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‘Fountain pen’ injects nanodiamonds
Researchers have demonstrated a tool that can pattern nanodiamonds at high resolution and inject them into single cells
Mountains on neutron stars could boost gravitational wave detection
'Starquake' simulations reveal immense strength of a neutron star’s crust
Details announced for federal Clean Energy Fund
Two-thirds of the money set aside for the new federal $1-billion Clean Energy Fund will go towards developing carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration projects, Canada's natural resources minister announced...
Austria performs U-turn over CERN pull-out
Chancellor overrules science minister to stay in CERN
How solid is concrete's carbon footprint?
Many scientists currently think at least 5 percent of humanity's carbon footprint comes from the concrete industry, both from energy use and the carbon dioxide (CO2) byproduct from the production...
Scientists work to plug microorganisms into the energy grid
The answer to the looming fuel crisis in the 21st century may be found by thinking small, microscopic in fact. Microscopic organisms from bacteria and cyanobacteria, to fungi and microalgae,...
Graphene functionalization is achieved
EVANSTON, Ill., May 19 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have developed a chemical functionalization technology that will allow graphene to be used in a wide range of...
Automated tissue engineering on demand
Skin from a factory - this has long been the dream of pharmacologists, chemists and doctors. Research has an urgent need for large quantities of 'skin models,' which can be...
Computer simulation captures immune response to flu
Researchers have successfully tested first the first time a computer simulation of major portions of the body's immune reaction to influenza type A, with implications for treatment design and preparation...
Canadian scientists create powerful new lithium battery material
Lithium batteries could deliver more than three times their usual power if they contain a new composite material invented by scientists at the University of Waterloo, a new study suggests.
New system for detection of single atoms
Scientists have devised a new technique for real-time detection of freely moving individual neutral atoms that is more than 99.7% accurate and sensitive enough to discern the arrival of a...
Is random lasing possible with a cold atom cloud?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Random lasing, Robin Kaiser tells PhysOrg.com, is like standard lasing, with a little bit of a twist: `You don`t know the direction the photons will go, as you...
'Knowledge engine' hits the Web
Wolfram Alpha helps you stop electrons, but comes up short on quantum physics
Honesty Guides Scientist to 'Holy Grail' of Physics
A scientist has helped measure several rare atomic nuclei, including tin-100, a "holy grail" of experimental nuclear physics.
One sponge-like material, three different applications
A new sponge-like material that is black, brittle and freeze-dried (just like the ice cream astronauts eat) can pull off some pretty impressive feats. Designed by Northwestern University chemists, it...
Is Everything Made of Mini Black Holes?
(PhysOrg.com) -- In trying to understand how gravity behaves on the quantum scale, physicists have developed a model that has an interesting implication: mini black holes could be everywhere, and...
South Korea tries recharging road to power vehicles
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's top technology university has developed a plan to power electric cars through recharging strips embedded in roadways that use a technology to transfer energy found...
Biomass As A Source Of Raw Materials
Scientists have developed a new catalytic process to convert components of bio-oil directly into alkanes and methanol.
Report Weighs Fallout of Canada’s Oil Sands
A report from IHS CERA, an energy consulting group, sees big opportunities for the oil sands, shrouded in vast uncertainty.
Air conditioning in cars cuts down microbes, particles: study
Air conditioning in cars cuts out more than 80 percent of germs, fungal spores and particles from outside air, providing a boon for people with respiratory problems or allergies, German...
Opinion: Externalities – the reality of hidden costs of electricity
Popular notions of the zero-emission status of cars running on hydrogen or batteries have come about through ignoring parts of the energy life cycle.
Inexpensive Plastic Used In CDs Could Improve Aircraft, Computer Electronics
The inexpensive plastic now used to manufacture CDs and DVDs may soon be put to use in improving the integrity of electronics in aircraft, computers and iPhones. Researchers have demonstrated...
QUIET team to deploy new gravity-wave probe in June
A tiny fraction of a second following the big bang, the universe allegedly experienced the most inflationary period it has ever known. During this inflationary era, space expanded faster than...
Bending Crystals By Light
Azobenzene double-bond isomerization, induced by UV light, translates into mechanical motion in platelike microcrystals
Super-efficient Transistor Material Predicted
(PhysOrg.com) -- New work by condensed-matter theorists at the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory points to a material that could one day be...
3M's science project: Scientists can't simply be hired, they must be created
After donning a navy lab coat, Huava Xiong moves through a 3M Co. lab like an old pro as he cuts strips of pressure-sensitive adhesives for testing.
Disgraced scientist claims breakthrough
SEOUL, May 15 (UPI) -- A breakthrough in creating stem-cell lines from cloned pig embryos will restore the reputation of South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk, a colleague said.
Government ready to set energy standards for turned-off devices
The federal government can now set limits on the amount of power that electronic devices such as computers and televisions can draw while they're turned off.