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Researchers Find Better Way to Manufacture Fast Computer Chips
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...
Keep on spinning: A persistent spin state that could revolutionize spintronics
(PhysOrg.com) -- By controlling the collective spin state of highly mobile electrons in semiconductors, researchers in the Materials Sciences Division (MSD) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National...
World's largest laser completed
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Department of Energy today announced that the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has certified the completion of the historic effort to build the world's largest laser.
Scientists create super-sensitive molecule
TEL AVIV, Israel, April 1 (UPI) -- Israeli chemists have engineered new molecules that can be used to detect microscopic signs of cancer, as well as explosive materials...
Flexible, transparent supercapacitors are latest devices from USC nanotube lab
It is a completely transparent and flexible energy conversion and storage device that you can bend and twist like a poker card. It continues a line of prototype devices created...
Blood clotting light work for new molecule
Molecule that changes shape on exposure to light could help control blood clotting and starve tumours
Proton goes Dutch in electric car tie-up
Malaysian automaker Proton has said it will manufacture electric cars for eco-conscious markets in Europe and the United States, in a deal with Netherlands-based Detroit Electric.
'Alarming' Use Of Energy In Modern Manufacturing Methods
Modern manufacturing methods are spectacularly inefficient in their use of energy and materials, according to a detailed MIT analysis of the energy use of 20 major manufacturing processes.
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 at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National...
Microbes turn electricity directly to methane without hydrogen generation
A tiny microbe can take electricity and directly convert carbon dioxide and water to methane, producing a portable energy source with a potentially neutral carbon footprint, according to a team...
Laser experiment powers up
The US completes construction of a huge physics experiment that aims to recreate the blistering conditions at the Sun's core.
Power-Harnessing Garments Straight Out of 'Dune'
In Frank Herbert's epic Dune novels, the natives of the desert planet Arrakis cope with the extreme aridity of their home by using stillsuits, which capture and re-process body fluids...
Motorola Introduces Series of HSPA M2M Wireless Modules
Motorola, today introduced the H24, the latest addition to its Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solutions portfolio. The new HSPA wireless module was designed to meet the M2M industry`s growing need for high-speed...
Scientists use lasers to kill cancer cells
HOUSTON, March 30 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists are using computer simulations to study the effect of heating nanoparticles with lasers to kill cancer cells without damaging healthy tissue.
Glass You Can Build With: Metallic Glass That's Stronger And Lasts Longer
Bulk metallic glass has no crystalline structure, and many kinds of metallic glasses are stronger than their crystalline cousins. But until now they have exhibited poor fatigue resistance -- in...
Making A Point: Picoscale Stability In A Room-temperature AFM
A research team has shown how to detect and monitor the tiny amount of light reflected directly off the needle point of an atomic force microscope probe, and in so...
Surveillance Vehicles Take Flight Using Alternative Energy
Nearly undetectable from the ground, unmanned aerial vehicles are widely used by the military to scan terrain for possible threats and intelligence. Now, fuel cell powered UAVs are taking flight...
Magnets control drug release
A smart tissue-like biomaterial that can release drugs in response to a magnetic trigger has been created by UK scientists
New Form Of Destructive Terrorist Material Unlikely, Chemists Report
Concerns that terrorists could produce a new and particularly dangerous form of the explosive responsible for airport security screening of passengers' shoes and restrictions on liquids in carryon baggage are...
Microbes in mud flats clean up oil spill chemicals
Micro-organisms occurring naturally in coastal mudflats have an essential role to play in cleaning up pollution by breaking down petrochemical residues. Research by Dr Efe Aganbi and colleagues from the...
New molecular force probe stretches molecules, atom by atom
Chemists at the University of Illinois have created a simple and inexpensive molecular technique that replaces an expensive atomic force microscope for studying what happens to small molecules when they...
EarthTalk: Are hybrid cars really better for the environment?
Dear EarthTalk: If you have an electric or plug-in hybrid car, you're paying for electricity rather than gasoline all or most of the time. How does that cost compare to...
Sons of Atom
A history of quantum mechanics that goes beyond the point in the 1920s where most popular science books leave off.
New Material Could Lead To Faster Chips: Graphene May Solve Communications Speed Limit
New research findings could lead to microchips that operate at much higher speeds than is possible with today's standard silicon chips, leading to cell phones and other communications systems that...
Perfect Running Pace Revealed
Each person has an optimal running pace that uses the least amount of oxygen to cover a given distance.
Cost Works Against Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources in Time of Recession
As Congress debates new emissions restrictions, an underlying question is how much more Americans will be willing to pay to harness the wind and the sun.
Researchers Pump Up Artificial Muscles
Engineers are exploring the field of artificial muscles to invent "smart" devices that can grab and move objects.
A hockey exhibit's cold, hard facts
Yes, Newtonian laws are in play on the ice. 'The Science of Hockey' exhibit in Santa Ana takes a slap shot at explaining them. ...