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Nanotechnology Regulation: Former EPA Official Highlights Shortcomings Of Current Federal Oversight
Nanotechnology will significantly change virtually every facet of the way we live. The next president has the opportunity to shape these changes and to ensure that nanotechnology's benefits will be...
Slippery Customer: A Greener Antiwear Additive for Engine Oils
(PhysOrg.com) -- Titanium, a protean element with applications from pigments to aerospace alloys, could get a new role as an environmentally friendly additive for automotive oil, thanks to work by...
Sandia to Demonstrate Hyperspectral Confocal Fluorescence Microscope
Sandia National Laboratories will demonstrate a new hyperspectral confocal fluorescence microscope Friday, Aug. 8 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. MDT in Bldg. 897 on Kirtland Air Force Base. This patent-protected and...
First Solar: Quest for the $1 Watt
Photovoltaic cells, once so costly they could be used only to power million-dollar satellites, are today turning up even on humble parking meters. Now a brash Tempe, Ariz., company called...
Nanoparticle Research Points to Energy Savings
(PhysOrg.com) -- Adding just the right dash of nanoparticles to standard mixes of lubricants and refrigerants could yield the equivalent of an energy-saving chill pill for factories, hospitals, ships, and...
Perkin Medal Goes To Ian Shankland
Chemist receives award for alternatives to ozone-depleting fluorochemicals
Artificial Lotus Effect: Carbon nanotubes with nanoscopic paraffin coating form superhydrophobic, self-cleaning surfaces
Never wash your car again? Never clean your windows? These may well become reality if it becomes possible to produce the right coatings—coatings that imitate the self-cleaning effect of the...
Better Than Power Grid: New Microgrid Network Proposed For More Dependable, Cheaper Power
A researcher has proposed a microgrid-based power plant with its own local power sources and independent control as a more dependable, efficient, and cost effective system than traditional telecom power...
Sandia to Hold First Earth, Wind and Sun Conference July 23 and 24
Living a greener life by conserving and using alternative energy sources will be the focus of the first-ever Earth, Wind and Sun conference July 23-24 sponsored by Sandia National Laboratories'...
Fresh From The Grapevine To The Table With Sulfur Dioxide Preservative
Table grapes are subject to serious water loss and decay while making the long trip from the vine to tables around the world. Pads placed over the fruit packed in...
Super-Resolution X-ray Microscopy Unveils Buried Secrets Of The Nanoworld
A novel super-resolution X-ray microscope combines the high penetration power of x-rays with high spatial resolution, making it possible for the first time to shed light on the detailed interior...
Solar cars glide to finish line
Hundreds of Calgarians lined city streets on Tuesday to watch 15 solar-powered cars complete a 3,862-kilometre odyssey from Texas to Alberta.
Solar power from Saharan sun could provide Europe's electricity, says EU
Largescale renewable energy grid at heart of plan to cut Europe's carbon emissions by harnessing power of desert sun
USDA awards $6.9M for energy projects
WASHINGTON, July 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Agriculture Department Tuesday said it released $6.9 million in loans and grants for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.
RAM for Free
A novel form of data compression effectively doubles the memory in embedded systems while barely slowing them down.
Holey Nanoparticles Create New Tumor Imaging and Therapeutic Agent
Using a polymer that has both water-soluble and water-insoluble regions, a team of investigators from the Siteman Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence has created a nanoparticle shaped like a bialy,...
Researchers Discover Novel Method for Activating Enzymatic Reactions
Researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered a new method for "switching on" enzymatic reactions with precise energy delivery: by using microwave radiation.
During Olympics, Researcher Studies Air-quality in Beijing
As the world watches China prepare for the Olympic Games, Cornell researcher Max Zhang has his eye on less visible matters -- the particles in Beijing's air that millions breathe...
Engineers Prove Graphene is the Strongest Material
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research scientists at Columbia University`s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science have achieved a breakthrough by proving that the carbon material graphene is the strongest material...
New breast cancer test under study
Whether a painless, portable device that uses electrical current rather than X-ray to look for breast cancer could be an alternative to traditional mammograms is under study at the Medical...
A 'New Dimension' at the LHC
(PhysOrg.com) -- Later this year, the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland, will begin operating, sending beams of protons hurling around circular...
Dutch researchers take flight with three-gram 'dragonfly'
(PhysOrg.com) -- On Wednesday 23 July, TU Delft will be presenting the minute DelFly Micro air vehicle. This successor to the DelFly I and II weighs barely 3 grams, and...
Possible To Reduce Emissions By 30 Percent By 2025, Model Shows
Scientists modeled emissions for Minnesota and found that it is possible to reduce emissions by 30 percent by 2025 and 80 percent by 2050 and possibly exceed those numbers if...
Who covets the electric car? Sales surge in Ottawa
Ottawa motorists are being driven like never before toward technology that allows them to run a car without gas, say those who help convert cars to electric power.
Construction vehicle rampages in Jerusalem
The driver of a construction vehicle rammed and overturned cars in downtown Jerusalem on Tuesday, wounding four people before he was shot dead, police said.
Portuguese team makes first paper based transistor
(PhysOrg.com) -- Elvira Fortunato and colleagues from the Centro de Investigação de Materiais (Cenimat/I3N), at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, made the first Field Effect Transistor...
Watchdog's verdict on Channel 4 climate film angers scientists
Station cleared of 'materially misleading the audience so as to cause harm or offence'
EPA diesel emission grants available
WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it has $3.4 million in grant funds for projects using new technology to reduce existing diesel engine...