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New high-energy cathode material can significantly increase life of lithium batteries
A close international collaboration of researchers led by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and Hanyang University in South Korea have developed a new high-energy cathode material...
New sensor ensures hospitals are hygienic
LONDON, April 9 (UPI) -- British scientists say they have created a sensor capable of measuring localized ultrasonic cavitations in research that will help hospitals remain hygienic.
Cheap And Efficient White Light LEDs With New Design
Roughly 20 percent of the electricity consumed worldwide is used to light homes, businesses, and other private and public spaces. Though this consumption represents a large drain on resources, it...
Magnetic Vortex Switch Leads to Electric Pulse
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Arkansas have shown that changing the chirality, or direction of spin, of a nanoscale magnetic vortex creates an electric pulse, suggesting that such...
Friendly ‘Death Star’ Laser to Recreate Sun’s Power
Scientists will use giant lasers to try and trigger a fusion reaction.
Low-cost nanotechnology for healthcare
Nanotechnology is being used by academics at the University of Southampton to develop low-cost, disposable blood-testing kits that can be made available in GPs' surgeries...
Beach rubbish problem 'piling up'
The BBC's Alex Bushill talks to volunteers helping to clean up a beach in Devon.
Discovery Of Current Spike Phenomenon In Semiconductor Materials Leads To New Understanding Of Nanoscale Plasticity
Plasticity in certain semiconductor materials at the nanoscale is actually linked to phase transformation rather than dislocation nucleation, as previously thought.
Engineers Develop Method To Disperse Chemically Modified Graphene In Organic Solvents
A method for creating dispersed and chemically modified graphene sheets in a wide variety of organic solvents has been developed, opening the door to use graphene in a host of...
Better Way To Manufacture Fast Computer Chips Developed
Engineers are developing a technique for mass producing computer chips made from the same material found in pencils. Experts believe that graphene -- the sheet-like form of carbon found in...
Cable's answer to online's ad success: targeting
(AP) -- You're watching Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show," when suddenly you see a commercial for the Mustang convertible you've been eyeing - with a special promotion from Ford,...
Molecular Alignment Gives Monolayers the Edge in Bendable Semiconductor
(PhysOrg.com) -- Reprogrammable product tags, bendable displays and flexible solar cells--the field of organic semiconductor research is advancing these possibilities toward reality. By layering hydrocarbon molecules on thin plastic sheets,...
Applying Newton's Laws of Motion to Baseball Pitching
The April 2009 edition of Mechanical Engineering magazine profiles Mike Marshall, the former major league baseball hurler who teaches a pitching methodology based on Sir Isaac Newton`s three laws of...
NASA selects Orion heat shield material
WASHINGTON, April 7 (UPI) -- U.S. space agency scientists say they've selected the heat shield material that will protect a new generation of astronauts when they return from...
Cool Stars Have Different Mix of Life-Forming Chemicals
Life on Earth is thought to have arisen from a hot soup of chemicals. Does this same soup exist on planets around other stars?
New security and medical sensor devices made possible by metallic nanostructures
Scientists have designed tiny new sensor structures that could be used in novel security devices to detect poisons and explosives, or in highly sensitive medical sensors, according to research published...
Carbon Nanotubes Toughen a Common Plastic
(PhysOrg.com) -- A research group from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel has discovered that adding carbon nanotubes to a widely used commercial plastic can greatly strengthen it. Their...
Torn catalysts help polymers heal themselves
Catalysts activated by ripping their ligands off may lead to a new type of self-healing material
Biocompatible polymers keep the blood flowing
Korean scientists have found an effective way of making biocompatible implants
Scientists discover pentagonal ice
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered a five-sided ice chain structure that could be used to modify future weather patterns. Researchers, in collaboration with University College London and...
DSi adds cameras, downloads to Nintendo's portable
(AP) -- When Nintendo introduced its portable DS system in 2004, many longtime fans were skeptical. Its innovations - the dual screens, the stylus-based controls, the built-in microphone - seemed...
Quantum simulator with a great potential
In many not yet fully understood branches of physics, scientists hope to make progress with quantum computers. The special properties of the quantum particles that serve for storage and encoding...
From three to four: a quantum leap in few-body physics
In 2007 and 2008 two groups of theoretical physicists (Hammer and Platter, and von Stecher, D'Incao, and Greene) predicted the existence of universal four-body states that are closely tied to...
Tiny rock excites astrochemists
A micrometeorite with a "unique" chemical composition is broadening ideas of how planets can form.
Saving energy and the environment with Flywheels
ECE researcher, Dr. Mark Flynn's high-speed flywheel motor controller is reducing fuel consumption and harmful emissions at ports throughout the world. Flynn's design has been incorporated into energy storage systems...
TMS Releases E-Waste Webcasts from the 2009 Annual Meeting & Exhibition
Electronic waste (e-waste) is a mixture of various metals, particularly copper, aluminum, and steel, which are attached to, covered with, or mixed with various types of plastic and ceramics. Discarded...
DNA-based Assembly Line For Precision Nano-cluster Construction
Building on the idea of using DNA to link up nanoparticles -- particles measuring mere billionths of a meter -- scientists have designed a molecular assembly line for predictable, high-precision...
Michigan accepting marijuana applications
DETROIT, April 6 (UPI) -- The state of Michigan has started accepting application for medical marijuana from residents with debilitating illnesses, officials said Monday.