Scientists Study Cracks In Brittle Materials

The Naval Research Laboratory is part of an international team of scientists that is learning more about how cracks form in brittle materials. The team used both computer modeling and...

Can Renewable Energy Be Sustained?

Engineers and entrepreneurs are rushing to explore alternative sources of efficient and renewable energy. One professor has strong words of caution as projects involving wind farms and photovoltaic cells proliferate....

Light-wave implant hope for deaf

An implant which works by firing infrared light into the inner ear is being investigated by US researchers.

At Long Last, Physicists Calculate the Proton's Mass

Result marks arrival of high-precision calculations of ultracomplex strong nuclear force

Quantum Computers Could Excel In Modeling Chemical Reactions

Quantum computers would likely outperform conventional computers in simulating chemical reactions involving more than four atoms, according to scientists. Such improved ability to model and predict complex chemical reactions could...

Researchers Make New Electronics -- With A Twist

Scientists have made electronics that can bend. They've made electronics that can stretch. And now, they've reached the ultimate goal -- electronics that can be subjected to any complex deformation,...

'4-D' Microscope Revolutionizes The Way We Look At Nano World

More than a century ago, the development of the earliest motion picture technology made what had been previously thought "magical" a reality: capturing and recreating the movement and dynamism of...

Bounce Water, Bounce!

Innovate to accumulate

Emerging economies have shown how knowledge can be harnessed to fuel long-term development, writes Calestous Juma.

Researchers to Develop National Energy/Transportation Model and Plan

James McCalley, an Iowa State University professor in electrical and computer engineering, is leading a research team that's developing new and better infrastructure designs for the country's energy and transportation...

New method for tracing metal pollution back to its sources

A new way of pinpointing where zinc pollution in the atmosphere comes from could improve pollution monitoring and regulation, says research out this week in the journal Analytical Chemistry.

Researchers shed new light on catalysed reactions

Rice University scientists on the hunt for a better way to clean up the stubborn pollutant TCE have created a method that lets them watch molecules break down on the...

New material could make gases more transportable

Chemists at the University of Liverpool have developed a way of converting methane gas into a powder form in order to make it more transportable...

New research will seal the future of green packaging

Researchers at the University of Bath and the food & drinks research centre at Campden BRI are leading a project to create a new high speed environmentally-friendly packaging process that...

Hollywood moguls see cinema's future in 3D

Three-dimensional films, once blamed for making audiences nauseous, are making a comeback and are likely to become the future of cinema thanks to digital technology, Hollywood studio moguls say.

Debate still heated on China’s fusion plans

Scientists question country’s involvement in Iter, the international fusion project

Astronaut's bag joins 9,000 other bits of space debris

Space-walk to repair joint on solar panel wing takes seven hours after toolbag slips out of a greasy glove

How Do Bacteria Swim? Physicists Explain

Physicists have completed the most detailed study of the swimming patterns of a microbe, showing for the first time how its movement is affected by drag and a phenomenon called...

Are Flexible, Flapping Flying Machines in our Future?

Modern aircraft have been fabulously successful with rigid wings and rotors. But just imagine the flying machines that would be possible if we could understand and harness the most efficient...

Institute for Nanotechnology Established at The George Washington University

The GW Institute of Nanotechnology will draw on the expertise of the University's faculty members in mechanical, aerospace, electrical, computer, civil, and environmental engineering; physics, chemistry; and biochemistry.

Reducing Our Lead Footprint: Engineers Discover New Material to Reduce Lead in Electronics

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering have discovered a new lead-free material, bismuth samarium ferrite (BSFO), for use in products ranging from...

Kanguru Announces First e-Flash (eSATA + USB)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Kanguru Solutions announced today the release of their first e-Flash drive. Utilizing eSATA (External Serial ATA) technology allows the Kanguru e-Flash to achieve performance speeds never before obtainable...

Ultra-wideband radio rides a beam of light

(PhysOrg.com) -- Multiple high-definition videos and other data-rich services may soon stream through homes, offices, ships and planes via new hybrid optical/ultra-wideband-radio systems developed by European researchers.

Light inside sponges

Fibre optics as light conductors are obviously not just a recent invention. Sponges (Porifera), the phylogenetically oldest, multicellular organisms (Metazoa) are able to transduce light inside their bodies by employing...

Researchers reshape the future of drug discovery

Scientists in Leeds have devised a new way to create the next generation of man-made molecules in a breakthrough that could revolutionise drug development. Creating new drugs to combat disease...

Power of the Future: A Timeline to Energy Independence

When might we expect exciting alternative technology to become our ho-hum everyday energy supply?

Better Than Bombs: Rocket Balls

They propel themselves every which way, bouncing off hardened walls and breaking through doors.

Improved Spectrometer Based On Nonlinear Optics

Scientists have created a new highly sensitive infrared spectrometer. The device converts light from the infrared part of the spectrum to the visible part, where the availability of superior optical...