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UCLA researchers engineer bacteria to turn carbon dioxide into liquid fuel
Global climate change has prompted efforts to drastically reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas produced by burning fossil fuels...
Absorbing hydrogen fluoride gas to enhance crystal growth
Two scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a method to control the buildup of hydrogen fluoride gas during the growth of precision crystals...
Argonne scientists to control attractive force for nanoelectromechanical systems
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory are developing a way to control the Casimir force, a quantum mechanical force, which attracts objects when they are only...
Reaching the summit of protein dynamics
Understanding the incredibly speedy atomic mechanisms at work when a protein transitions from one shape to another has been an elusive scientific goal for years, but an essential one for...
City Tech physicist thinks small and big with CERN Large Hadron Collider research
New York City College of Technology Physics Professor Giovanni Ossola thinks both small and big. He is currently developing a new tool that will lead to more precise computations involving...
FYI: Would a Helium-Filled Balloon Float on the Moon?
A helium balloon on the moon might as well be made of lead. For any balloon to stay aloft in any atmosphere, the gas inside it must be lighter than the surrounding...
China moves up in renewable energy
BEIJING, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- China is the second most attractive place in the world to invest in renewable energy, says an Ernst & Young report released Wednesday.
Highlight: Exploiting strain fields
(PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic devices of the future may benefit from a fundamental discovery that allows researchers to customize the electronic properties of complex materials such as single-crystal thin-film structures.
Scientists Create Material More Insulating than the Vacuum
(PhysOrg.com) -- With its complete lack of atoms, a vacuum is often considered to be the best known insulator. For this reason, vacuums are regularly used to reduce heat transfer,...
Method devised to strengthen proteins
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. and British researchers say they've developed a method that can stabilize specific proteins.
GE Gets $1.4B Contract for Wind Turbines
Shepherds Flat Wind Farm Project in Oregon will Touted as Largest Ever in the World
Highlight: Solar - Bridging the gap
(PhysOrg.com) -- Titanium dioxide, the same inexpensive white pigment that protects us from sunburns, can be converted into a material that absorbs sunlight and could greatly increase the efficiency of...
Lightweight composites to get trimmer and smarter
(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO researchers have set themselves the goal of producing a new generation of super-strong, lightweight polymer composite materials for use in aircraft, road vehicles, trains and ferries.
Taiwan chip giant TSMC to enter solar energy
Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is planning its first foray into solar energy with an investment in the island's largest producer of solar cells, a spokesman said Thursday.
Solar power coming to a store near you
(AP) -- Solar technology is going where it has never gone before: onto the shelves at retail stores where do-it-yourselfers can now plunk a panel into a shopping cart...
New silicon-germanium nanowires could lead to smaller, more powerful electronic devices
Microchip manufacturers have long faced challenges miniaturising transistors, the key active components in nearly every modern electronic device, which are used to amplify or switch electronic signals...
Opinion: Liquid natural gas - a specious climate solution?
Liquid natural gas, or LNG, may seem like a greener way to provide power to Asia, but it's energy-intensive transportation costs could cancel out its benefits, according to Stewart Taggart.
Robotic Perception, On Purpose
Researchers have developed technology that enables a robot to combine data from both sound and vision to create combined, purposeful perception. In the process, they have taken the field to...
Chopper drop tests new technology: Expandable honeycomb cushion could make helicopters safer
How do you make a helicopter safer to fly? You crash one. NASA aeronautics researchers recently dropped a small helicopter from a height of 35 feet (10.7 m) to see...
National Briefing | Mid-Atlantic: West Virginia: Wind Project Halted
Work on a West Virginia wind power project was halted by a federal judge who sided with environmentalists’ claim that the project would harm the endangered Indiana bat.
Fusion and fission of atoms
Hi, This blog concerns fusion andfission of atoms. The main subjet we will abort is: Is there a possible way to break atoms, then make others from the remains of the atom? Anyone...
"Quantum trampoline" measures gravity
Bouncing rubidium atoms give most precise value for acceleration due to gravity
Highlight: Biofunctionalized magnetic-vortex microdiscs
Users from Argonne's Materials Science Division and University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine, working collaboratively on a user science project with CNM's Nanobio Interfaces Group, have discovered that nanostructured...
Philips electronic skin technology enables new chameleon-like ambience designs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Philips Research has developed a novel color e-paper technology that opens up new design opportunities for personalizing electronic devices. This means that the color and appearance, of the...
New techniques make carbon-based integrated circuits more practical
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford engineers have built what they believe is a chip with the most advanced computing and storage elements made of carbon nanotubes to date by devising a way...
Microscopic gyroscopes, the key for motion sensing
(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny devices made possible by combining the latest advances in mechanical and electronics technology could be at the heart of next-generation personal navigation and vehicle stabilisation tools thanks...
EU grants 1.5 billion euros for wind farms, carbon capture
The EU commission on Wednesday granted 1.5 billion euros (2.2 billion dollars) to offshore wind farms and carbon capture and storage schemes to help relaunch Europe's economy and cut greenhouse...
Interactive digital art show opens in London
The creative side of information technology went on display in London this week, in an arresting new interactive show including glowing reeds and a blinking mechanical eye.