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"Nuclear Archaeologists" Find World War II Plutonium
A team of "nuclear archaeologists" has identified a sample of discarded plutonium left over from the worlds first nuclear bomb test in 1945. Their cutting-edge techniques could help keep such...
Nanosensors to prevent illnesses
Researchers at the Cidetec-IK4 technological centre have developed electrochemical sensors that, amongst other functions, enable the detection of possible mutations in DNA in a more rapid manner that has been...
Sony TVs to have electronic money function
Sony's new liquid crystal display televisions will have an electronic money function to make it easier for users to pay to watch movies and programmes, the company said Monday.
Capitol power plant dims clean energy hopes
(AP) -- As Congress tries to clean up the nation's energy sources and cut gases blamed for global warming, it is struggling to do so in its own backyard.
Super-thin carbon sheets poised to revolutionize electronics
Super-thin films of carbon with exotic properties, now taking the scientific world by storm, may soon mean a new era of brighter, faster, and smaller computers, smart phones, and other...
The importance of daring experiments
On this week's podcast, why scientists experiment and how a career in particle physics doesn't mean you can't believe in God.Biologist and author Olivia Judson tells us where scientists are...
Chinese probe crashes into moon
The Chinese lunar probe Chang'e 1 crashes into the moon in what Beijing describes as a controlled collision.
Demo, The Tech Show With Heart And Soul
While Demo isn"t nearly as large or glitzy as the Consumer Electronics Show, it"s a lot more fun to cover, because what it lacks in size, it makes up for...
Solar cells printed to polymer
Researchers working with a company that prints banknotes have manufactured a batch of thin, flexible solar cells.
Opinion: Connecting global power sources could beat climate change
Ultra-High Voltage Direct Current has the potential to connect clean power sources around the world and could be the killer application in solving climate change, writes Stewart Taggart.
Nano-sonar uses electrons to measure under the surface
Just as sonar sends out sound waves to explore the hidden depths of the ocean, electrons can be used by scanning tunnelling microscopes to investigate the well-hidden properties of the...
Bolivia pins hopes on lithium, electric vehicles
(AP) -- To Bolivia's president, it's the great silvery-white hope. Lithium, the lightest metal. Half the density of water. Used in cell phone, laptop and iPod batteries, and in...
Indian Pt. Broken Pipe Spurs Safety Worries
Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials said there were very low levels of radioactive material in the water that escaped a cooling system at the plant.
New Method Of Self-assembling Nanoscale Elements Could Transform Data Storage Industry
An innovative and easily implemented technique could soon open doors to dramatic improvements in the data storage capacity of electronic media. The novel method enables the self-assembly of nanoscale elements...
A Makeup Seller Becomes A YouTube Star
Lauren Luke, 27, has gotten some 41 million hits on YouTube for her videos demonstrating makeup application. Now the single mother is becoming a worldwide sensation with her own line...
Engineers Tune A Nanoscale Grating Structure To Trap And Release A Variety Of Light Waves
Researchers have developed a graded grating structure that can be scaled to dimensions compatible with light waves in both the terahertz and telecommunications portion of the spectrum. The achievement opens...
Engineering Students Build And Design A Fuel-Stingy Vehicle
With its light body made of Kevlar, sleek aerodynamic design and three Olympic-racing wheelchair tires, it looks like something that escaped from the Batcave.
New Ont. facility to help 'green chemistry' reach industrial plants
A new research centre will be created in eastern Ontario to help guide more energy-efficient chemical processes from the benches of university labs into factories across the country.
Materials Society's Success Built by Volunteer Leaders from Industry, Academia, National Labs
ASM International, the materials information society, salutes the materials scientists and engineers from industry, academia and national labs who lead the society's committees.
Magnesium in the 21st Century: the Choice for Energy Efficiency in Transportation
Magnesium and its alloys are being considered for structural applications in every type of vehicle because of their favorable combination of tensile strength, elastic modulus, and low density, according to...
Recycling a Greenhouse Gas for High-Energy Fuel
A team of researchers at Penn State has come up with an ingenious method of turning captured CO2 into methane using the energy of the sun.
Single polymer chains as molecular wires
The research team of Leonhard Grill at Freie Universität Berlin - in collaboration with the synthetic chemistry group of Stefan Hecht from Humboldt University of Berlin and the theoretical physics...
Nikon DSLRs can give eye-opening results
I am no camera buff. I bought my first digital camera only three years ago, and I often prefer to use the 2-megapixel camera in my iPhone than carry around...
A dim view of Light Relief's claims to relieve pain with LEDs
Light therapy generally can help patients, but this device may not be refined enough to provide significant help, experts says. ...
More data from mixtures via NMR
New diffusion separation technique for NMR helps chemists analyse mixtures
'Green' energy needs a big leap
Experts say scientific breakthroughs are the key to making renewable power sources cheap and easy to use. ...
Scientists Control Plasma Bullets
(PhysOrg.com) -- On the nanoscale, things aren`t always what they seem. What first looked like a continuous plasma jet has turned out to be a train of tiny, high-velocity plasma...
Hungary burns carbon credibility propping up budget
Hungary - a major seller of carbon credits - will weaken its credibility in the growing international carbon markets by using revenues to prop up its budget rather than green...