
Surrounding the Sun is a roiling wind of electrons and protons that shows constant turbulence at every size scale: long streaming jets, smaller whirling eddies, and even microscopic movements as...
A step toward lead-free electronics
Research published today by materials engineers from the University of Leeds could help pave the way towards 100% lead-free electronics...
New sensor nanotechnology simplifies disease detection
Researchers at Stony Brook University have developed a new sensor nanotechnology that could revolutionize personalized medicine by making it possible to instantly detect and monitor disease by simply exhaling once...
After Big Bang Came Moment of Pure Chaos, Study Finds
New calculations suggest the universe was chaotic just after the Big Bang.
University Centers Focus on Solar Power, Electric Grid, Plant Molecular Biology
Three teams of researchers at the University of Arkansas will receive $8.7 million over five years in a cooperative agreement between the National Science Foundation and the Arkansas Science &...
Enbridge completes Sarnia solar farm
Enbridge says it has completed the expansion of its solar energy facility in Sarnia, Ont., to create the world's largest photovoltaic solar farm.
Recipes for Health: For Desserts Without Gluten, Crumbles Take the Cake
Crumbles, also called crisps, are easy to throw together and a wonderful alternative to flour-laden desserts for gluten-intolerant diners.
An uphill battle for Rwanda's hilltop solar power plant
Rwanda hopes to secure its future with solar power, but it currently accounts for just 0.1 per cent of energy production.
Particle Physicists Use Electrical Tape To Patch Tevatron
Tevatron FermilabFaulty seal would have caused frustrating delays In particle physics, as in so many other parts of life, there are few things more useful than a trusty roll of tape. Just...
Technology transfer and postdoc entrepreneurs
Post-doctoral researchers see their role as being vital in technology transfer where scientific findings become useful to the local economy, but most have little interest in running their own...
Surface Chemistry of Reverse Osmosis Membranes Slows Desalination
Wastewater Treatment: By tweaking charged functional groups on filter surfaces, researchers could improve efficiency.
Ask an Elder Law Attorney: Altering the Power of Attorney
Can power of attorney be removed from an uncooperative sibling?
Toshiba unveils 3D TV without glasses
Toshiba plans to sell two small 3D televisions in Japan starting in December that don't require viewers to wear glasses.
Enzyme discoveries that will fuel the future
A Europe-wide project is looking for new ways to turn renewable materials into biofuels. Researchers are using spruce chips from paper-making, wheat straw from farming and waste bran from milling...
DNA art imitates life: Construction of a nanoscale Mobius strip
Scientists have reproduced a Möbius strip on a remarkably tiny scale, joining up braid-like segments of DNA to create structures measuring just 50 nanometers across -- roughly the width of...
Allure of pineapple
Alluring dresses from pineapple? Scientists in Malaysia are looking into the potential of another 'cotton' the pineapple. Jamil Salleh of UiTM, Shah Alam, Malaysia is to asses techniques to...
When old is new again: Hall effect associated with electrons also occurs in non-charged particles
(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as electronics revolutionized computing and communications technology, spintronics is touted to follow suit. This relatively new field involves manipulating the flow of a magnetism-related property called 'spin'....
Altarelli: "Approximately Impossible" That LHC Fails
I am spending a few pleasant days in Split for the conference "LHC Days". I will be representing the D0 and CDF collaborations here in a talk on top physics...
A low-cost catalyst prepares to take on power-plant emissions
(PhysOrg.com) -- Materials scientists develop clean nanoparticle-based catalysts that convert nitrogen oxides to nitrogen and water vapor.
Details of 18th-Century 'Ground Zero Ship' Revealed
Mysterious ship offers up clues to its past, but much work remains.
Experiment to Challenge Sun's Inferno
A brave little experiment being designed and built at The University of Alabama in Huntsville will endure temperatures approaching 2 million degrees Fahrenheit in an attempt to help scientists explain...
Jaguar`s new electric concept supercar -- the C-X75
(PhysOrg.com) -- The new Jaguar C-X75 supercar concept model unveiled last week is primarily a plug-in electric car but with the added power and performance of micro gas turbines (jet...
German, Canadian scientists to open quantum physics center
German and Canadian scientists on Monday announced plans to open an advanced research center on semiconductors, metals, magnetic materials and other aspects of quantum physics.
Quantum simulator and supercomputer at the crossroads
MPQ-LMU scientists in an international collaboration measure for the first time a many-body phase diagram with ultracold atoms in optical lattices at finite temperatures...
Nations wary of dependence on China's rare earths
(AP) -- China's recent halt of exotic metal shipments to Japan amid a diplomatic spat has reverberated throughout the world's high-tech manufacturing hubs - now on heightened alert to...