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Researchers put a new spin on atomic musical chairs
Researchers have developed a new way to introduce magnetic impurities in a semiconductor crystal, a technique that will enable researchers to selectively implant atoms in a crystal one at a...
Shape shifters: Researchers create new breed of antennas
Antennas aren't just for listening to the radio anymore. They're used in everything from cell phones to GPS devices. Research from North Carolina State University is revolutionising the field of...
Mid-infrared 100-watt-level laser created
EVANSTON, Ill., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have achieved a breakthrough in quantum cascade laser output power, delivering 120 watts from a single device at room...
Brown fat cells make 'spare tires' shrink
Brown adipose tissue is different from white fat pads. It contains loads of mitochondria, miniature power stations which among other things can 'burn' fat. In doing this, they normally generate...
Innovation puts next-generation solar cells on the horizon
In a world first, a Monash University-led international research team has developed an innovative way to boost the output of the next generation of solar cells...
Electromagnetic fields as cutting tools
(PhysOrg.com) -- The bodywork on motor vehicles must be sufficiently stable, but processing the high-strength steels involved -- for example punching holes in them -- can prove something of a...
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Dutch PhD student develops device to combat noise
Johan Wesselink of the University of Twente, The Netherlands, has developed a device to actively combat noise nuisance. This invention curtails sound waves and vibrations by producing anti-noise. The...
Air Force Center of Excellence awarded in nanostructures and improved cognition
The Georgia Institute of Technology has been awarded a U.S. Air Force Center of Excellence to design nanostructures for energy harvesting and adaptive materials, and to develop tools to optimize...
Elusive triangular snowflakes explained
Dust particles, wind and aerodynamics could steer some flakes toward a three-sided fate
All decked out: Networks of chitin filaments are integral components of diatom silica shells
(PhysOrg.com) -- A whole microcosm of various bizarrely shaped life forms opens up when you look at diatoms, the primary component of ocean plankton, under a microscope. The regularly structured...
Technology transfer on the table
Climate summit will seek ways to help developing nations build a low-carbon energy infrastructure.
Magnesium cage shows promise for carbon capture
Metal-organic framework with open magnesium sites selectively captures CO2 and releases it with ease
A modernized methodology for obtaining new varieties of potato
Research into the potato tuber at the Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development and at the NEIKER-Tecnalia Technology Centre has, in recent years, focused on the development of new...
Nanoimaging in 3-D
(PhysOrg.com) -- As technology shrinks ever smaller, interest in objects and devices on the nanoscale becomes more apparent. However, visualizing these objects in three dimensions comes with special challenges. Alexander...
Colour change test for arsenic
New colorimetric gold nanoparticle-based test quickly measures arsenic levels in contaminated groundwater to very low concentrations
Time dilation in a suppressed Microverse
Many papers associate vacuum fluctuations with time dilation during pair anti pair production but this is a balanced system so small and fleeting as to appear isotropic to an observer...
NREL Breaks Down Walls for Biofuels
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and ethanol producers are racing to come up with ways to make ethanol from cellulosic biomass that are cheaper and...
Microscopy reveals structure of calcite shells
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lara Estroff and colleagues have taken a deep, detailed look at the way lab-created calcite crystals, similar to those found in nature, grow in tandem with proteins and...
First Pump-Probe Experiment at Linac Coherent Light Source Completed
(PhysOrg.com) -- The first experiment using the Linac Coherent Light Source to illuminate molecules via a "pump-probe" technique has been completed by an international team of more than 30 scientists...
New way to make single-crystal structures
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Nov. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have developed and successfully tested a method of making three-dimensional, single-crystalline silicon structures from thin films.
MS&T Materials Event in Pittsburgh Exceeds Expectations
The annual Materials Science and Technology Conference & Exposition (MS&T '09) in Pittsburgh, Oct. 25-29, provided a unique and well-attended forum for the exchange of ideas.
Danish Island Becomes One of the First Energy-Self-Sufficient Places On Earth
For centuries now, civilization has been working toward an unsustainable future, burning fossil fuels for heat and electricity and creating a way of life that is a model of inefficiency. The tiny Danish...
BASF And ExxonMobil Boost Output In Europe
Intermediates: New capacity comes on line despite recession.
INL develops safer, more efficient nuclear fuel for next-gen reactors
As the nation ponders its energy choices, Americans keep asking themselves: how can the country make better use of its resources and emit fewer greenhouse gases without hurting U.S. industries?...
Struers Inc. Launches the DuraScan; a New Micro/Macro Hardness Testing Line
Struers Inc. launches the DuraScan; a new micro/macro hardness testing line with extended load range and extremely fast, efficient and fully automatic test cycles.
Pickin' up good vibrations to produce green electricity
Vibrations from the environments we live and work in could be much more widely harnessed as a clean source of electricity, due to cutting-edge UK research.
Vibrations key to efficiency of green fluorescent protein
Green fluorescent protein has invaded thousands of research labs around the world, thanks to its versatility in labeling cells and organisms. Now, chemists have discovered why GFP is such an...