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Portable nitric oxide sensor created
PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've demonstrated a new way of identifying nitric oxide gas using lasers and inexpensive, compact and highly sensitive sensors.
New nanostructure technology provides advances in eyeglass, solar energy performance
Chemical engineers at Oregon State University have invented a new technology to deposit 'nanostructure films' on various surfaces, which may first find use as coatings for eyeglasses that cost less...
New Air Force Magnetron May Help Defeat Enemy Electronics
Researchers funded by the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research have invented a new type of magnetron that may be used to defeat enemy electronics. A magnetron is type...
Electric cars star at Frankfurt fair
The Frankfurt auto show hummed with talk of electric vehicles Wednesday but experts predict cars will roll on a variety of power sources for a while.
Toward the design of greener consumer products
So you're a manufacturer about to introduce a new consumer product to the marketplace. Will that product or the manufacture of the product contribute to global warming through the greenhouse...
'Mechanics of Materials' Textbook Published Online, Available for Free
(PhysOrg.com) -- There are at least two good reasons to check out Madhukar Vable`s undergraduate textbook 'Mechanics of Materials.'
South Asia News in brief: 3–16 September 2009
Solar pumps created from locally-available materials, India to provide Afghanistan with safe drinking water, world's hardiest nanocomposite, and more.
Blood Brothers: Particles Form Strong Bonds in Blood Vessels (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Functionalized nano- and microscale particle systems have become a key component in biomedical applications, from drug delivery to prosthetics. Their small size and potential for modification and functionalization...
CERN boss wants to bid for linear collider
CERN`s director general Rolf-Dieter Heuer will push for the linear collider, the next big experiment in particle physics after the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), to be built at the Geneva...
Graphene And Gallium Arsenide: Two Perfect Partners Find Each Other
It is the marriage of two top candidates for the electronics of the future, both excentric and extremely interesting: Graphene, one of the partners, is an extremely thin fellow and...
Two chips in one: Researchers combine microprocessor materials
(PhysOrg.com) -- An MIT team led by Tomás Palacios, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has succeeded in combining two semiconductor materials, silicon and gallium...
Interview: Riding high
Philip Mountford on jockeying, bribing techniques and the challenges ahead for chemistry
Peering into Titan’s haze
New studies help explain what makes up the orange haze that envelops Saturn’s largest moon
How To Spell B-Y-U With DNA
DNA origami just got a new "twist" from Brigham Young University researchers who use DNA strands of customized length to spell "BYU." The advance puts them one critical step closer...
Anticancer nanotech
Tiny particles of albumin, a protein found in the blood, can be used to carry radioactive isotopes to the site of a cancerous tumour in the body and so avoid...
A New Glance on Microscopic Images
A doctoral student at the research center Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Germany) suggests interpreting the images generated by Kelvin probe force microscopy in a new way. She recently published her insights in...
Direct evidence of role of sleep in memory formation is uncovered
A Rutgers University, Newark and College de France, Paris research team has pinpointed for the first time the mechanism that takes place during sleep that causes learning and memory formation...
New X-ray technique illuminates reactivity of environmental contaminants
Thanks to a new analytical method employed by researchers at the University of Delaware, scientists can now pinpoint, at the millisecond level, what happens as harmful environmental contaminants such as...
Light Electric Motor To Increase Efficiency Of Electric Vehicles
Scientists have developed a highly efficient lightweight electric motor. The new technology promises to help firms build more efficient electric vehicles.
Lenovo Adds Touch of Simplicity to New MultiTouch Screen ThinkPad PCs
Lenovo today is bringing business users a new way to work with multitouch screen technology on the versatile and portable ThinkPad X200 Tablet PC and slim and powerful ThinkPad T400s...
After outcry, T-Mobile drops paper billing fee
(AP) -- T-Mobile USA has dropped a plan to begin charging customers $1.50 per month to get a paper copy of their bill in the mail.
Nose knows noxious gases
Dyes on a new sensor react to correctly identify toxic chemicals, scientists find.
Manitobans not revved about hybrid cars
They've been touted as a boon for the environment and easy on gas, but Manitobans aren't embracing hybrid cars.
Toyota: Price Tag Will Slow Electric Cars
Leader in Hybrid Cars Thinks Expense of Batteries will Keep Electric Cars from Penetrating Mass Market for Another Decade
Functionality in a compact package -- the Nokia 3710 fold
Nokia today unveiled a mobile device that balances eye-catching design with the latest in mobile functionality. The compact Nokia 3710 fold adds a personal touch with an artistic pattern on...
Most oppose nuclear power in Sask., report says
The Future of Uranium public consultation report released Tuesday has thrown cold water on proposals to expand the nuclear industry in Saskatchewan.
United Arab Emirates opens green energy institute
The UAE's US$15 billion plan to be a green energy centre includes a research centre which has just admitted its first students.
Hawaii Tries Green Tools in Remaking Power Grids
Hawaii is experimenting with renewable forms of energy that will allow the state to lessen its dependence on imported oil.