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Review Finds Flaws in U.N. Climate Panel Structure
The scientists involved in crafting the panel’s climate reports need to be more open to alternative views and more transparent, an independent review said.
Students Design Unmanned Drone to Take Action Against Terrorist Activity
Student research teams are preparing for the 2012 international autonomous vehicle competition, which will require nabbing an unsecured USB flash drive kept in a remote and highly secured office. The...
Lithuania moving away from Gazprom
VILNIUS, Lithuania, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Diversification of the gas market in Lithuania will eliminate the need for ties to the Russian energy sector by 2020, the Lithuanian energy...
Integral 3D TV system projects a promising future (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Critics of 3D viewing may call the technology a passing fad, but if engineers can overcome some of the challenges of today's 3D systems, 3D TV could work...
BYU's electric streamliner hums quickly, quietly over Salt Flats
(PhysOrg.com) -- Brigham Young University student engineers spent six years designing and building an electric streamliner, a special kind of racecar designed for straight-ahead speed. It achieved speeds of 139...
Designer optoelectronics - quantum mechanics for new materials
European researchers have combined computer modelling of quantum mechanics and precision fabrication processes to create novel transparent conductive oxides made to order for a wide range of scientific and consumer...
Stretched polymer snaps back smaller than it started
Crazy bands are cool because no matter how long they've been stretched around a kid's wrist, they always return to their original shape, be it a lion or a kangaroo...
Electricity 'pulled from the air' idea sparks debate
A scheme to generate renewable energy by simply pulling electric charge out of humid air sparks debate amongst scientists.
Space crystals 'to grow on ISS'
A unique ultra-vacuum space lab to grow a new type of multilayer nanocrystals for use in solar cells is planned to be added to the ISS around 2013.
Cuts put Britain's science reputation on the line | Geoff Brumfiel
Curtailing British participation in worldwide particle physics projects is not just an economic matter – it's a people one, tooThere's no doubt that Britain is going to feel like a very different place...
CERN faces €250m budget cuts
Particle-physics lab insists cuts will not affect Large Hadron Collider
Prediction of intrinsic magnetism at silicon surfaces could lead to single-spin magnetoelectronics
The integration of single-spin magnetoelectronics into standard silicon technology may soon be possible, if experiments confirm a new theoretical prediction made by physicists.
Math explains water disasters
Using optical fibre technology and a mathematical theory, researchers are able to explain disasters from financial crises and rogue waves.
In or out: Setting a trap for radioactive iodine
Nuclear power plants produce a host of radioactive isotopes as by-products. One such radioisotope is Iodine-129 (129I). With a half-life of nearly 16 million years, the 129I produced by nuclear...
IU Physics Facility Awarded $5 Million for Cooperative Neutron Research
The next generation of neutron research at Indiana University Bloomington has received a $5 million boost from the National Institute for Standards and Technology.
NRL scientist seeing clearly the effects of pyrocumulonimbus
Wildfires can wreak widespread havoc and devastation, affecting environmental assets lives, property and livelihoods. Meteorologist Mike Fromm of the Naval Research Laboratory, in collaboration with several national and international laboratories,...
Fixing Wiki: Wikipedia revision project teaches teamwork, communication, chemistry
Halogen bonding, hyperconjugation, electroactive polymers - such subjects are typical fare in graduate-level chemistry courses. But how many classes challenge students to explain the concepts to the whole world?...
A versatile, clean and efficient way to enhance widespread application of carbon nanotubes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Imperial College London have developed a versatile, practical and efficient method for activating sites on the surface of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and subsequently binding a wide...
Large Hadron Collider's early data shared in Toronto
Particle physicists from around the world are sharing some of their first results from the world's largest particle collider in Toronto this week.
Science cuts: threatened projects
The Diamond Light Source – a facility which supplies important information for disease research – is among those under threatDiamond Light SourceSynchrotron light is created by accelerating electrons to produce beams of x-rays,...
Commercial trap for wasps, hornets and yellowjackets 'baited' with new technology
Forget the ants marching one by one--yellowjackets are the real party-crashers when it comes to spoiling picnics, outdoor barbeques and other summer fun where cold beverages and meat are present.
UK scientists on collision course with government over £1bn research cuts
Officials fear planned 25% cuts could jeopardise Britain's involvement in the Large Hadron Collider at CernBig reductions in the UK's scientific research capacity will be necessary if planned 25% cuts to government spending...
Shape-shifting robot plane offers safer alternative for maritime rescue
Use of morphing flight control surfaces has enabled the development of a cost effective unmanned air-sea rescue plane that can operate in extreme weather conditions despite its light weight and...
UK's first cochlear implant operation to give sound in both ears
The UK's first operation to fit a single cochlear implant capable of giving sound in both ears takes place on August 27.
India passes civil nuclear liability bill
NEW DELHI, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- India passed a civilian nuclear liability bill Wednesday that paves the way for American and other foreign companies to gain a foothold in...
Capturing Women's Tennis in Slow Motion
Breathtaking photography and video capture the striking athleticism and beauty of some of the world's top female tennis players.
The New Dark Ages In Blinding Light
When selling popular science, relativity theory is weird, the quantum unfathomable, inflation is ghostly, faster than light. Prominent scientists justify this self important glamorization. They claim that it is not...
Canon develops world's first 120 megapixels APS-H-size CMOS image sensor
Canon announced today that it has developed an APS-H-size CMOS image sensor that delivers an image resolution of approximately 120 megapixels (13,280 x 9,184 pixels), the world's highest level of...