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New way to break some of the strongest chemical bonds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Cornell University in the U.S. have found a new way of breaking two of the strongest chemical bonds, at ambient temperature and pressure, and this breakthrough...
Statoil lauds gas for green future
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Substantial reductions in carbon emissions are possible only through the increased use of natural gas, said executives with Norwegian energy giant Statoil.
Spinning Globes and Apparent Weight
Spinning Globes and Apparent Weight Can you determine what condition ? must satisfy for objects not to slip on the surface of a spinning spherical planet?
U.S. Offers $85 Million to Promote Efficiency
The energy secretary, Steven Chu, was also expected to announce that he would hold a first-ever “clean energy” meeting at the level of minister or cabinet secretary next year.
Newly identified enzymes help plants sense elevated CO2 and could lead to water-wise crops
Plants take in the carbon dioxide they need for photosynthesis through microscopic breathing pores in the surface of leaves. But for each molecule of the gas gained, they lose hundreds...
P.E.I. opposition wants N.B. power guarantees
P.E.I.'s Conservative Opposition has asked New Brunswick to sign a deal guaranteeing access to transmission lines through the province if NB Power is sold to Hydro-Québec.
'Equivalence principle' at the University of Washington, What does 'The Eöt-Wash Group' really observe, measure and describe?
Do the theoretical physicists describe a really existing Universe or do they use billions of tax-payers’ dollars to create on their hard discs the "virtual Universe", non-existing in reality? The...
Cavigelli grabs 1st World Cup snowboard title
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Gian-Luca Cavigelli of Switzerland won his first snowboard World Cup title on Sunday, capturing a big air competition on a 112-foot-high...
Bell Labs' latest Nobel laureates, creators of 4bn images and counting
Willard Boyle and George Smith invented the CCD and we saw the world as never beforeFOR MUCH OF the 20th century, the world's premier industrial research facility was Bell Labs, research wing of...
Rice physicists find reappearing quantum trios
Using atoms at temperatures colder than deep space, Rice University physicists have delivered overwhelming proof for a once-scoffed-at theory that's become a hotbed for research some 40 years after it...
Magnetic field measurements of the human heart at room temperature
The 'magnetically best shielded room on earth' has the size of an apartment block and is located on the site of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Institute Berlin. Magnetic fields such as that of...
3-D microchips for more powerful and environmentally friendly computers
Not so long ago our computers had a single core which had to be boosted for performance - making each machine into a great central heating system. Beyond 85 C,...
Elusive 'hot' electrons captured in ultra-thin solar cells
Boston College researchers have observed the 'hot electron' effect in a solar cell for the first time and successfully harvested the elusive charges using ultra-thin solar cells, opening a potential...
'Bout time, LHC
After a year of repairs (original damage estimates were way off the mark), le machine grande de collision aka the greatest atom smasher of them all, finally belched to life...
A little extra effort to get that bell tone
To kick up the intensity of your workout, use a kettle bell. The iron bell is more unstable than a traditional dumbbell, so you'll need to work harder to control...
He smirked and pushed the microscope to me
I looked up, stunned that he was speaking to me. He was sitting as far away from me as the desk allowed, but his chair was angled toward me. His hair was...
3-D microchips for more powerful and environmentally friendly computers
Scientists are working on 3-D microprocessors cooled from the inside through channels with a liquid coolant. The method is expected to boost the performance of future computers.
Fujitsu Announces World's First Operation of 100W-Class Amplifiers Employing Carbon Nanotubes
Fujitsu Laboratories today announced that, using carbon nanotubes as heat-dissipation material in amplifier transistors, Fujitsu has become the first to achieve the successful operation of high-frequency, high-power (100W-class) flip-chip amplifiers...
Michigan Tech Pursues Social Justice Through Engineering
For many Michigan Tech students, faculty, engineering and technology are a means to a noble end--a way to make the world a better place for its least advantaged.
Executives hail U.S. climate-change deal
JUNO BEACH, Fla., Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Executives in the U.S. clean energy sector hailed a measure on energy and climate change introduced by bipartisan lawmakers in Washington.
Flexible organic flash memory
Researchers have cracked one of the big remaining problems in organic electronics – a flexible flash memory transistor
Bright self-cleaning surfaces inspired by nature
Chinese scientists describe a simple method to create colourful and water-repellent surfaces
Scientists take theoretical research on 'nasty' molecule to next level
Some atoms don't always follow the rules. Take the beryllium dimer, a seemingly simple molecule made up of two atoms. For decades, scientists believed the two atoms that compose the...
Swiss scientists measure glacial melting with light
The glaciers in Switzerland have been melting for years. Researchers now want to know more precisely how much ice is being lost -- and they are using the aid of...
Video imaging brings liquid friction into focus
Researchers study interplay between oil droplets and gravity
Clean energy to grow into 1.6 trillion euros industry: WWF
The clean energy technology sector will grow into a 1.6 trillion-euro (2.4 trillion-dollar) industry by 2020, becoming the third largest industrial sector after automobiles and electronics, WWF said Friday.
Rosatom boosts company ranks with new university graduates
MOSCOW, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- As part of Russia's expansion of its nuclear energy capabilities, Russia's Rosatom Nuclear Energy State Corp. is increasing its hiring of university graduates.
Philippines privatizing electric grid
MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Even before the Philippines' Electric Power Industry Reform Act takes effect, industries with high-load factors will get to choose their power supplier.