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New Material Could Help Cut Future Energy Losses
Scientists have developed a new material to further understanding of how superconductors could be used to transmit electricity to built-up areas and reduce global energy losses.
MSU scientists help lead teams in detection of fundamental component of matter
Michigan State University scientists and colleagues around the world took a step closer to understanding the universe with the discovery of a fundamental building block of nature. The recent discovery...
Nanotech Batteries For A New Energy Future
Scientists have developed new systems for storing electrical energy derived from alternative sources that are, in some cases, 10 times more efficient than what is commercially available.
Carbon Nanotube Artificial Muscles for Extreme Temperatures
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the UT Dallas Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute have demonstrated a fundamentally new type of artificial muscle, which can operate at extreme temperatures where no other...
Making quantum computing scalable
(PhysOrg.com) -- Quantum information processing is one of the hottest areas of science and technology right now. Making quantum information processing scalable is an important part of the efforts involved...
Particle oddball surprises CDF physicists at Fermilab
Scientists of the CDF experiment at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced 17 March that they have found evidence of an unexpected particle whose curious characteristics may...
High-speed signal mixer demonstrates capabilities of transistor laser
Scientists at the University of Illinois have successfully demonstrated a microwave signal mixer made from a tunnel-junction transistor laser. Development of the device brings researchers a big step closer to...
Zinc oxide gives green shine to new photoconductors
Photodetectors - devices found in cell phones, digital cameras and other consumer gadgets that utilise photoconducting materials - are a green technology in performance (converting light into electricity), but the...
World's lightest material made into muscle
Scientists from Texas and around the world have created a material that, by density, is lighter than air yet, when electrified, instantly and powerfully contracts. Their work is detailed in...
Tesla to unveil electric 5-seat sedan next week
US electric automaker Tesla Motors, which launched a breakthrough gas-free sports car last year, announced Thursday it will unveil in coming days a five-seat sedan, to roll off assembly lines...
Optimum running speed is stride toward understanding human body form
MADISON -- Runners, listen up: If your body is telling you that your pace feels a little too fast or a little too slow, it may be right. A new study,...
Syracuse University researchers build a new surface material that resists biofilm growth
This is the tale of two biological substances--cells from mammals and bacteria. It's a story about the havoc these microscopic entities can wreak on all manner of surfaces, from mighty...
Flying car takes wing: MIT alums' invention makes its first test flights (w/Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A prototype of what is being touted as the world's first practical flying car took to the air for the first time this month, a milestone in a...
It may be light as air, but new artificial muscle is no wuss
It's far lighter than a featherweight but packs a powerful punch - relatively speaking. The new artificial muscle invented by U.S. researchers is, at once, light as air, stiffer...
Accident Briefing Back On Tap
Chemical safety board resets public meeting that was blocked due to terrorism concerns
Helping molecules reach meta
A simple way to steer atoms to a difficult-to-reach position on an aromatic ring opens new possibilities
New super-bouyant material: Life preserver might float a horse
Here's a story that might float your boat: Researchers in China are reporting the development of miniature super-bouyant boats that float so well that an ordinary life preserver made from...
Brown chemists create more efficient palladium fuel cell catalysts
Even small devices need power, and much of that juice comes from fuel cells. As these devices become even smaller, the rush is on to find more efficient ways to...
IBM makes water clean with smarter, more energy-efficient purification
IBM, Tokyo-based Central Glass and the King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) today unveiled a novel membrane technology that stands to alleviate the growing shortage of drinkable...
Internet Explorer 8 Beta Launches
Latest postponement puts the Large Hadron Collider, the world's biggest particle accelerator, back on line a year after an electrical malfunction forced its shutdown.
Facemasks help prevent adverse cardiovascular effects caused by pollution
Diesel exhaust causes arteries to lose their flexibility. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Particle and Fibre Toxicology found that exposure to engine pollution resulted in arterial stiffness...
IBM joins EDISON project to build smart grid for electric cars
IBM announced its membership in the EDISON research consortium, a Denmark-based collaborative aimed at developing an intelligent infrastructure that will make possible the large scale adoption of electric vehicles powered...
Nanocups Brim With Potential
Researchers have created a metamaterial that could light the way toward high-powered optics, ultra-efficient solar cells and even cloaking devices.
Is It a Gas, Fluid, Solid, or All of the Above?
A paradoxical form of matter may combine the internal order of a crystal with the quantum hallmarks of frictionless fluid flow
Interaction Between Supersonic Fuel Spray And Its Shock Wave Revealed
Shock waves are a well tested phenomenon on a large scale, but scientists have made a breakthrough that reveals the interaction between shockwaves created by high-pressure supersonic fuel jets.
Engineer: Computer learning, electrical stimulation offer hope for paralyzed
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Trainers have used it for decades to help athletes build muscle. Late-night TV commercials hawk it as an effortless flab buster. But a University of Florida engineering researcher...
ONR and GM partner to test advanced fuel cell vehicles of the future (w/Video)
As the global automobile industry considers alternative energy sources to replace the traditional internal combustion engine, Jessie Pacheco, a mail clerk at Camp Pendleton, has been making his rounds to...
Salt Water System Could Generate Hydrogen
(PhysOrg.com) -- The idea of generating hydrogen from salt water has often been claimed to work effectively. However, the systems proposed so far generally require a much greater energy input...