Latest science news in Physics & Chemistry
New technique tackles nuclear waste
New fusion reactor design paves the way to destroy ‘transuranic’ elements
New Imaging Technique Reveals Atomic Structure Of Nanocrystals
A new imaging technique overcomes the limit of diffraction and can reveal the atomic structure of a single nanocrystal with a resolution of less than one angstrom (less than one...
Cheaper Materials Could Be Key To Low-cost Solar Cells
Solar cells today are made from expensive materials such as crystalline silicon or exotic thin films of rare elements like cadmium and tellurium. A new study finds that unconventional solar...
Huge Pressures Melt Diamonds On Planet Neptune
The enormous pressures needed to melt diamond to slush and then to a completely liquid state have been determined 10 times more accurately than ever before. It may not immediately...
Human Papillomavirus Lesion Identified At The Dentist
Oral HPV can be detected using a very familiar, conventional device that patients may already experience in your mouth during routine procedures. This device is the VELscope. It's the wand...
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. But actually it's a school project...
Record number of nanostructures self-assembled
For researchers on the cutting edge of chemistry and materials science, learning how to manipulate particles hundreds of times smaller than the diameter of a human hair and how to...
Quantum dance: Discovery led by Princeton researchers could revolutionise computing
An international team of scientists, led by a Princeton University group, has observed an exciting and strange behaviour in electrons' spin within a new material that could be harnessed to...
Sophisticated nano-structures assembled with magnets
What do Saturn and flowers have in common? As shapes, both possess certain symmetries that are easily recognisable in the natural world. Now, at an extremely small level, researchers from...
New lease of life for used cola bottles
Scientists turn waste plastic into useful ultra-strong carbon spheres
Single nanocatalyst behaviour revealed
Single molecule spectroscopy uncovers gold nanoparticles’ catalytic secrets
Less Claustrophic MRI Machines on the Way?
The notoriously cramped technique could give patients a little more breathing room, if a retooling of the popular body-scanning machines takes hold.
Research Analyzes Flow Structure Under Breaking Waves
The study of wave structure and turbulence helps provide valuable information to predict how often waves are generated, the velocity of them, how long they last and their temporal extent.
Towards A New Generation Of Materials
Scientists have developed a mechanical method to generate and stabilize at room temperature and atmospheric pressure crystalline phases of metals that until now have only been stable at very high...
Earthjustice Wants Companies to List Chemicals in Household Cleaners
Examine a bottle of Palmolive dishwasher soap or Tide laundry detergent and try to figure out what chemicals they use to break down grease or produce suds. Stuck? You're not...
New MRI design frees up space for patients
MRI scans could become more comfortable thanks to a new detection technique. Swiss researchers say a simple change to MRI machines could provide better coverage at higher powers while reducing...
Experts Available to Discuss Latest Engineering Innovations in Astronomy
Experts from the Thirty Meter Telescope Project (TMT) are available to discuss the latest frontier engineering innovations that will enable scientists to study the Universe with unprecedented clarity, helping to...
High-Energy Physics Probes Ancient Fossils
Lately, paleontologists have been choosing odd bedfellows to study rare, precious fossils: particle physicists. At the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science this weekend, several...
Materials science: China's crystal cache
A Chinese laboratory is the only source of a valuable crystal. investigates why it won't share its supplies.
Super Solar Cells? Certain Nanocrystals Shown To Generate More Than One Electron
Scientists have shown that carrier multiplication -- when a photon creates multiple electrons -- is a real phenomenon in tiny semiconductor crystals and not a false observation born of extraneous...
With New Facility, the Florida State University Pioneers Research Into Advanced Materials
With the cutting of a ribbon, The Florida State University today ushered in a new era for the development of composite materials that promise a wide variety of commercial and...
A new aircraft assembly and maintenance system will enhance reliability
Researchers at the CEIT-IK4 technological centre have developed an innovative support system for the assembly and maintenance of aircraft for the EADS-CASA aeronautics consortium. The new technique will particularly have...
With Turbines, Alaska Is Frontier for Green Power
Alaska is fast becoming a testing ground for new technologies and an unlikely experiment in oil-state support for renewable energy.
Semantic Web Promises A Smarter Electricity Grid
Dispersed wind farms and solar panels on people’s homes are posing new challenges for managing power grids that were designed when all electricity was generated in centralized plants. A new...
Measuring Molecules To Improve Drug Design
CSIRO has patented an improved microscopy method for measuring the shapes and sizes of proteins which could help scientists create new pharmaceuticals that are a better match for the proteins...
Working Toward Artificial Corneas
Extremely intense X-rays from Diamond - the UK's national synchrotron - are helping to advance research into the understanding and treatment of eye diseases. Due to the detailed nature of...
Nanotechnology: Lithium-Ion Batteries Have Better Performance With New Electrode Material
Researchers have created hybrid carbon nanotube metal oxide arrays as electrode material that may improve the performance of lithium-ion batteries.
There's money to be saved in solar
A series of solar panels on the roof converts the sun's rays to electricity, the electricity then flows through cables to the circuit breaker, where it's consumed in the building....