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EU bans old-fashioned light bulbs
A ban comes into force in the European Union on the manufacture and import of 100-watt incandescent light bulbs.
Ant-Sized Microbots Travel in Swarms
While Hollywood focuses on robots several times taller than humans, some researchers are building tiny robots that could fit on your fingernail. These microbots would work in swarms to collect data for a...
Safer, Denser Acetylene Storage In An Organic Framework
The century-old challenge of storing and transporting acetylene safely may have been solved in principle by a team of scientists.
Most efficient solar cell created
Australian scientists have used multi-cells to create the world's most efficient solar cell, which harnesses 43 per cent of the Sun's power.
Nuclear scientist says first Soviet A-bomb 'miracle': report
A nuclear scientist involved in the Soviet Union's first atomic test 60 years ago hailed it "a miracle" Saturday and called for a national day of celebration, RIA Novosti news...
Horse dies, France faces reality of toxic beaches
(AP) -- It should have been a perfect day for Vincent Petit, finishing up an afternoon gallop on a wide expanse of beach along a pastel-colored bay. Instead, he...
Collision course
Chiefs at Cern in Geneva have now confirmed that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) – switched on last autumn and
Let's hear it for inventors and toolmakers
Galileo and his telescope are rightly celebrated. But will the inventors of integrated circuits, DNA sequencing and X-ray crystallography be remembered by future generations?
Antibody Replacements Just a 'Click' Away
Chemists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and The Scripps Research Institute (SRI) have developed an innovative technique to create cheap but highly stable chemicals that have the potential...
A straightforward hamstring stretch
Here are two ways to help you stretch your inner thighs and hamstrings. It's very important that you remember to keep your back straight. A common mistake is to lean...
How does Usain Bolt do it?
Various factors may make the 6-foot-5 sprinter faster than shorter competitors. Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt hardly fits the physical profile of most of his peers. At 6-feet-5, he towers over most other shorter, stockier...
Naked molecule exposed
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Scientists have traced the structure of a complete hydrocarbon molecule, using a microscope tipped with a single molecule of carbon monoxide.
Chile sets up centre to boost renewable energy use
Chile has launched a renewable energy centre to promote technology transfer and provide information about renewable energy in the country.
Particle imbalance may upset the apple cart
Report hints at the existence of a new and massive elementary particle
Fruity whiff may inspire new mosquito repellents
Odors from ripening bananas can jam fruit flies’ and mosquitoes’ power to detect carbon dioxide
Plot of the Week: Single Top Production is "By The Book"
Today I wish to offer you the figure attached at the bottom of this article, which shows a combination of recent determinations of the rate at which the Tevatron proton-antiproton...
Lateral Line System - Sixth Sense Seeing In The Dark
Fish and some amphibians possess a unique sensory capability that allows them to 'feel' objects around them without physical contact and see in the dark. Colloquially this is called a 'sixth...
Multiple Online Identities
Who are you? Who are you online? Are you the same to everyone? Should you be? There's been a lot of talk about Google Wave as a new communications paradigm. I...
Separating isomers with electric fields
New technique uses electric fields at ultracold temperatures to isolate individual conformational isomers from a complex molecule
Kidney on a chip
Scientists in Korea are mimicking the conditions kidney cells experience in the body to grow the cells in a microfluidic device
Germany plugs electric cars
Germany ploughs an extra €500 million into electric vehicle R&D in a bid to have a million electric cars on the road by 2020
CARS speeds up hair analysis
Researchers have used a quick, non-destructive technique to find out how washing with shampoo products affects human hair
Heat-And-Serve Polymer Composites
Latent acid catalyst simplifies premixing and curing phenolic resins.
Better way to clean natural gas
A researcher has developed a cheaper and more efficient way to remove and trap contaminants from natural gas streams.
NRL successfully completes first major development milestone on the NPOESS MIS program
NRL's Spacecraft Engineering Department and Remote Sensing Division announced it has successfully completed the System Requirements and Design Review (SRDR) for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Microwave...
Up-scale: Frequency converter enables ultra-high sensitivity infrared spectrometry
In what may prove to be a major development for scientists in fields ranging from forensics to quantum communications, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have...
Penetrating insights: NIST airframe tests help ensure better shielding for flight instruments
Airline travellers are used to being instructed to turn off computers and cell phones during takeoffs and landings as a precaution against interfering with the plane's navigational equipment, but outside...
Observatory: How the Nose Copes With Nostril Rivalry
When exposed to two different odors, the nose doesn’t blend, but instead alternates between the two scents.