Hydrogen protects nuclear fuel in final storage

When Sweden's spent nuclear fuel is to be permanently stored, it will be protected by three different barriers. Even if all three barriers are damaged, the nuclear fuel will not...

Light Scattering Technology May Hold Promise For Quickly Determining Chemotherapy's Effectiveness

By examining the patterns in which light bounces off cell surfaces, researchers may be able to assess chemotherapy's success in inducing cancer cell death, according to a new study.

Plants absorb more carbon under hazy skies

LONDON, April 23 (UPI) -- British scientists say they've found plants absorb carbon dioxide more efficiently under Earth's polluted skies than they would in cleaner settings.

Method For Verifying Safety Of Computer-controlled Devices Developed

Researchers have developed a new method for systematically identifying bugs in aircraft collision avoidance systems, high-speed train controls and other complex, computer-controlled devices, collectively known as cyber-physical systems.

Happy Earth Day, Now Turn Off Your PC

Earth Day offers a good opportunity to look at the way electronics are using and wasting energy, says CBS News technology analyst Larry Magid.

Saving Time And Money With Semantic Design

Whether designing the sleek body of a new Ferrari or laying out a mold for its brake casings, engineers spend an inordinate amount of time searching through design data. A...

Increasing Levels Of Rare Element Found Worldwide

Researchers have determined that the presence of the rare element osmium is on the rise globally. They trace this increase to the consumption of refined platinum, the primary ingredient in...

Med imaging possible using smartphones

ST. LOUIS, April 22 (UPI) -- U.S. engineers say they have created a USB-based ultrasound probe technology that enables a smart phone to become a medical imaging device.

Scrambled light may yield sharper images

PRINCETON, N.J., April 22 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've developed a light imaging technology that could lead to creation of more powerful microscopes and other optical devices.

Pharmaceutical companies join forces on HIV

GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer create spin-off to develop new combination drugs.

Self-assembled Nanowires Could Make Chips Smaller and Faster

Researchers at the University of Illinois have found a new way to make transistors smaller and faster. The technique uses self-assembled, self-aligned, and defect-free nanowire channels made of gallium arsenide.

Honduras: solar panels for indigenous peoples

The Honduran government, with European assistance, will provide solar panels for indigenous communities to generate electric power.

New technology for HDTV-recording

At the NAB exhibition April 20-23 in Las Vegas the Fraunhofer IIS shows the new compact stereo MicroHDTV camera and a small-sized storage solution for HDTV.

Lab finds new method to turn biomass into gasoline

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. scientists have combined a discovery from a French garbage dump with breakthroughs in synthetic biology to come up with a novel method for turning plant waste...

Opinion: Solar and geothermal cheaper than coal and nuclear

Coal and nuclear power could cost Australians 30 per cent more each year than solar and geothermal power, writes Stewart Taggart.

Cloud Computing: A New Horizon

The outlook is bleak for laptops, hard drives and desktops – clouds are on the horizon and could change the way we use computers forever. For some, the ‘cloud’ is...

Snatched from the air

It's the reason why chemists envy green plants: by using photosynthesis, plants can easily fix the carbon dioxide that is so plentiful in air to make biomass, or organic compounds....

In praise of ... airships

IBM Alliance Announces Availability of Advanced 28-Nanometer, Low-Power Semiconductor Technology

IBM, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Infineon Technologies, Samsung Electronics, and STMicroelectronics have defined and are jointly developing a 28-nanometer, high-k metal gate (HKMG), low-power bulk complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS)...

Liquid crystal lasers promise cheaper, high colour resolution laser television

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Centre of Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics (CMMPE) (part of the Department's Photonics Research Group at the University of Cambridge) are leading the way...

Scientists discover 'dancing' algae

Scientists at the Cambridge University have discovered that freshwater algae can form stable groupings in which they dance around each other, miraculously held together only by the fluid flows they...

Instant insight: Nothing but surface

Alexander Czaja and colleagues discuss the possible applications of metal-organic frameworks for the chemical industry

Physicist Stephen Hawking rushed to hospital

LONDON (Reuters) - Professor Stephen Hawking, one of the world's foremost physicists, has been urgently admitted to hospital, Cambridge University said in a statement on Monday.

Renovated Searle Chemistry Laboratory to Reopen June 1

A $49 million total renovation of the Searle Chemistry Laboratory building will meet the new and future technical demands of leading scientific research, while fostering the human interaction that fuels...

Shrinking Size Of Nanotechnology Circuitry With Novel Technology

Scientists have developed a new method of shrinking the size of circuitry used in nanotechnology devices like computer chips and solar cells by using two separate colors of light --...

Chemists Synthesize Herbal Alkaloid

Synthetic chemists have found an efficient way to create one of the complex alkaloids found in club moss, a plant used in traditional Chinese medicine, so that it can be...

Scientists find new way to slice nanotubes

STANFORD, Calif., April 20 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've developed a new technology designed to more efficiently and accurately create large quantities of uniform nanoribbons.

Unzipping Carbon Nanotubes Can Make Graphene Ribbons

(PhysOrg.com) -- By "unzipping" carbon nanotubes, researchers have shown how to make flat graphene ribbons. Graphene, which is a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon that looks like chicken wire, has unique...