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Stirred, Not Shaken: Bio-inspired Cilia Mix Medical Reagents At Small Scales
Engineers used a novel underwater manufacturing technique to successfully build biomimetic cilia. The hairlike appendages mix tiny volumes of liquid to speed up biomedical reactions.
Could Michael Jackson Have Been Revived?
It would have trumped Elvis and Hoffa, for sure, if the King of Pop could have risen from the dead.
Feds to fund two CO2 projects
WASHINGTON, July 1 (UPI) -- U.S. Energy Department Secretary Steven Chu says two power plants will receive $408 million to use advanced technologies to cut carbon dioxide emissions.
Structure of artificial light harvesting antenna determined
An international team of researchers has modified chlorophyll from an alga so that it resembles the extremely efficient light antennae of bacteria. The team was then able to determine the...
University of Leicester researchers discover new fluorescent silicon nanoparticles
Researchers in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester have developed a new synthesis method, which has led them to the discovery of fluorescent silicon nanoparticles...
Big Impact From Tiny Semiconductor Lasers
A massive project to develop a complete cycle of technologies for a new generation of high-brightness semiconductor lasers promises to transform the healthcare, telecom and display technology sectors. The semiconductor...
TMS Partners with Kent State University's Center for Materials Informatics to Advance Research
After launching a collaborative effort with Kent State University's Center for Materials Informatics (CMI) last year, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) is solidifying its commitment to advancing research...
Story Tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, July 2009
1) Researchers have developed an innovative cooling concept that could improve vehicle performance, life expectancy and overall efficiency without increasing costs. 2) Alumina-forming austenitic stainless steels boast an increased upper-temperature...
Tunnel Vision
They're digging tunnels along the US border at a fast and furious pace, but not a single one of them has ever been discovered by US border patrol agents using...
NASA manager pitches a cheaper return-to-moon plan
(AP) -- Like a car salesman pushing a luxury vehicle that the customer no longer can afford, NASA has pulled out of its back pocket a deal for a...
The art of invisibility and the perfect cat's eye
(PhysOrg.com) -- In recent years scientists have explored the impossible by developing invisibility or 'cloaking' devices, but can the same technology also help make things more visible?
A 'quantum of sol' -- how nanotechnology could hold the key to a solar-powered future
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new generation of 'nano-structured' millimetre-sized solar cells that could convert the sun's energy to electricity more than twice as efficiently as current technology, is the subject of...
Can A New Implant Coating Technique Create A New Six Million Dollar Man?
Scientists have developed an electrochemical process for coating metal implants which vastly improves their functionality, longevity and integration into the body.
New Planes Lift Safety Feature from Cars
Tighter Standards Focus on Increasing Odds of Surviving Crash; Include Stronger Seats, Air Bags
Mobile pollution sensors deployed
Cyclists, buses, cars and even pedestrians become mobile pollution detectors in a UK-based scientific project.
Nanotubes Weigh The Atom
How can you weigh a single atom? Researchers have built an exquisite new device that can do just that. It may ultimately allow scientists to study the progress of chemical...
Blackest Black Ever: Ultra-thin Material Absorbs All Light
It appears to be a paradox: ultra-thin material that absorbs all incident light. Nonetheless, it does exist. Researchers have demonstrated that at a thickness of 4.5 nanometer niobiumnitride (NbN) is...
MIT: A new approach to engineering for extreme environments
Composite materials such as fibreglass, which take on a mix of properties of their constituent compounds, have been around for decades. Now, an MIT materials scientist is taking composites to...
Composites for energy
Advanced composite materials are playing a vital role in improved design and reduced operating costs for renewable energy technologies. Research presented today [Tuesday 30 June] will highlight how wind, marine...
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...
Putting A Freeze On Oscillator Vibrations
Physicists have successfully landed a one-two punch on a tiny glass sphere, refrigerating it in liquid helium and then dosing its perimeter with a laser beam, to bring its naturally...
Nanoscale 'Fountain Pen' Draws Therapeutic Nanodiamonds
A research team at Northwestern University has developed a tool that can precisely deliver tiny doses of drug-carrying nanomaterials to individual cells. The tool, called the nanofountain probe, functions in...
Carnivorous Electronics Power Themselves With Digested Insects
It’s the summer, which means swarms of bugs. And if you keep your window open to get cool summer breezes, it means swarms of bugs in your house. ...
New Fireproof Coating Could Help Prevent Housefires
Australian scientists have developed a ceramic-like coating that could help virtually any material, such as wood, steel or brick, withstand fires up to 1830°F. Not just that, the toxin-free, inorganic...
New insights, and a new angle, on high-temperature superconductivity
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Princeton-led research team has revealed surprising information about how electron behavior influences the conduction of electricity in a class of high-temperature superconductors. An increased understanding of this...
Oscar Pistorius: Previously confidential study results released on amputee sprinter
A team of experts in biomechanics and physiology that conducted experiments on Oscar Pistorius, the South African bilateral amputee track athlete, have just published their findings in the Journal of...
Peeling Stickers May Lead To Stretchable Electronics; New Model Enables Precise Design Of Damage-resistant Materials
A study of stickers peeling from windows could lead to a new way to precisely control the fabrication of stretchable electronics, according to researchers.
Hawkesbury solar farm gets green light
After several years of debate, a company has finally been given the go-ahead to build a solar farm in the eastern Ontario town of Hawkesbury.