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Advanced nuclear fuel sets global performance record
Scientists have set a new world record with next-generation particle fuel for use in high temperature gas reactors (HTGRs).
Modified Algae Produce Clean, Easy Hydrogen
Simple organisms pave the way to the hydrogen-fueled future Algae get a lot of airtime as a possible future source of biofuels to wean us from dirty fossil fuels, but even biofuels...
Scientists take the lead out of piezoelectrics
By applying epitaxial strain to thin films of bismuth ferrite, researchers have produced a lead-free alternative to the current crop of piezoelectric materials.
Pushing light beyond its known limits
Scientists at the University of Adelaide have made a breakthrough that could change the world's thinking on what light is capable of...
New $10-Million Department of Energy Center to Focus on Plasma Research
A new center at the University of Michigan College of Engineering will enable fundamental research on low-temperature plasmas---ionized gases with vast potential for practical technological advancements in fields such as...
New Experiment Could Reveal Make-up Of The Universe
Scientists in England are constructing highly sensitive detectors as part of an international project to understand the elements that make up the universe.
Tips To Reduce Gas And Flatulence
Passing gas -- flatulence -- is normal and happens to everyone. But for some people, excessive gas and pain interfere with normal activities. Experts offer tips for reducing flatulence.
World not ending in 2012, says NASA
A marketing campaign for an upcoming disaster movie has prompted a rare public outcry by NASA. Disaster film - Technology - Space - Roland Emmerich -...
Client-directed Therapy Technique Drastically Reduces Divorce/separation Rates
Using four simple questions to generate client-directed feedback can greatly increase the chances that struggling couples will stay together, according to a recently published study. Couples that had systematic client...
New methanol fuel standards for China
New methanol fuel standards introduced in China expected to boost methanol use in vehicles, but unlikely to replace gasoline use to any large degree
Can Alternative Energy Save the Economy and the Climate?
BRIGHTON, Colo. - The low-carbon economy has already arrived on the windy prairie north of this fast-growing Denver 'burb. It's here that Danish wind-turbine giant Vestas converted 298...
Behaviour modification could ease concerns about nanoparticles
In an advance that could help ease health and environmental concerns about the emerging nanotechnology industry, scientists are reporting development of technology for changing the behaviour of nanoparticles in municipal...
Invent, Build, Share, Destroy
The Wall Street Journal has an Tinkering Makes a Comeback Amid Crisis. They are talking about what is referred to by varied terms such as Do-It-Yourself (DIY), the Make movement,...
Chemists Declare War On 'Ice-plugs' In Oil Pipelines
Operators of subsea fields on the continental shelf spend vast amounts of money on keeping harmful ice-like crystals under control. Scientists are now looking for a cheaper solution to the...
New Nanowires May Contribute To Highly Efficient Solar Cells
Nanophysicists have developed a new method for manufacturing the cornerstone of nanotechnology research – nanowires. The discovery has great potential for the development of nanoelectronics and highly efficient solar cells.
Heavy Metal: Researchers Try to Get the Lead out of Piezoelectronics
Gadget makers often rely on piezoelectricity --the ability that some solids have to produce voltage when pressure is applied to them--to power tiny embedded systems, such as a ...
A line on string theory
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Harvard theoretical physicist has discussed with scientists at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland the possibility that they may discover a theorized "stau" particle, with a lifetime...
LLNL licenses carbon nanotube technology to local company
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has exclusively licensed to Porifera Inc. of Hayward a carbon nanotube technology that can be used to desalinate water and can be applied to other liquid...
In The Cognitive Core Of The Mathematics
PARCELATORIES OF SECOND ORDER don't exist in fact. What exists are counting processes, a human ability that consist in to quantify, measure, compare and enumerate objects. Any object!Because they exist...
Magnetic yeast cells
A single step method makes magnetic yeast cells that are easy to position inside chips
Indian expat scientists scheme off to shaky start
The first scientist to return home as part of India's new expatriate scheme has been dismissed, causing mixed reactions from fellow researchers.
New nano color sorters from Molecular Foundry
Berkeley Lab researchers have engineered a new class of bowtie-shaped devices that capture, filter and steer light at the nanoscale. These "nano-colorsorter" devices act as antennae to focus and sort...
findNano app puts nanotech in your pocket
The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) has developed findNano, an application for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch that lets users discover and determine whether consumer products are nanotechnology-enabled. Nanotechnology, the...
Sweet Solution To Energy Production
Sugarcane biomass, a significant waste product from sugar production, could be a renewable energy source for electricity production, according to researchers.
In touch with molecules
The performance of modern electronics increases steadily on a fast pace thanks to the ongoing miniaturization of the utilized components. However, se-vere problems arise due to quantum-mechanical phenomena when conven-tional...
Pictures Of A Giant Marvel
Today I got access to a collection of very cool pictures of the CMS detector, one of the two experiments designed and built to study proton-proton collisions delivered by the...
10 failed doomsday predictions
One thing the doomsday scenarios tend to share in common: They don't come to pass. Here are 10 that didn't pan out, so far. Volkswagen -...
Opinion: The white, green and black of energy
For a sustainable energy future we need aggressive energy efficiency, a permanent shift to renewables and strategic use of fossil fuels, writes Vikki McLeod.