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Research suggests core nuclear pore elements shared by all eukaryotes
(PhysOrg.com) -- For perhaps 1.8 billion years after life first emerged on Earth, a sort of evolutionary writer`s block stalled the development of organisms more complicated than single cells. Then,...
Quantum Computers And Tossing A Coin In The Microcosm
An atomic "coin" can display a superposition of heads and tails when it has been thrown. If you leave the decision where a quantum particle should go to a coin...
New technique can fast-track better ionic liquids for biomass pre-treatments
They've been dubbed 'grassoline' - second generation biofuels made from inedible plant material, including fast-growing weeds, agricultural waste, sawdust, etc. - and numerous scientific studies have shown them to be...
Take a Walk on the Quantum Side
Physicists demonstrate quantum version of famed random walk--a concept key to explaining the diffusion of liquids
THE MEMORY OF WATER, therefore all elements
To understand the view, water has memory. You need to examine it's basic parts. Water has two hydrogen to one oxygen atom. It is the mass of these atom which...
Tying up loose ends for a quantum leap
Quantum technologies have become the Holy Grail of the IT industry with research projects springing up all over Europe. Now a major effort is being made to spur development by...
Bored With PCs, Bill Gates Sets His Sights On Controlling the Weather
Microsoft's chairman is part of a join patent filing for using fleets of vessels to stop hurricanes via geoengineering Truly this is the age of Greenfinger: Billionaire Bill Gates has patented the...
Nanopillars promise cheap, efficient, flexible solar cells
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley have demonstrated a way to fabricate efficient solar cells from low-cost and...
Caltech chemists say antibody surrogates are just a 'click' away
Chemists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the Scripps Research Institute have developed an innovative technique to create cheap but highly stable chemicals that have the potential to...
Green industrial lubricant developed
A team of researchers from the University of Huelva has developed an environmentally-friendly lubricating grease based on ricin oil and cellulose derivatives, according to the journal Green Chemistry. The new...
Nuclear critics suspect hidden agenda in Sask. medical isotope plan
Critics of nuclear development in Saskatchewan say a plan by the provincial government to supply medical isotopes may lead to more substantial nuclear facilities.
Bacterial Quorum Sensing: A Matter Of Density, Not Quantity
Researchers have demonstrated that the absolute number of cells is irrelevant to the process of bacterial quorum sensing; only the number of bacteria in a given volume plays a role....
Sterile surfaces in a flash
Blue dye coatings bring antibacterial benefit for material used in medical devices
Chemist Aims to Turn Molecules Into Motors
A chemist is fascinated with seeing atoms and molecules move on a computer screen and using technology to move them himself.
Happy birthday, Nikola Tesla
Electric motors, power generation, electricity delivered over great distances, radio and even those sparking towers in the Frankenstein films - a Yugoslav-born electronic engineer is the one to thank
NuTeV Anomaly Helps Shed Light On Physics Of The Nucleus
A new calculation clarifies the complicated relationship between protons and neutrons in the atomic nucleus and offers a fascinating resolution of the famous NuTeV Anomaly.
Analysis shows scorpion venom composition
WUHAN, China, July 9 (UPI) -- A Chinese team of scientists has identified the protein composition of venom from the Scorpiops jendeki scorpion.
Perkin Medal Goes To Richard Silverman
Northwestern chemist honored for contributions to medicinal chemistry.
Heat-Transfer Material Could Allow More Powerful Radar Electronics
(PhysOrg.com) -- Open any computer and you're sure to see at least one massive cooling device, complete with metal fins and a noisy fan. Today's high-power processing chips generate lots...
Raptor: An Electric Car Nearly Anyone Would Want to Drive
I love my Prius, it's true. But sometimes, I look at the Dodge Charger (I'm watching Burn Notice this summer) and think, "What a cool car." And when we think...
Cell 'fingerprint' test for cancer created
BOSTON, July 9 (UPI) -- Northeastern University scientists in Boston say they have developed an early-stage, highly accurate cancer-screening technology.
World powers accept warming limit
Developed and developing nations agree global temperatures should not rise more than 2C above 1900 levels, a G8 declaration says.
Miniaturized Lasers Can Emit Quantum Light
For more than 100 years it has been known that light comes in small packages, the so-called photons. The discovery of this quantization of the light field has opened up...
Methanol could power artificial muscles
Artificial muscles driving the robots or prosthetic limbs of the future might be powered by the kind of alcohol that can make people blind.
Unleashing The Power In Beer
Brewing beer creates tons of leftover used grains. But that waste can be turned into fuel, as developers have shown.
Graphene's versatility promises new applications
Since its discovery just a few years ago, graphene has climbed to the top of the heap of new super-materials poised to transform the electronics and nanotechnology landscape. As N.J....
Trapped Atom Makes for Supersensitive Probe and Quantum Link
The atomic force microscope is a powerful tool in physics, able to image individual atoms by relying on a tiny probe dragged across a surface. Responding to the repulsive forces from the...
U.S. Moves to Shed Light on "Dark Markets"
CBS News Investigates: Government May Set Limits on Oil Speculators and Improve Transparency