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System created to make paper biosensors
HAMILTON, Ontario, July 15 (UPI) -- Canadian scientists say they've created a technology similar to inkjet printing that can be used in making paper-based biosensors to detect harmful toxins.
Scientists discover repulsing light force
NEW HAVEN, Conn., July 15 (UPI) -- Yale University researchers say they've discovered a "repulsive" light force that can be used to control components on silicon microchips.
Portable desalination system is created
LOS ANGELES, July 15 (UPI) -- U.S. engineers say they've developed a portable water desalination system that can substantially reduce the costs and time involved in producing clean water.
Diet May Contribute Significantly To Body Burden Of Flame Retardants
A new study suggests that diet is an important route of exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). PBDEs are a class of flame retardants that are commonly found in consumer...
Facile Synthesis Of Nanoparticles With Multiple Functions
Scientists have discovered a new environmentally friendly method to synthesize a wide variety of nanoparticles inexpensively. Metals that dissolve in water were successfully extracted and transferred into a layer of...
New Advance In Revolutionary 'Bullet Fingerprinting' Technique
Chemistry researchers have developed a simple but effective way of lifting fingerprints. The technique involves studying the chemical and physical interactions occurring between the metal and the fingerprint sweat deposit....
Superfast airplanes through super tiny technology
An interdisciplinary team of scientists led by Princeton engineers has been awarded a $3 million grant to study how fuel additives made of tiny particles known as nanocatalysts can help...
New wonder material, one-atom thick, has scientists abuzz
Imagine a carbon sheet that's only one atom thick but is stronger than diamond and conducts electricity 100 times faster than the silicon in computer chips.
DNA Is Dynamic And Has High Energy; Not Stiff Or Static As First Envisioned
Nobel laureates Drs. Francis Crick and James Watson's first model of DNA is shown as a rigid double helix. However, the model is a stiff snapshot of idealized DNA. As...
Virtually engineering power plants
Photovoltaic and wind energy plants, hydroelectric power stations and biogas plants supply energy without polluting the environment. However, they are complex to design and maintain. Virtual reality makes planning and...
Separate Batteries Best for Electric Cars?
CNET: Option To Lease Battery apart from Car Will Get More Electric Vehicles on the Road, Study Says
Perimeter Institute's Freddy Cachazo Wins Major Prize
Perimeter Institute Faculty member Freddy Cachazo has been awarded the prestigious Gribov Medal from the European Physical Society (EPS), "for his research with others that led to significant simplifications...
Spark for Life: Lightning Strikes Create Minerals Crucial for Early Organisms
The high energy of a lightning strike creates an unusual form of phosphorus once common on primordial Earth and still used by many microbes today. [More]
Circulating Fluidized Bed Technology Generates Power While Reducing Emissions
Burning coal and biomass to generate power while reducing emissions at the same time, Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) technology uses fluidization to mix and circulate fuel particles with limestone as...
Materials and Processes for Medical Devices Event Brings Clinicians, Engineers, Designers Together
The only medical devices event that brings together materials scientists and engineers, metallurgists, product designers, researchers, and clinicians is coming to Minneapolis, Aug. 10-12.
Ultrafast EELS
Extreme version of electron energy loss spectroscopy probes bonding dynamics.
ASM Symposium at MS&T Offers New Thinking on Light Weight Materials
The materials showing the way to future vehicles may be light in terms of weight, but they are far from "lightweight" in importance. They will be critical to meeting new...
Contaminated Sunflower Oil: Testing Labs Measure Up
Following the discovery of contaminated sunflower oil imported from Ukraine (April 2008), the European Commission's Joint Research Centre has tested 55 analytical laboratories from 17 EU Member States plus Switzerland...
NASA awards solar sensor contract
WASHINGTON, July 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it has awarded a contract to the University of Colorado at Boulder for a "total and spectral solar...
Feature: X-ray imaging - a beautiful friend
Three scientists talk about their work at the Centre for Excellence in Coherent X-ray Science.
Superconductivity: Which one of these is not like the other?
Superconductivity appears to rely on very different mechanisms in two varieties of iron-based superconductors. The insight comes from research groups that are making bold statements about the correct description of...
Meralco says planning broadband via power lines
Top electricity distributor Manila Electric Co., better known as Meralco, plans to use its power lines to deliver broadband Internet service, a company statement has said.
Researchers Find A Quicker, Cheaper Way To Sort Isotopes
Chemists have taken a novel approach to building a new device to determine the isotope ratios within a certain substance. It's a new twist on a old procedure used to...
Artificial Leaf Development: Structure Of Artificial Light Harvesting Antenna Determined
Scientists have modified chlorophyll from an alga so that it resembles the extremely efficient light antennae of bacteria. The team was then able to determine the structure of these light...
TIME according to Fran
y interpretation of Space-time is that all nuclei in our "present" time frame, "the Now" form a 3D mesh net that has relative motion perpindicular to time. The satellite and...
Energy policy 'too wind focused'
The UK must invest more in nuclear and clean coal energy and put less emphasis on wind power, business leaders say.
Structural Biology Scores With Protein Snapshot
Investigators have used nuclear magnetic resonance methods to determine the structure of the largest membrane-spanning protein to date. The group's ability to determine the NMR structure of the bacterial protein...
Stretch back over a roller to boost your abs
This move is a great way to increase your range of motion and intensify your abdominal training. Simply place a foam roller under your shoulder blades to allow your chest...