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China could meet its entire future energy needs by wind alone, study says
A team of environmental scientists from Harvard and Tsinghua University demonstrated the enormous potential for wind-generated electricity in China. Using extensive metrological data and incorporating the Chinese government's energy bidding...
Extremophile Yields a Key Cog in Life's Protein Factory
(PhysOrg.com) -- Peering at single molecules within an organism that makes its home near thermal vents, Yale University scientists have discovered the structure of a key player in the creation...
Harnessing Bacteria To Make Fuel Cells More Efficient
Bacteria that generate significant amounts of electricity could be used in microbial fuel cells to provide power in remote environments or to convert waste to electricity. Researchers isolated bacteria with...
Nano Research Has Strong Multidisciplinary Roots
Research reported in the September issue of the journal Nature Nanotechnology finds that nanoscience and nanotechnology are highly multidisciplinary � but not much more so than other modern disciplines such...
Designing cars for expectant mothers
UK researchers have developed a new computer model - Expecting - that can be used as a design tool for automotive designers to help ensure that vehicle designs can accommodate...
Solar Roadways Awarded DOT Contract to Pave Roads with Solar Cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a first step toward turning highways into energy-generating solar panels, the Sagle, Idaho-based startup Solar Roadways has recently received a $100,000 grant from the US Department of...
Bolt-on MOF catalysts
MOFs with catalytic functions bolted on after construction produce efficient catalysts that can be easily recovered and cycled many times
Video: Paper Cuts With Roy Blount, Jr.
"Alphabet Juice" author Roy Blount, Jr. discusses his preference for books on paper with Mo Rocca, plus a look at what's coming up on the next Tomorrow Show.
Racing green: Recycled car to debut at Brands Hatch
Car powered by wine and chocolate and made from carrot tops and drinks bottles will line up in Formula Three race A racing car built from recycled drinks bottles, old aircraft panels and...
Cheaper Solar Power's Time Has Come
(PhysOrg.com) -- Solar power manufacturers in the US are cutting prices to shift their stock, the government is chipping in with tax credits, and innovative leasing or financing arrangements spreading...
Aussie markets bouncing back
Australian property bond markets are beginning to thaw, but it will be a while before they are stable, according to an expert.
Dengue controlling should be more focused, says study
A new study shows how the costs and operational constraints of dengue vector control can be reduced by targetting productive breeding places.
Made-to-measure Solutions For Enhancing Prostheses Of Amputated Legs
Scientists have designed made-to-measure solutions to improve adaptation to replacements for amputated legs -- the prime objective of the new health biomaterials project, FABIO.
Organic Electronics A Two-way Street, Thanks To New Plastic Semiconductor
A new organic material lets both positive and negative charges flow efficiently. It permits a simpler design of organic electronics, using a single material for transporting positive and negative charges.
Hydrogen Storage Gets New Hope
A new method for "recycling" hydrogen-containing fuel materials could open the door to economically viable hydrogen-based vehicles. In a new study, researchers describe a significant advance in hydrogen storage science.
Panels of Light, Not Just Points, Fascinate Designers and Industry
A cousin of the still-evolving LED bulb is the organic light-emitting diode, which can be give light from a sheet 0.07 inches thick.
Mechanical Engineering Group at Virginia Commonwealth University Begins Work on AWD Electric Vehicle
Week 1: Project Description & Research
Drag racing goes green as US electric cars shine
Far from the fury of traditional race-tracks, spectators got a glimpse of the future as they watched electric cars rev up, and silently bomb off around the Mason-Dixon Dragway.
Louis Rosen, 91, Dies; Worked on First Nuclear Bombs
Dr. Rosen was one of two young physicists at Los Alamos, N.M., who devised a way to confirm that thermonuclear fusion had occurred in a hydrogen bomb test.
Design Research Points The Way So You Won't Get Lost At The Hospital
Design students have been working on a national project to create symbols that will guide users in health-care settings -- no matter a user's language or reading level. The students...
Flying By The Skin Of Our Teeth
A new study looks at the highly sophisticated structure of teeth and how this structure could be applied to aircraft and space vehicles of the future.
Finding the running shoe that's right for you
The never-ending quest to design a faster running shoe has led us to carbon-fiber pivot plates, clamshell foam-within-foam, customizable soles and even yak skin. Pronators to forefoot-landers will all find...
Physicists Create Magnetic Monopoles--Sort Of
Ripples in solid materials act like the bizarre particles long sought by scientists
The Worst Nightmare Scenario for CERN ? A 150 GeV Higgs.
A few days ago I produced a summary of a poster I presented at Physics in Collisions this week, which dealt with the searches for the Standard Model Higgs boson...
Cow Manure, Other Homegrown Energy Powering U.S. Farms
From wind to sun to cow pies, rural regions are supplying more U.S. farmers with homegrown sources of renewable energy.
Laser-Propelled Spaceships Could Transform Transportation
Beamed Energy Propulsion is a powerful enabling technology that will radically transform the future of air and space transportation.
Tetris players are not block heads
Playing the computer game boosted brain’s gray matter
Air-Driven Microprocessor Runs on Hand-Pumped Power
Scientists at the University of Michigan have created an air-powered microprocessor that is able to function without an electrical power source. It runs with just pneumatic valves and a handpump that pushes air...