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Robot imager evaluates tiny tissue slices
HEIDELBERG, Germany, July 7 (UPI) -- German scientists say a new high-tech imaging center can reproduce and evaluate high resolution images of cells and tissue only micromillimeters thick.
World's Smallest High Performance, Low Energy Sensor
Scientists are developing the world's smallest, high-performance and low-power sensor in silicon which will have applications in biosensing and environmental monitoring.
Researchers Tug At Molecules With Optical Tweezers
Researchers have developed a novel technique to measure the strength of the bonds between two protein molecules important in cell machinery: gently tugging them apart with light beams.
Personal Best: To Beat the Heat, Learn to Sweat It Out
No matter how much you train in the heat, it will never be easy, athletes and researchers say.
Ferrari to slash sports cars' carbon emissions: president
Sports car manufacturer Ferrari intends to cut its vehicles' greenhouse gas emissions by nearly half and is working on developing hybrid vehicles, the company president said Saturday.
Here Comes The Sun (Power)
Proponents of solar power are waiting for the day when the technology will rival fossil fuels in cost - something that might not be too far away. Tony Guida reports.
Breakthrough: Fake DNA Could Power Faster Computers
Chemists claim to have created the world's first DNA molecule made almost entirely of artificial parts.
New Paper Tough As Steel
Nanopaper made of gently processed natural cellulose nanofibers is found to have remarkable strength.
Amorphous Materials : How Some Solids Flow Like Liquids
Scientists have provided the first proof that amorphous materials, also known as soft glasses, deform and flow through a collective movement of their particles. These materials (which include chocolate mousse,...
Hot rods make boiling better
Kettle lined with tiny copper rods enables faster bubbling.
Engineers show nanotube circuits can be made en masse
Most innovations don't go far unless there is a way to turn them into products that are manufacturable on a mass scale. That's why new research on carbon nanotubes, presented...
Nuclear fallout used to spot fake art
New technique identifies unnatural isotopes in post-war forgeries
A new spin on sorting nanotubes
A technique that separates semiconducting and metallic nanotubes could pave the way for progress in nanoelectronics
U.S. Lifts Moratorium on New Solar Projects
Under increasing public pressure, the federal government lifted a freeze on new solar projects, barely a month after it was put into effect.
Right Again, Einstein
A providential pair of pulsars shows once again that relativity passes muster
Visualizing atomic-scale acoustic wavesin nanostructures
Acoustic waves play many everyday roles - from communication between people to ultrasound imaging. Now the highest frequency acoustic waves in materials, with nearly atomic-scale wavelengths, promise to be useful...
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.
Rubber 'snake' could help wave power get a bite of the energy market
A device consisting of a giant rubber tube may hold the key to producing affordable electricity from the energy in sea waves. read more
Doppler lidar shows how the wind blows
QINGDAO, China, July 3 (UPI) -- Chinese scientists say they've created a light detection and ranging, or lidar, system to measure wind speed and direction over large areas...
'Smart' Materials Get Smarter With Ability To Better Control Shape And Size
A dynamic way to alter the shape and size of microscopic three-dimensional structures built out of proteins has been developed by biological chemists.
Phoenix To Bake Ice-Rich Sample Next Week
The next sample delivered to NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA) will be ice-rich. A team of engineers and scientists assembled to assess TEGA after a short...
Move Over, Porsche, Lamborghini, Ferrari!
The electric sports car Telsa Roadster makes "going green" flashy! It also goes from zero to 60 mph in a mere 3.9 seconds. The Early Show sported one on its...
Video: World's First Computer Is Finally Built
Charles Babbage’s 1822 design for a mechanical "difference engine" was never actually constructed...until now.
Scientists set out to measure how we perceive naturalness
Natural products are highly valued by consumers yet their properties have been difficult to reproduce fully in synthetic materials, placing a drain on our limited natural resources. Until now ...
Fireball in sky not a plane, Halifax police say
Police investigating a report of a small plane crashing in Halifax say the glowing object was likely a flare.
Interview: Navy's sensing mission
Frances Ligler tells Kathleen Too about portable, automated biosensors for fast, on-site detection of pathogens, toxins, pollutants, drugs and explosives
Borane leads the way to alternative fuels
New routes to hydrogen storage materials have been developed by scientists in the US and Singapore
Atomic scale microscopy goes commercial
Instrument manufacturers bring state-of-the-art transmission electron microscopes to the market