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Ion Channels Caught In Their Opening Act
Each thought or action sends a million electrical signals pulsing through your body. At the heart of the process of generating these electrical impulses is the ion channel. A new...
Japanese build DNA sewing machine
Japanese scientists have made a micro-sized sewing machine to sew long threads of DNA into shape. The work published in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Lab on a Chip...
Study: As Gas Prices Go Up, Auto Deaths Decline
Today's high gas prices could reduce auto deaths by nearly a third as driving decreases.
Ashland To Buy Hercules For $3.3 Billion
Deal will create a specialty chemical firm focused on additives, paper technologies, and specialty resins
Solar dyes give a guiding light
A new solar technology could increase the power generated by solar panels tenfold, a team of scientists show.
New hearing aid technology passes the restaurant noise test
The sound of a noisy Chicago restaurant during the breakfast rush — the clang of plates and silverware and the clamor of many voices — was the crucial test of...
Waves, Particles, and Medicine in Houston: 50th AAPM Meeting, July 27 to July 31
Later this month, thousands of scientists and health professionals from the field of medical physics will meet at the 50th meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)...
Physicists Discover New Particle: the Bottom-most 'Bottomonium'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Thirty years ago, particle physics delighted in discovering the "bottomonium" family—the set of particles that contain both a bottom quark and an anti-bottom quark but are bound together...
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R&D 100 Award for new NIST/UMD neutron detector
A new ultrasensitive, high bandwidth neutron detector developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland (UMD) will receive one of this year's "R&D...
Heat Switch for Fuel Filler Flaps
Just in time - the car coasts into the gas station on its last drop of fuel. In order to fill the tank, the driver first has to release...
Comparing apples and pears: Scientists see health-determining air paths in fruit
Pears and apples contain air pathways to "breathe". The pathways are microscopically small structures for oxygen supply and are key elements in determining the fruit's health.
Toothpick: New molecular tag IDs bone and tooth minerals
Enlisting an army of plant viruses to their cause, materials researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have identified a small biomolecule that binds specifically to one of...
Researchers unveil near-complete protein catalog for mitochondria
Imagine trying to figure out how your car's power train works from just a few of its myriad components: It would be nearly impossible. Scientists have long faced a similar...
Catalyst In A Bottle Works Better
Trapping metal particles inside nanotubes alters physical and chemical properties
Software System Maps Entire Production Flow For Automobile Production
Control systems map the entire production flow and make it possible to see the whole factory at a glance. The new control system ProVis.Agent, which controls the Mercedes C-class production,...
Concentrating sunlight cuts solar power costs
Combination of organic dyes can concentrate sunlight and feed ‘better’ wavelengths to photovoltaic cells
Multitasking Nanotechnology: Tiny Electronically Active Chemicals Can Form Ordered Layers
Tiny electronically active chemicals can be made to form ordered layers on a surface. These nanostructured layers may one day be used to build the components of electronics devices, such...
US Airways cuts films from domestic flights to save on fuel
US Airways is removing movie screens from its domestic flights in a bid to save on fuel and other expenses.
3D Graphics Can Geometrically Guide Your Attention
When you gaze at a painting, the first thing that catches your eye is usually not an accident. Since the beginning of art, painters have used strategic techniques to guide...
Multitasking nanotechnology
Confocal microscope image of a self-assembled monolayer of a polychlorotriphenyl methyl radical patterned on a quartz surface. This multifunctional molecule behaves as an electroactive switch with optical and magnetic response.
Sellafield 'dirty for a century'
It will take over 100 years and could cost £73bn before the toxic nuclear site at Sellafield is safe.
Flow chemistry for the masses
Two new build-your-own microfluidic systems promise to simplify the technology so the whole research community can use it
Multifunctional polymers click together
Side chains of copolymers can now be clicked into place thanks to a new method developed by Dutch researchers
College Students Design Future Aircraft In NASA Competition
Sixty-one students from 14 colleges and universities around the globe have imagined what the next generation of airliners and cargo planes may look like.
Coffee Grounds Perk Up Compost Pile With Nitrogen
Coffee grounds can be an excellent addition to a compost pile. The grounds are relatively rich in nitrogen, providing bacteria the energy they need to turn organic matter into compost....
Hyundai to Start Retail Sales of First Hybrid in July 2009
Hyundai Motor Company plans to start retail sales of its first LPG -electric hybrid vehicle in July 2009. To be sold initially in the Korean domestic market under the Avante...
Helium Balloon in Paris Displays Air Pollution Levels
People in Paris won't have to look far to see the city's air pollution levels. A giant tethered helium balloon will display real-time reports of atmospheric pollution using an innovative...