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Fast Laser Research And Theory Building On Einsten's Work By Timing Electrons Emissions
Theorists have developed a model that allows them to compute not just the energy of photo-emitted electrons, but also the times after their release at which they can be detected....
Fundamental Flaw In Transistor Noise Theory Discovered
Chip manufacturers beware: There's a newfound flaw in our understanding of transistor noise, a phenomenon affecting the electronic on-off switch that makes computer circuits possible. According to the engineers who...
'5D' storage could hold 2,000 times more than 1 DVD
Researchers in Australia have demonstrated a new storage technology that could potentially allow 10 terabytes to be stored on a DVD-sized disc.
Anti-inflammatory Effect Of 'Rotten Eggs' Gas
Researchers have synthesized a new molecule which releases hydrogen sulfide -- the gas that gives rotten eggs their characteristic smell and which has recently been found to be produced naturally...
Wings that waggle could cut aircraft emissions by 20 percent
Wings which redirect air to waggle sideways could cut airline fuel bills by 20% according to research funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and Airbus in...
Improving speed measurements for cars, bullets
While today's law enforcement officers don't wear utility belts full of crimefighting gadgets like Batman, they do rely on a variety of state-of-the-art technologies to do their jobs efficiently and...
Web-based program designs more efficient farm terrace layouts
From the time of the Babylonians to the Incas, terracing has been used to prevent water from eroding steep and hilly croplands. Designing terrace layouts can be time consuming and...
NASA to receive aviation safety award
WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency, for the second consecutive year, says it has been chosen to receive one of the most prestigious awards in...
Catalyst kinetics revealed
Researchers identify key step in reaction mechanism of a silver-alumina catalyst used in lean burn engines
Revealing the long-awaited atomic structure of a well-known enzyme
A Boston University - led research team has identified the structural underpinnings of a widely-known enzyme - acetoacetate decarboxylase (AADase) - that was first described correctly more than 43 years...
The Large Hadron Collider absolutely did not blow up
The most powerful particle accelerator in the world closed with an almighty bang last year.
New 'broadband' cloaking technology simple to manufacture
Researchers have created a new type of invisibility cloak that is simpler than previous designs and works for all colours of the visible spectrum, making it possible to cloak larger...
Data storage enters the 'fifth dimension'
Optical data storage over one terabit per cubic centimetre possible, say researchers
Magnets in ant antennae work as internal GPS
Miniscule magnets found in ant antennae could help to explain why these insects seem to always know where they are going, according to researchers who suspect the magnets are a...
Low-cost Materials For Capturing Solar Energy
Cost is one of the main disadvantages of the use of renewable energies. Researchers are aiming to make the development of efficient solar panels easier and cheaper. They propose the...
Feature: Build it up, tear it down
Researchers are creating molecules that can delay osteoporosis, by slowing the body's breakdown of bone.
Scientists create custom 3-dimensional structures with 'DNA origami'
By combining the art of origami with nanotechnology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers have folded sheets of DNA into multilayered objects with dimensions thousands of times smaller than the thickness of...
Stronger material for filling dental cavities has ingredients from human body
Scientists in Canada and China are reporting development of a new dental filling material that substitutes natural ingredients from the human body for controversial ingredients in existing `composite,` or plastic,...
Long-sought way to make 'nano-raspberries' may fight foggy windows, eyeglasses
In an advance toward preventing car windshields and eyeglasses from fogging up, researchers in China are reporting development of a new way to make raspberry-shaped nanoparticles that can give glass...
Lighting technology: Time to change the bulb
The incandescent light bulb is being phased out, but what will replace it? Stefano Tonzani investigates the technologies that are vying for our sockets.
Metal sheets with DNA framework may enable nanocircuits
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using DNA not as a genetic material but as a structural support, Cornell researchers have created thin sheets of gold nanoparticles held together by strands of DNA. The...
Scientists study 'magnetic' refrigerators
LONDON, May 20 (UPI) -- British scientists say they are a step closer to making environmentally friendly "magnetic" refrigerators and air conditioning systems.
CD plastic may improve aircraft avionics
HOUSTON, May 20 (UPI) -- A U.S. physics professor says he is using U.S. Air Force grants to create highly conductive nanocomposites to improve aircraft and other electronics.
Europium’s superconductivity demonstrated
The rare earth metal is the 53rd naturally occurring element to possess the property
Drain rice fields to cut methane, say scientists
Methane emissions from rice fields could be cut dramatically by combining two simple farming practices, say researchers.
Coating Could Strengthen Nation's Infrastructure
Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology have developed a glass-based coating for reinforcement bars that helps prevent corrosion and strengthens the bond between steel and concrete. This material...
Magnetic Cactus Experimentally Demonstrates Mathematical Plant Patterns
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of humanity`s earliest mathematical inquiries might have involved the geometric patterns in plants. The arrangement of leaves on a branch, seeds in a sunflower, and spines on...
Tailored colours for photonic crystals
Swelling and freezing method used to permanently fix colour of block copolymer photonic crystals