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How Is Inkjet Printing Done?
Inkjet printing is a liquid deposition technique, by which the droplets of the ink were ejected with the same volume and printed on the substrate. It is a low cost,...
Endoscopic resection of a large ileal lipoma
A research team from Japan reported a case of a large lipoma, 50 mm in diameter, in the terminal ileum, which was completely removed by a combination of the so-called...
Graphene films clear major fabrication hurdle
Researchers have successfully used direct chemical vapor deposition to synthesize single-layer graphene films on dielectric substrates. This represents a major step towards future applications of graphene in both the electronics...
Closing in on a carbon-based solar cell
To make large sheets of carbon available for light collection, Indiana University Bloomington chemists have devised an unusual solution - attach what amounts to a 3-D bramble patch to each...
Wireless nano sensors could save bridges, buildings
Could inexpensive wireless sensors based on nanotechnology be used to alert engineers to problematic cracks and damage to buildings, bridges, and other structures before they become critical? A feasibility study...
Avoiding Sun Burn: Rooftop Solar Panel Safety Tests
A new 2,100-square-meter building outside Frankfurt, Germany, houses a series of chambers that can simulate a hot, humid day or temperatures so frigid that metals crack, and every punishing weather...
Optical Society Launches Laser Anniversary Video
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Optical Society (OSA) today announced the release of the video Lasers: Transforming Life, a special anniversary video highlighting the importance of lasers and laser technology.
Bomb Scares: An ODD Solution
Is that lunchbox under the park bench a bomb, or someone's leftovers? The Optical Dynamic Detection (ODD) solution provides a new and better way to detect explosives.
'Robosuit' increases wearer's strength
TOKYO, April 9 (UPI) -- A power-assisted suit can reduce physical effort by 62 percent and reduce backaches and cramps, Japanese scientists say.
Cellulosic ethanol: Expanding options, identifying obstacles
Scientists are figuring out how to turn wheat straw into ethanol "gold," and learning more about the bacteria that can "infect" ethanol plants and interfere with fuel production.
Novel Redox Couples Could Aid Solar Cells
Metallacarborane and sulfur compounds should improve on iodide systems in dye-sensitized solar cells.
From crab shell to fuel cell
A crab shell template produces high performance porous carbon materials for electrodes
Going for silver: green plastic production
A new class of silver based catalysts for propylene oxide formation based on subnanometer clusters of three silver atoms
TNK-BP ups production in Siberia
MOSCOW, April 9 (UPI) -- Russian-Anglo energy venture TNK-BP said it increased production at the Kamennoye and adjacent fields in Siberia by 50 percent over their 2009 levels.
Iran enriching more uranium to 20 percent
TEHRAN, April 9 (UPI) -- Iranian nuclear scientists have produced several pounds of uranium enriched to the level of 20 percent, regulators in Tehran announced.
New Hitachi Li-ion batteries to last ten years
(PhysOrg.com) -- Hitachi has announced they may be able to double the life of rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries through the development of a new cathode material. The material was developed...
Five Die In Refinery Fire
Plant Safety: Tesoro refinery blast is the latest in string of accidents under investigation.
With support, graphene still a superior thermal conductor
The single-atom thick material graphene maintains its high thermal conductivity when supported by a substrate, a critical step to advancing the material from a laboratory phenomenon to a useful component...
New high-speed integrated circuit for world's biggest physics experiment is fastest of its kind
A new high-speed integrated circuit to reliably transmit data in the demanding environment of the world's largest physics experiment is the fastest of its kind. This new "link-on-chip" -- ...
Combustion residue lowers carbon dioxide emissions in concrete
The cement used in Oslo's new Bjørvika tunnel kept 8,000 tonnes of CO2 from entering the environment – the equivalent of 60 million vehicle trips through the tunnel.
Carbon sheets offer cool solution for computers
Graphene could conduct waste heat from computer chips more than twice as fast as copper
Pull-chain 'polymer' solves puzzle of complex molecular packing
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes the simplest things hold the key to understanding complex effects. It turns out that a humble metal pull-chain -- just like those used on ceiling fans --...
Self- and X-ray-Induced Crystallization of Supramolecular Filaments
(PhysOrg.com) -- Experiments can sometimes lead to the discovery of completely unanticipated phenomena. Such is the case with the remarkable behavior exhibited by peptide nanostructures (in the form of supramolecular...
HP shows 'memory of the future'
Scientists at Hewlett Packard show off a class of computing devices that could allow faster, more efficient machines.
How disorder at microscopic level reveals important changes in behavior of matter
Researchers describe the new trends in research on disordered systems using ultracold gases that could have important consequences both for understanding complex physics processes and for building future quantum simulators...
Ont. announces $8B in renewable energy projects
Energy Minister Brad Duguid says the Ontario government will award $8 billion to dozens of companies in a move to develop renewable energy.
Adding a Price to Blunt Energy Waste
An expert in energy and transportation says raising the cost of polluting transportation is vital to changing America's energy path.
Nigeria shakes up oil sector
ABUJA, Nigeria, April 8 (UPI) -- Critics complain the new head of the state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. is tied to corruption dragging on the energy sector.