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Science closer to drug-free cannabis plant
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they are moving closer to engineering a totally drug-free cannabis plant to produce hemp fiber and oil.
Laser Processes Promise Better Artificial Joints, Arterial Stents
Researchers are developing technologies that use lasers to create arterial stents and longer-lasting medical implants that could be manufactured 10 times faster and also less expensively than is now possible.
Wireless heart pump invented
Scientists at the University of Auckland in New Zealand have developed a wireless heart pump that uses magnetic fields instead of wire cables to transfer power.
Friction force differences could offer a new means for sorting and assembling nanotubes
Nanotubes and nanowires are promising building blocks for future integrated nanoelectronic and photonic circuits, nanosensors, interconnects and electro-mechanical nanodevices. But some fundamental issues remain to be resolved - among them,...
Salt and Paper Battery May One Day Replace Lithium Batteries
(PhysOrg.com) -- Salt and paper battery can be used in many low-power devices, such as medical implants, RFID tags, wireless sensors and smart cards. This battery uses a thin-film which...
CSB Releases Final Report on T2 Laboratories Explosion
The massive December 2007 explosion and fire at T2 Laboratories in Jacksonville Florida was caused by a runaway chemical reaction that likely resulted from an inadequate reactor cooling system, investigators...
Machine vision for hot surface automatic inspection
TECNALIA Technological Corporation is developing an innovative application for the automatic inspection of hot steel surfaces, based on Machine Vision technologies that enhance quality control in hot rolling mill processes...
$21 Billion Orbiting Solar Array will Beam Electricity to Earth
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Japanese are preparing to develop a two trillion yen (approximately $21 billion USD) space solar project that will beam electricity from space in the form of microwaves...
Could Exotic Matter Provide an Infinite Source of Energy?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Generally, scientists prefer to avoid the concept of perpetual motion. The idea of a machine that could produce movement that goes on forever, and using that movement to...
Scientists unravel the chemistry of Titan's hazy atmosphere
A team of University of Hawai'i at Mānoa researchers led by Ralf Kaiser, physical chemist at UH Mānoa, unraveled the chemical evolution of the orange-brownish colored atmosphere of Saturn's moon...
Dual Simulation Improves Crash Performance
Crash tests often produce startling results. A new simulation process which factors in deformation during production as well as preliminary damage can predict the results of a crash test more...
IEEE Ratifies 802.11n Wireless LAN Specification
The IEEE today announced that its Standards Board has ratified the IEEE 802.11n -2009 amendment, defining mechanisms that provide significantly improved data rates and ranges for wireless local area networks...
World`s Most Powerful MRI for Humans Opens New Vistas in Diagnosis
(PhysOrg.com) -- New images from the world's most powerful magnetic resonance imaging machine, the 9.4-Tesla MRI at the University of Illinois at Chicago, are opening radical new possibilities for the...
Man Ray Meets Mr. Wizard in Sugimoto's "Lightning Fields" Photos
Hiroshi Sugimoto is one of the most interesting photographers working today--his meditative sea- and landscapes, done with long exposures on large-format black and white film, present nature in a austerity that borders on...
Candy-Colored Solar Panels Don't Need Direct Sun
A "green" technology company has developed jewel-toned solar panels that capture different parts of the sun's light spectrum and don't need direct sunlight to work, the company says. Video.
Material World: Many Faces, and Phases, of Steel in Cars
Steelmakers are trying to keep up with changes in the car industry by producing a lighter product without sacrificing strength.
Navy Green: Military Investigates Biofuels to Power Its Ships and Planes
Ships powered by algae and planes flying on weeds : that's part of the future the U.S. Navy hopes to bring to fruition. This week, the seagoing branch of the military purchased...
Will China's Planned Solar Field Lower the Cost of Alternative Energy?
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the biggest complaints that some have about solar power (and other forms of alternative energy) is that it is so much more expensive than the fossil...
Plasma power: Turning fusion into a renewable energy source
Fusion is best known for powering the sun and stars. But researchers have long been studying ways to transform that power source into future "green" energy that can be used...
Darwin drama Creation spooks U.S. distributors
Creation, which opened the Toronto International Film Festival last week, might be winning favourable early reviews but it's still-controversial protagonist - naturalist Charles Darwin - has prevented the film from...
Quantum Emissions Caught Pants Down
Today I wish to bring to your attention a figure recently obtained by the CDF collaboration, one which really tells a thousand words. Before I describe it to you, however,...
Samsung Presents New Ultra Portable Data Projector
Samsung Electronics today announced the upcoming release of its latest P Series (Portable) Projector, the P410M, an LED-based DLP Pocket Projector. Weighing less than two pounds, the P410M`s compact design...
No power cuts danger - Miliband
There is "no danger" of mass power cuts in the UK the next decade, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband says.
Gold Solution For Enhancing Nanocrystal Electrical Conductance
In a development that holds much promise for the future of solar electricity and fuel, researchers used gold tips grown in solution to increase the electrical conductivity of cadmium-selenide nanorod...
New Method Aims To Stabilize Antibodies
Researchers have developed a systematic method to improve the stability of antibodies. The technique could lead to better biosensors, disease therapeutics and diagnostic reagents and non-laboratory applications, including environmental remediation.
Molecules on a string, and why size isn't the only thing that matters for data storage
Molecules of hydrogen are difficult to steer with electric fields because of the symmetrical way that charges are distributed within them. But now researchers at ETH Zurich have found a...
A Super Bedsheet, Though You Won't Sleep On It
Astrid Skreosen worked for many years as an auxiliary nurse in the maternity ward in Skien Hospital and became fed up with the little mats which were supposed to lie...
New ‘on-off’ membrane for drug delivery
Nanomagnetic particles embedded in membrane can be remotely heated to cause gel-filled channels to open and close on demand