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Light-emitting Diodes: Understanding Factors That Influence Efficiency Of Organic-based Devices
Organic-based devices, such as organic light-emitting diodes, require a transparent conductive layer with a high work function, meaning it promotes injection of electron holes into an organic layer to produce...
Nanoscale Lithographic Technology: Finer Lines For Microchips
Researchers have achieved a significant advance in nanoscale lithographic technology, used in the manufacture of computer chips and other electronic devices, to make finer patterns of lines over larger areas...
Pocket-sized Magnetic Resonance Imaging
The term MRI scan brings to mind the gigantic, expensive machines that are installed in hospitals. But research scientists have now developed small portable MRI scanners that perform their services...
New nanotech research to enhance future digital imaging
A team of researchers from Northeastern`s Electronic Materials Research Institute has published research that has resulted in a new breakthrough in the field of nanophotonics, the study of light at...
Large Solar Energy Array Set for G.M. in Spain
The solar electric system on the roof of a G.M. assembly plant in Spain will be the largest in the world, a thousand times larger than most projects.
New Insight To Demineralization: Amorphous Silica Dissolves By Pathway Similar To Crystals
Researchers explain the dissolution behavior of silica glasses manufactured by different processes, a natural biologically produced silica and a synthetic, dispersed or colloidal silica. Their findings present the basis for...
New Logic: The Attraction Of Magnetic Computation
Researchers have demonstrated functional components that exploit the magnetic properties of electrons to perform logic operations. Compatible with existing microtechnology, the new approach heralds the next era of faster, smaller...
Carbon Nanotube Windmills Powered by 'Electron Wind'
Theoretical physicists from Lancaster University in the UK have designed a nanomotor that operates by a novel mechanism: an electron wind.
U.S. and Sweden sign hybrid vehicle pact
GOTLAND, Sweden, July 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Energy says it and the Swedish Energy Agency have signed an agreement to accelerate consumer acceptance of plug-in...
Mayor quashes £25 C-charge hike
London Mayor Boris Johnson quashes the proposed rise in congestion charge for vehicles deemed high polluters.
Mars Lander Works on New Dirt Sample
Phoenix put second sample in wet chemistry lab, will compare results to first test.
Whales And Dolphins Influence New Wind Turbine Design
By studying the flippers, fins and tails of whales and dolphins, scientists have discovered some features of their structure that contradict long-held engineering theories. These discoveries may have a strong...
Baseball Diamonds: The Lefthander's Best Friend
Baseball diamonds are a left-hander's best friend. That's because the game was designed to make a lefty the "Natural," according to a professor of engineering and uber baseball fan. The...
Study unveils surprise energy transfer
BRISTOL, England, July 8 (UPI) -- British and U.S. physicists say an unexpected form of energy transfer occurs in a two-atom molecule when an incoming atom strikes one...
Rare Microorganism That Produces Hydrogen May Be Key To Tomorrow's Hydrogen Economy
An ancient organism from the pit of a collapsed volcano may hold the key to tomorrow's hydrogen economy. Scientists from across the world have formed a team to unlock the...
SaskPower releases nuclear power studies
Fourteen studies into the viability of nuclear power in Saskatchewan commissioned by SaskPower over the past 36 years were made public by the utility Monday.
Herculean Device for Molecular Mysteries
A special-purpose supercomputer is intended to offer more than a thousandfold increase in performance for complex molecular simulations.
Vital Signs: Patterns: The Sound of Victory?
Does it matter which runner is closest to the starter’s pistol at the beginning of a race? It just might, a new study says.
Is Solar Power Really Practical?
Solar-thermal technology, while promising, is practical only in the sunny Southwest and requires all the expensive infrastructure and transmission lines of standard power plants. Bill Whitaker examines whether it's really...
Tiny Changes At Nanometer Scale Can Have A Colossal Effect On Properties Of A Material: Now Researchers Can Predict Changes
Tiny changes at the nanometer scale can have a colossal effect on the properties of a material, and for the first time researchers may have a method to see and...
MRI Technique To ID Microstructural Changes In Asthma
Scientists have developed a novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique that -- for the first time ever -- identified microscopic structural damages deep in the lungs of patients with asthma.
Simple Life Form May Have Existed 700 Million Years Earlier Than Previously Thought
The accepted timeframe for the beginnings of life on Earth is now being questioned, after scientists found a key indicator to the earliest life forms in diamonds from Jack Hills...
Are Hands-free Cellphones Really Safer?
Since April 1 when Nova Scotia outlawed the use of hand-held cellphones while driving, sales of hands-free devices have gone through the roof. It seems everyone's driving--even walking--with tiny electronic...
Nate Ball of PBS' Design Squad to Host 2008 ASME Innovation Showcase
Inventor and champion of engineering, Nate Ball, will join with ASME to celebrate technical ingenuity as reflected in the design innovations of the ten collegiate teams selected to participate in...
Fermilab Saved from Chopping Block for Now [News]
A spending package signed into law last week by President Bush will provide enough cash to stave off the sacking of 90 employees at financially strapped Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory...
Pioneer Develops World's First 16-Layer Optical Disc
Pioneer Corporation has succeeded in developing a 16-layer read-only optical disc with a capacity of 400 gigabytes for the first time in the world.
Study: Quantum dots can penetrate skin
RALEIGH, N.C., July 7 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've discovered quantum dot nanoparticles can penetrate skin if there's an abrasion, raising new nanotechnology safety concerns.
New tool provides better, faster onboard PHEV performance evaluation
Analysis and evaluation of plug-in hybrid vehicle performance is faster and better, thanks to a new tool developed by Argonne engineers. Called the Argonne Real-Time Data Acquisition (ARDAQ) system, it...