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Acoustic Tweezers Can Position Tiny Objects
Manipulating tiny objects like single cells or nanosized beads often requires relatively large, unwieldy equipment, but now a system that uses sound as a tiny tweezers can be small enough...
IBM scientists image molecule structure
ZURICH, Switzerland, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- IBM scientists in Switzerland say they've become the first researchers to obtain a high resolution image of the chemical structure of an individual...
Scientists Hone Technique To Safeguard Water Supplies
A method to detect contaminants in municipal water supplies has undergone further refinements. The new work demonstrates that the technology that uses algae as sentinels has broader applications than previously...
Tunnels Concentrate Air Pollution By Up To 1,000 Times
A toxic cocktail of ultrafine particles is lurking inside road tunnels in concentration levels so high they have the potential to harm drivers and passengers, a new study has found.
Is quantum mechanics messing with your memory?
For all we know we may live in a world in which windows un-break and cold cups of coffee spontaneously heat up, we just don't remember. The explanation is quantum entanglement
Swanky Space Hotel Concept Revealed
London design students propose a future space hotel that could be built with today's technologies.
Seeking cheaper solar energy in Caltech labs
Although the technology has come into wider use, it remains less cost-effective than other forms of energy. Scientists are looking to design a better solar panel. In a lab in Caltech, Harry Atwater...
Microfluidic Arrays - Now LEGOs Can Do Anything!
Little LEGO pieces shaped like pegs can re-create microscopic activity taking place inside lab-on-a-chip devices, also known as microfluidic arrays, at a scale scientists can more easily observe. Microfluidic arrays are...
New NIST Molecular Sandwich Is Electronically Delightful
Researchers from NIST and the University of Maryland have found what they say is a simple method of sandwiching organic molecules between silicon and metal, two materials fundamental to electronic...
Scientists detect 'fingerprint' of high-temp superconductivity above transition temperature
A team of U.S. and Japanese scientists has shown for the first time that the spectroscopic 'fingerprint' of high-temperature superconductivity remains intact well above the super chilly temperatures at which...
Dot Earth: Rare Photo of Snow Leopard in Afghanistan
Dot Earth is pleased to present a photograph of a snow leopard, taken by a camera trap in the Wakhan Corridor in northeastern Afghanistan.
Union: Ban Lithium Batteries on Planes
Air Line Pilots Association Says Bulk Shipments of Batteries Can Start Fires in Cargo
New ultrasensitive electronic sensor array speeds up DNA detection
A novel electronic sensor array for more rapid, accurate and cost-efficient testing of DNA for disease diagnosis and biological research has been developed by scientists at Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering...
NASA accepting scholarship applications
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it will begin accepting aeronautics scholarship applications Sept. 1, for the 2010 academic year.
Watermelons: A renewable energy source?
LANE, Okla., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've discovered watermelon juice can be a valuable source of biofuel, with the juice from rejected watermelons fermented into ethanol.
Cairo Slums Get Energy Makeover
Using solar panels and biogas reactors, the nonprofit Solar CITIES project is bringing rural energy solutions to the urban poor in Egypt's largest city.
iPhones for the Blind
Quick, get out your iPhone. Unlock it and slide over to that game you've been playing when your boss isn't looking. Now mute it, put the phone to sleep, close your eyes,...
New "Disappearing" Nanoparticle Ink Keeps Messages Cryptic
Remember when, as a kid, you would pen secret messages with "disappearing ink" by writing on paper with lemon juice? A team of researchers at Northwestern have taken the idea just a...
Gold plating improves nanotube imaging
Gold-plated nanotubes are effective non-toxic contrast agents for photothermal and photoacoustic imaging
Water Desalination Using Novel Method Of Reverse Osmosis Promises High Recovery Levels
Researchers are developing technology to scale up a novel method for achieving very high recoveries in desalination by reverse osmosis to be used in a Jordanian desalinization plant.
Want To Make Your Own Black Hole? This May Be How
Would you like to make your own black hole before the LHC supposedly dooms us all (though it has to stop breaking first before it can unleash physics-induced Eschaton)? Dartmouth researchers...
Improving Biomass Use Efficiency For Semi-Arid Regions
Biomass refers to all the matter that can be obtained from photosynthesis. Most vegetable species use solar energy to create sugars from carbon dioxide and water. They store this energy...
How the Internet Sees You
MIT has this cool project/art exhibit going on called Metropath(ologies) dealing with "the social potential of new communication technologies. One of the "exhibits" is Personas: read more
Ignition for Colombian yucca car
After a three-year slog Colombian scientists have revved up a car that runs on yucca-derived ethanol, spurring hopes that the Latin American staple could be transformed into an abundant fuel.
U.S. to review state of wireless competition
U.S. regulators are set to probe the country's wireless industry for anti-competitive practices in a review that may touch on contract lengths, early termination charges, and exclusive handset deals.
U.S. Navy Plans to Test Biofuels for Super Hornet
(PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. Navy is getting ready to run flight tests using an assortment of biofuels. The tests will be run using an F/A-18 Super Hornet. The tests are...
Cooperative cybercars, a question of priorities
(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed new control systems that let driverless vehicles communicate and cooperate with each other. Could fleets of high throughput rapid transit systems soon be cruising...
Calixarene-Modified Nanoparticles
Bulky chelating agents stabilize catalyst particles without covering active sites.