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Groups Press U.S. and China on Carbon
Two research organizations want the two countries to put more money into developing use of carbon capture technology.
3-D system based on optical fibre could provide new options for photovoltaics
Converting sunlight to electricity might no longer mean large panels of photovoltaic cells atop flat surfaces like roofs...
Observatory: Sending Drugs to Specific Spots in a Tiny Cage
Nanocages can deliver compounds, then free them when they reach a certain temperature.
Nanoscale chemo drug delivery created
DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. bioengineers say they've created a method of loading cancer drugs into nanoscale delivery vehicles that carry the drug directly to tumors.
Blue Energy Seems Feasible And Offers Considerable Benefits
Generating energy on a large scale by mixing salt and fresh water is both technically possible and practical. The worldwide potential for this clean form of energy – 'blue energy'...
Feature: The future of biochar - Project Rainbow Bee Eater
A biochar system could deliver low cost, large, long term carbon sinks and renewable energy rapidly in Australia.
Ads may soon follow you
Advertising may soon be more persuasive thanks to the creation of electronic posters that interactively show viewers a product.
Smart drug delivery system -- Gold nanocage covered with polymer (w/ Video)
In campy old movies, Lucretia Borgia swans around emptying powder from her ring into wine glasses carelessly left unattended. The poison ring is usually a confection of gold filigree holding...
Second chance for Collider to deliver universe's secrets
One year after £30m meltdown, 'God Machine' is ready to run again in Switzerland
Innovative Imaging System To Study Sudden Cardiac Arrest Developed
Medical researchers have developed an innovative optical system to simultaneously image electrical activity and metabolic properties in the same region of a heart, to study the complex mechanisms that lead...
A Bid to Cut Emissions Looks Away From Coal
WASHINGTON — As Congress debates legislation to slow global warming by limiting emissions, engineers are tinkering with ways to capture and store carbon dioxide, the leading heat-trapping gas.
Alternate THEORY for Hydrino based on Relativity
The hydrino as defined by Dr Randell Mills would have a "real" fractional quantum state (sub-ground state) which has been rejected by mainstream physics.
Zero point fields interpreted as interference between different worlds in a many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Zero point fields interpreted as interference between different worlds in a many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. Olle Nilsson, January 2008.
Giants’ Danny Clark Chose to Go Green With a Smart Car
Danny Clark, a 6-foot-2, 245-pound linebacker who plays for the Giants, eschewed the S.U.V.’s preferred by his peers for a two-door Smart car.
AIP Awards Industrial Physics Prize to Inventor of Digital X-ray Detector
The American Institute of Physics (AIP) is awarding the 2010 Prize for Industrial Applications of Physics next month to Robert Street of the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in California....
Clean Energy, Skin Cream, Platinum, Pollution, and Plasmas: Highlights of AVS 56th International Symposium & Exhibition
The AVS 56th International Symposium & Exhibition next month in San Jose, CA will showcase advances in alternative energy, materials research, nanotechnology, and medicine. Highlights of papers from among the...
Wind energy loads Western power grid
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Aging transmission lines and power stations in western U.S. states are loaded to the limit with power from wind turbines, authorities said.
'Technology' plays large role in wealth inheritance
A new study reveals the important role inherited wealth plays in sustaining economic inequality in small scale societies.
Superstring theory useful for experimental physics
Superstring theory aims to explain the laws of physics from extremely small strings in various states. Theoretical superstring theory is therefore normally not considered to be particularly relevant for practical...
Architectural 'skins' harness energy
TORONTO, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- A new kind of architectural material laid over the exterior of buildings could cool, heat and light interior rooms, a Canadian researcher said.
Porphyrin Dimers Increase Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- Porphyrins are most commonly thought of as the pigment in red blood cells, but now scientists have found that porphyrins can also be used to increase the efficiency...
US rubber company disputes Liberia pollution study
(AP) -- An American-owned rubber company is disputing claims by the Liberian government that the company's waste products are polluting creeks.
Eco-friendly metal coating replacement for chromate
(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO has developed a novel coating technology, "Quench Coat", to protect galvanised products from 'white rust' ? the form of zinc oxide that tarnishes freshly galvanised coatings, making...
Micro Sparky: Engineering the tiniest Sun Devil
(PhysOrg.com) -- An Arizona State University engineering student may have found the tiniest - yet most cleverly inventive - way to show school spirit.
Explaining Bizarre Helium 4, a Likely Supersolid
Suggesting that atoms can transport through a solid seems impossible, like trying to inject stuff into a billiard ball with a syringe. It shouldn't work, but such "superflow" may be...
Changes in atomic-scale structures observed in real time
New ultrafast electron diffraction can focus on a nanometre-sized area and track structural changes at the femtosecond timescale
Two metals are better than one
Zinc and alkali metals team up to metallate THF without breaking open the ring
New Urbanspoon app digs into restaurant reservations
Something big is shaking at Urbanspoon, the Seattle company behind a hugely successful iPhone restaurant-finding application.