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Electricity from straw
'Corn belongs in the kitchen, not in biogas facilities' - objections like this can be heard more and more frequently. They are protesting against the fermentation of foodstuffs in biogas...
Research lab combines psychology with technology
A unique laboratory has been established at The University of Alabama in Huntsville that combines psychology with technology to focus on the interaction between humans and complex systems. Dr Anthony...
'Chameleon Guitar' blends old-world and high-tech (Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Natural wood, with its unique grain patterns, is what gives traditional acoustic instruments warm and distinctive sounds, while the power of modern electronic processing provides an unlimited degree...
NRL partners with industry to develop compact biosensor for wide-ranging applications
Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are partnering with industry to develop a sensor system for biomolecules that could make a significant contribution to a variety of fields such...
Windows 7: Better Late Than Never
Windows 7 is prettier, cleaner, faster and generally better than Windows Vista. But, writes Larry Magid, it's not really a new operating system as much as a fix for things...
Former MIT biologist penalized for falsifying data
Faked figures found in seven published papers and five grant applications.
Invisibility Umbrella Would Let Future Harry Potters See the Light
If realized, device would allow hidden thing to observe its surroundings while cloaked
Who cares about the fourth dimension?
Austrian scientists are trying to understand the mysteries of the holographic principle: How many dimensions are there in our universe?
The Death of Entanglement: Life Without Half-Life
(PhysOrg.com) -- Quantum entanglement, a type of correlation peculiar to quantum objects, has been found to disregard completely the "half-life" rule that is obeyed by all natural processes, such a...
Using "Stealth Education" To Increase Science Literacy
A trio of Rensselaer professors has worked tirelessly over the past three years to bring the new IMAX film, titled Molecules to the MAX, to fruition. Part science experiment and...
Natural pest control on conventional and organic farms
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of natural pest control on conventional and organic farms in the southwest has found no difference between the two systems.
Shipwreck diary: Last days of the HMS Victory
It was the stormiest of stormy nights when Admiral John Balchin ordered to fire the guns as a signal of distress. His 110-gun ship, the world's largest and finest vessel,...
Continuous Descent Arrivals: Atlanta Flight Test Evaluates Technique For Saving Fuel And Reducing Noise In Airliners
Airline passengers arriving in Atlanta on early morning "redeye" flights during the past few months may have noticed something different during their descent to the runway. Instead of the typical...
For refrigeration problems, a magnetically attractive solution
Your refrigerator's humming, electricity-guzzling cooling system could soon be a lot smaller, quieter and more economical thanks to an exotic metal alloy discovered by an international collaboration working at the...
Super-resolution microscopy takes on a third dimension
The shapes of some of the tiniest cellular structures are coming into sharper focus at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Farm Research Campus, where scientists have developed a new...
Cellulosic ethanol may benefit human health and help slow climate change
Filling our fuel tanks with cellulosic ethanol instead of gasoline or corn-based ethanol may be even better for our health and the environment than previously recognised, according to new research...
A Leap for Teleporting, Between Ions Feet Apart
Scientists have achieved a milestone in communication: teleporting the quantum identity of one atom to another a few feet away.
B.C. company turns recycled plastic into fuel
The plastic containers that Lower Mainland residents put in their blue box may end up being burned for fuel rather than recycled, CBC News has learned.
RFIDs transmit through metal
(PhysOrg.com) -- Metal efficiently blocks radiation, such as that emitted by RFID chips - small data storage units that are integrated in various objects and transmit their information to a...
Researchers See Complex Atomic Choreography as Crystals Melt
(PhysOrg.com) -- Conga lines of atoms wend their way through a crystal, their numbers growing as more and more atoms join the migration. The worm-like lines of atoms randomly converge,...
New record for reading optical data : 640 Gbits/second
Sliced light is how we communicate now. Millions of phone calls and cable television shows per second are dispatched through fibers in the form of digital zeros and ones formed...
Sony Develops Compact Sized, High Speed, High Accuracy Finger Vein Authentication Technology
Sony Corporation today announced the development of a finger vein authentication technology called "mofiria." The user-friendly technology offers quick response and high accuracy and comes in a compact size for...
British Town Demonstrates World's First Garbage Truck Powered by Garbage
(PhysOrg.com) -- A town in Britain has recently demonstrated its new "'leccy vehicle" - an electric garbage truck that is fueled by the garbage it collects. The Kirklees Council presented...
New control of nanoscale 'magnetic tornadoes' holds promise for data storage
(PhysOrg.com) -- At the human scale, the tightly wrapped spinning columns of air in a tornado contain terrifying destructive power that ravages communities. At the nanoscale, however, closely coiled magnetic...
Scientists Develop First Chip-Scale Thermoelectric Cooler
(PhysOrg.com) -- As computer chips become more powerful, they also become hotter. Nearly all the power that flows into a chip comes out of it as waste heat, and that...
Q & A: Why Do Lobsters Turn From Black to Red When cooked?
Does the effect have practical applications in business or medicine?
Shocking: Environmental chemistry affects ferroelectric film polarity the same way electric voltage does
(PhysOrg.com) -- “Ferroelectric materials are interesting scientifically, and, while they are used for some things now, they are potentially useful for even more applications in the future,” Brian Stephenson tells...
Scientists eye risks of quantum dots
Quantum dots have the potential to bring many good things into the world: efficient solar power, targeted gene and drug delivery, solid-state lighting and advances in biomedical imaging among them.