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Genomics institute secures its future
$400-million endowment edges Broad Institute towards independence.
New Methods To Protect Wind Generators During Voltage Dips Developed
A young researcher has put forward two protection techniques so that wind generators continue to be operative despite breaks in electricity supply.
Nature inspires new highly specific drugs and organic products
The best place to seek novel compounds for pharmaceutical drugs, alternative energy sources, and a host of industrial applications, is within natural systems that have evolved over millions of years....
The science of stickiness revealed
When looking at inventions like Post-its and duct tape, one might think we've got the science of stickiness down pat. But experts are still trying to understand the details of...
Secrecy in Science Gives Way to Scary Openness
The latest Internet advances are forcing a tortured openness throughout the halls of science.
Orienting Flow in Carbon Nanotubes
Carbon nanotubes provide some of the most interesting possibilities for future technology. One of the more intriguing possibilities - with a variety of practical applications - is using...
Understanding the science of solar-based energy: more researchers are better than one
View a video of MIT scientists explaining how they recently discovered a catalyst that produces oxygen gas from water.
Single Crystals as Reaction Vessels
Japanese researchers from the University of Tokyo have made a complex that crystallizes as a porous solid. Common reagents, even bulky ones, can easily diffuse into these pores and are...
Detroit Electric eyes comeback with Malaysia's Proton as partner
The Netherlands-based firm Detroit Electric said Tuesday it has begun talks with Malaysia's state-owned carmaker Proton to produce electric cars for the Southeast Asian market.
Teflon: Chemists Break Harmful Bonds
Everybody loves the way eggs slide off of Teflon pans. Indeed, the carbon-fluorine bond at the heart of Teflon cookware is so helpful we also use it in products from...
Energy Department to speed technology
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Energy is making up to $7 million available to speed up clean energy technologies from seven national laboratories...
Really?: The Claim: You Get Drunk Faster at High Altitudes.
Will drinking at a high altitude speed drunkenness?
A 'lab on a chip' to improve success of in vitro fertilization
In a finding that could boost the success rate of in vitro fertilization (IVF), researchers report development of a tiny "lab on a chip" to evaluate the fitness of embryos...
Switchable bio-adhesion
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a new type of property-changing polymer: It is water-repellent at 37°C, which makes it an ideal culture substrate for biological cells. At room temperature it...
Electrons discover their individuality
(PhysOrg.com) -- Electrons have something in common with people: the more information they acquire about their setting, the more they become aware of their individuality and the more belonging to...
Heavy Truckers Out Of Control
Research carried out in Sweden suggests that there are three critical manoeuvres that lead to loss of control of heavy trucks and subsequent accidents. Writing in the International Journal of...
Science Weekly Extra podcast: Marcus Chown on quantum mechanics; plus anti-social electrons
Marcus Chown discusses his book Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You with Alok Jha
Avoiding Dental Perfection With a Slight Twist
Patients and dentist work together to create that perfectly flawed smile.
DC-X Honored for Its Contributions, Potential
DC-X personnel reviewed the venture during a 15th anniversary reunion.
Physicists Rule Out the Production of Dangerous Black Holes at the LHC
(PhysOrg.com) -- On August 8, the world's largest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland, began the process of slowly throttling to full power. When its proton beams...
Radical ideas to save the planet suggested by leading scientists
Artificial clouds and use of carbon-neutral transport fuels among scientists' suggestions
Environmental Friendly Technology Can Remove Ink Stains In Paper Recycling
The greatest challenge in paper recycling is removal of polymeric ink and coating; and the most difficult paper is mixed office wastepaper. Traditional de-inking processes involve large quantities of chemicals...
Researchers Develop New Technique For Fabricating Nanowire Circuits
Applied scientists have developed a new technique for fabricating nanowire photonic and electronic integrated circuits that may one day be suitable for high-volume commercial production.
Findings: Technology That Outthinks Us: A Partner or a Master?
Vernor Vinge has been urging his fellow humans to get smarter by collaborating with computers.
Air Storage Is Explored for Energy
A New Jersey company will announce a plan to use wind turbines to produce compressed air that can be stored underground or in tanks and released later to power generators...
The Energy Challenge: Wind Energy Bumps Into Power Grid’s Limits
Clean energy’s dirty secret is that while generating it is getting easier, moving it to market is not.
Tire companies to lose tire weights
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Tire manufacturers and retailers have agreed to phase-out the use of lead wheel weights, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Friday.
Chemical coat to mean drier socks
Technology developed to protect soldiers from chemical weapons may help to make almost any surface or fabric waterproof.