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Graphene Shows High Current Capacity and Thermal Conductivity
(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent research into the properties of graphene nanoribbons provides two new reasons for using the material as interconnects in future computer chips. In widths as narrow as 16...
New Supercomputer To Reel In Answers To Some Of Earth's Problems
The newest supercomputer in town is almost 15 times faster than its predecessor and ready to take on problems in areas such as climate science, hydrogen storage and molecular chemistry....
Scientists Claim New State of Matter Created
Scientists claim to have created a form of aluminum that's a new state of matter.
Charging Ahead: Revealing Secrets Of Electricity-producing Materials
Much like humans, materials are capable of some pretty remarkable things when placed under pressure. In fact, under the right conditions, materials can even produce electricity. Driven by the vision...
Observatory: A Recipe for Biodiesel, Plucked From Poultry
Last year researchers showed that it was possible to make biodiesel fuel from coffee grounds. This time, it’s chicken feathers.
Report: Virus lab planned for tornado area
WASHINGTON, July 27 (UPI) -- Washington used a flawed study to select a tornado-prone area of Kansas for a $700 million infectious-pathogens biosecurity lab, a government report says.
Nanophysics: Serving up Buckyballs on a silver platter
Scientists at Penn State University, in collaboration with institutes in the US, Finland, Germany and the UK, have figured out the long-sought structure of a layer of C60 - carbon...
One nano-step closer to weighing a single atom
By studying gold nanoparticles with highly uniform sizes and shapes, scientists now understand how they lose energy, a key step towards producing nanoscale detectors for weighing any single atom...
Fighting Hepatitis E Atom By Atom
Researchers have for the first time described the atomic structure of the protein shell that carries the genetic code of hepatitis E (HEV). Their findings could mean that new ways...
Soldiers Turn A March Into A Charge
Engineers are developing a way to capture the kinetic energy produced when soldiers march and use it to power their equipment.
Microorganisms + Sunlight + CO2 = Biofuel
Mass. Co. to Streamline Traditional Energy Production Process with Genetically-Modified Microbes
Ways To Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Transport
The most important way to reduce carbon dioxide from transport is to get the transport sector integrated into the overall energy system, according to experts.
How to have healthier air in your home
Open windows, be careful with cleaners and check housewares. Good ventilation is probably the single most important step you can take toward making your home healthier, experts say. For the most part, the...
Jewel Beetle Shimmer Could Offer Blueprint For Materials That Reflect Light
"Jewel beetles" are widely known for their glossy external skeletons that appear to change colors as the angle of view changes. Now they may be known for something else --...
Concrete Columns With Internal Bars Made Of Glass Fibers Can Make A Building Sturdier
A new study demonstrates that the behavior of fiber reinforced polymer reinforced concrete columns is very similar to that of the conventional steel counterpart. Thus, for structures that function in...
New Optical Forces Revealed
Scientists have demonstrated repulsive and attractive nanophotonic forces, depending on the spatial distribution of the light used. These fundamental research results might have major consequences for telecommunication and optical signal...
Dye-sensitized Solar Cells To Power Air Force Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Dye-sensitized solar cells are expected to power Air Force unmanned aerial vehicles in the future because they are an optimum energy harvesting source that may lead to longer flight times...
Researchers find a cell shortcut
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 26 (UPI) -- A team of Cambridge, Mass., scientists developed a shortcut to create a disease-fighting anti-oxidant, the co-authors of a paper about the project said...
Scientists closer to making implantable bone material
Scientists are closer to understanding how to grow replacement bones with stem cell technology, thanks to research published today in the journal Nature Materials.
Hydrocarbons in the deep Earth?
Washington, DC -- The oil and gas that fuels our homes and cars started out as living organisms that died, were compressed, and heated under heavy layers of sediments in...
Feature: Waste feathers show fibre promise
Scientists at CSIRO Materials and Science Engineering’s (CMSE) laboratory at Belmont, Victoria, believe that feather keratin can be ‘regenerated’ into an environmentally sustainable, biodegradable fibre.
Alan G. Davenport, 76, Noted Wind Engineer
Mr. Davenport devised ways to gauge the effects of wind on tall structures, then applied his expertise to some of the world’s biggest buildings and longest bridges.
Next-generation Sound Systems To Minimise Background Noise
The whole listening experience in cars, cinemas, theaters, and even during videoconferences, is likely to improve radically thanks to a new set of tools for application development.
Mountain bikes
Scott Genius, Santa Cruz Blur XC Carbon, Moots Mooto X YBB, Kona Dawgma When it comes to dual-suspension mountain bikes, in which each wheel can compress when it goes over a trail obstacle,...
Fuel cells, energy conversion and mathematics
Concerns about dwindling fossil fuel resources, current levels of petroleum consumption, and growing pressure to shift to more sustainable energy sources are among the many factors prompting the transition from...
If you're happy, then we know it: Scientists build 'hedonometer'
In 1881, the optimistic Irish economist Francis Edgeworth imagined a strange device called a "hedonimeter" that would be capable of "continually registering the height of pleasure experienced by an individual."...
Surf Anywhere, Inside a Giant Wheel
All-terrain board concept would thrill the PopSci editors of 75 years ago Ever feel ripped off that you can only surf or snowboard in the confines of the ocean or on a...
Chiral isotropic liquids from achiral molecules
Liquid crystal phase molecules without ‘handedness’ form chiral structures that spontaneously separate into left- and right-handed domains