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Bioengineering Of Nerve-muscle Connection Could Improve Hand Use For Wounded Soldiers
Prosthetic hand devices used by wounded soldiers have limited motor control and no sensory feedback. But a bioengineered interface, made of muscle cells and a nano-sized polymer, could go a...
The Electric InterGrid: Pt. 2: How the Power Grid Gets Smart
To create an Internet-style power system, every electric device has to learn when to listen and how to talk. Part 2 of 2
Solar Cell Efficiency Increased By Incorporating Ionic Salts
Scientists in Spain are working on optimizing a type of photovoltaic cell (Grätzel cell) that artificially mimics photosynthesis. Grätzel cells are photovoltaic devices that take advantage of the interaction of...
Artificial Black Hole Created in Chinese Lab
Just because most black holes are solar-system-sized maelstroms with reality-warping gravitational pulls doesn't mean you can't have one in your pocket! That's right, just in time for the holidays comes the pocket black...
Scientists use math modelling to predict unknown biological mechanism of regulation
A team of scientists, led by a biomedical engineer at The University of Texas at Austin, have demonstrated - for the first time - that mathematical models created from data...
Silicon brittle? Not this kind!
(PhysOrg.com) -- Silicon, the most important semiconductor material of all, is usually considered to be as brittle and breakable as window glass. On the nanometer scale, however, the substance exhibits...
Carnegie Mellon researchers save electricity with low-power processors and flash memory
PITTSBURGH -- Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Intel Labs Pittsburgh (ILP) have combined low-power, embedded processors typically used in netbooks with flash memory to create a server architecture that...
The future of electricity may be found in environmentally-friendly, thermoelectric cells
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the National Science Foundation are funding research that may result in a military turbine aircraft that for the first time ever will...
Nano safety equipment may not be adequate
MONTREAL, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- A Canadian study suggests current equipment designed to protect workers who handle nanomaterials might not offer adequate protection.
Dyson Unveils His Bladeless Fan (w/ Videos)
(PhysOrg.com) -- James Dyson, inventor of the bag-less vacuum cleaners has taken his invention one step further with the unveiling of the bladeless fan. Using 'Air Multiplier' technology the bladeless...
Instant Expert: How Can We Tell If a Country Is Making Nuclear Power or Nuclear Weapons?
It's all about enrichment Just about everyone insists that Iran’s nuclear program is aimed at building weapons. Iran claims it only wants nuclear power. So how do weapons inspectors get at the...
NTU team studies world's fastest satellite Internet connection
In disaster-struck areas where terrestrial communications may be down, the deployment of rescue teams becomes extremely challenging. A team led by Assistant Professor Lee Yee Hui from the School...
EPA Cracks Down on Texas Polluters
After Years of Leeway, Oil and Chemical Industries Will Have to Clean Up Their Acts
This Month's Innovations For a Greener Future: Megakites, Solar Flowers, and More
A kite flown in a strong breeze will quickly unspool string as it climbs higher. KiteGen Research in Italy aims to turn that action into electricity. The company developed a prototype that...
Grant to Design Neutrino Detector
(PhysOrg.com) -- A consortium led by UC Davis physics professor Robert Svoboda will design the world's largest neutrino detector under a $4.4 million contract recently awarded by the National Science...
Military Fuel-Cell Aircraft Sets Record
The Navy has built a fuel cell-powered aircraft that can fly all day.
New nanotech sensor developed with medical, chemistry applications
Researchers at Oregon State University and other institutions have developed a new 'plasmonic nanorod metamaterial' using extraordinarily tiny rods of gold that will have important applications in medical, biological and...
Ion Tiger fuel cell unmanned air vehicle completes 23-hour flight
The Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL's) Ion Tiger, a hydrogen-powered fuel cell unmanned air vehicle (UAV), has flown 23 hours and 17 minutes, setting an unofficial flight endurance record for a...
Researchers discover mechanism that helps humans see in bright and low light
Ever wonder how your eyes adjust during a blackout? When we go from light to near total darkness, cells in the retina must quickly adjust. Vision scientists at Washington University...
Magnet Lab to Investigate Promising Superconductor
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Applied Superconductivity Center at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory has received $1.2 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to understand and enhance a...
Opals Set To Shine With New Grading Technology
Australian miners have unveiled the world's first automated device to grade opals using image analysis.
Micropatterned material surface controls cell orientation
Cells could be orientated in a controlled way on a micro-patterned surface based upon a delicate material technique, and the orientation could be semi-quantitatively described by some statistical parameters, as...
Sewage sludge holds up roads
Researchers have found a way to use sewage-related material in road embankments, adding certain materials to give it strength.
Solar choices improve payback
A recent study found that residential solar systems could pay back within seven years – if the residents lived a certain way.
A Quadrillion Collisions
Americans, but in general scientists, and science-lovers of any country, should be proud of the achievements of the Tevatron collider, the 2-TeV proton-antiproton collider build over a quarter of a...
Solar Living, Without Compromising on Lifestyle
A competition to prove that using solar power does not require compromising your lifestyle.
New Giorgio Armani Samsung smartphone
Giorgio Armani and Samsung Electronics have presented the new Giorgio Armani-Samsung smartphone.
New Twist on Favorite X-ray Technique Promises Ultrafast Molecular Studies
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of physicists from the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, including graduate student David Bernstein, have made a promising discovery that a well-known synchrotron technique is applicable to...