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Feature: Clearly infrared
How the high infrared transparency of chalcogenide glass promises technological innovation.
Study: Calif Dirty Air Kills More than Car Crashes
Study finds lowering air pollution would save more lives in CA that preventing all motor vehicle fatalities.
Nanoparticles Trigger Cell Death?
Nanoparticles that are one milliard of a meter in size are widely used, for example, in cosmetics and food packaging materials. There are also significant amounts of nanoparticles in exhaust...
New neuroscience laser technology created
MONTREAL, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Canadian medical scientists say they've developed a laser technology that can mimic the protein patterns that surround cells in vivo.
Take the time to break quantum encryption
The feat is theoretically possible thanks to a time-travel scenario permitted by Einstein’s general theory of relatively.
How Floating 'Energy Islands' Could Power the Future
The ocean harbors abundant energy in the form of wind, waves and sun.
Pilots worried about 'stupid hobby' of shining laser lights at planes
Transport Canada statistics regarding the number of reported incidents of lasers beam being pointed into the cockpits of airplanes have some Canadian pilots concerned the dangerous activity is becoming a...
How to get your home cleaner -- and greener
Anyone who has ever cleaned a glass shower door with a store-bought cleaner promising to remove dreaded soap scum will attest to trying to do the job as quickly as...
The Flip Goes High-Def
Pure Digital, the creator of relatively inexpensive and easy to use "point and shoot" video cameras has just released its first high definition camera.
Quantum Dots In Captivity
Nitrobenzyl caging group tames quantum dot luminescence until unleashed by ultraviolet light
Singing in slow motion
(PhysOrg.com) -- As anyone who watched the Olympics can appreciate, timing matters when it comes to complex sequential actions. It can make a difference between a perfect handspring and a...
Cuba and Austria to boost alternative energies
Cuba and Austria have signed cooperation agreements to develop new alternative sources for stimulating the rational use of energy.
Researchers advance nano-scale electromechanical sensors
Clemson physics professor Apparao Rao and his team are researching nano-scale cantilevers that have the potential to read and alert us to toxic chemicals or gases in the air. Put...
Improved spectrometer based on nonlinear optics
Scientists at Stanford University and Japan's National Institute of Informatics have created a new highly sensitive infrared spectrometer. The device converts light from the infrared part of the...
Scientists fabricate first plasma transistor
Since their development in the 1940s, transistors have been at the heart of computers and other modern electronic devices. Transistors - whose job is to start, stop, or amplify...
Former Eastern Health lab machine A-OK, new owner says
A key piece of lab equipment that was much discussed at Newfoundland and Labrador's breast cancer inquiry is working fine, its current owner says, even after plenty of suggestions that...
British scientists in urgent call for nanoparticles research
British scientists called Wednesday for urgent research into the health implications of nanoparticles, which are found in a wide range of everyday products but whose effects are virtually unknown.
IBM to help build broadband network in power lines
(AP) -- IBM Corp. is throwing its considerable weight behind an idea that seemed to have faded: broadband Internet access delivered over ordinary power lines. The technology has been...
Design Of System That Will Revolutionize Control Of Influenza Epidemics
Researchers aim to design a portable device that will revolutionize the manner of controlling flu epidemics internationally, thanks to a significant reduction in the time needed for their detection from...
One Dozen At A Blow: Main Principle For Alloys Discovered
Molecular metallurgists galvanize and gild atoms and discover main principle for alloys. In the neverland between molecule and metal they discovered a new family of compounds.
James C. Warf dies at 91; Manhattan Project chemist became peace activist, USC professor
James C. Warf, a retired USC chemistry professor who became a peace activist after studying nuclear energy and the effects of radiation, died Friday at his home in Silver Lake....
New Method Can Capture Catalysis, One Molecule At A Time
Researchers have developed an ingenious microscopic method to observe the behavior of single nanoparticles of a catalyst, down to the resolution of single catalytic events.
Attack of the Tiny Particles - be very afraid
The government must begin a "major and urgent" effort to assess the safety of nanomaterials, the tiny particles commonly used in products as varied as sun creams, sports c
Ga. town advances cell phone parking payments
(AP) -- Mayor William Floyd pulled up to a parking space, dialed a number into his cell phone and watched as two hours of paid time flashed on the...
Taiwanese Researchers Introduce Blink of the Eye Transmission Speed System On A Chip
(PhysOrg.com) -- A world-wide expert on wireless communications, Professor Jri Lee of the National Taiwan University (NTU) and UCLA PhD conferred has created a system on a chip (SOC) with...
How did they pick Dirk Nowitzki to speak for Guitar Hero?
Dirk Nowitzki sure is a cool guy, but I'm not sure GameStop and the marketing experts behind the Guitar Hero franchise did enough research before picking the Dallas Mavericks star...
Fun With Lasers
Bad Breath Lasers are the key to a new "breathalyzer" for cancer and diabetes, say University of Colorado scientists. Exhale into the device, and molecules in your breath that could indicate...
Physics can help fuel economic growth
Physics is important for sustainable economic growth, says physicist Reza Mansouri.