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Gourmet salts: better-tasting but not better for you
Sometimes touted as being healthier, artisanal salts have a little less sodium and a little more of other minerals, but they lack iodine -- a crucial element added to table...
New steel created for fusion project
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've created a new cast stainless steel that is 70 percent stronger than comparable steels.
Opinion: Nuclear - already a viable option for many countries
Many countries have turned to nuclear energy to avoid the use of fossil fuels. When renewable energy technology isn't sufficiently developed in time to meet demands, Australia may find nuclear...
Now is the perfect time to save the planet
Banking crisis, recession, stocks tumbli
Scientists seek to make energy as plants do
Scientists who are seeking new sources of clean energy are trying to mimic the way plants and trees do it, by converting sunlight into fuel.
Deterministic entanglement swapping: First successful implementation of a technique for quantum computers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists led by Rainer Blatt, Markus Hennrich and Mark Riebe of the Institute for Experimental Physics at Innsbruck University recently succeeded for the first time in realizing a...
Science Of Speed: Building The Fastest Car In The World
When Andy Green puts his foot on the accelerator and tries to break the land speed record in 2011, he can be sure that some of the UK's top scientists...
Engineering Nanoparticles For Maximum Strength
Individual nanocrystals are remarkably strong. But under stress, complex nanostructures often fail because of large internal strains. Research on hollow nanospheres at the National Center for Electron Microscopy shows that...
Chemists Devise Self-assembling 'Organic Wires'
Chemists have created water-soluble electronic materials that spontaneously assemble themselves into tiny "wires" that can be used in the human body.
Scientists solve mystery of ion's tracks
Physicists have discovered how ion tracks are created on solids, research that could help to create stronger materials and futuristic nano-wires.
Why Some Marine Algae Is Shaped Like Crumpled Paper
What is the connection between crumpled paper and marine algae? Saddle-like shapes similar to those found in an Elizabethan "ruff" collar, say physicists in a new article.
Opinion: Solar energy the punters choice, but is it realistic?
There is no question that solar energy is the public's top pick for renewable energy generation, but John Wright questions whether it's a realistic option.
Will Alternative Energy Run Out Of Gas?
The clean-energy field is getting bitten by the credit crisis and falling fossil fuel prices. But with long-term trends pointing in its favor, the clean-tech wave has some staying power.
New spin on electronics production
Chemists have taken a significant step closer to the goal of cheap, flexible and printable organic electronic displays
Passive pumping promotes protein production
Time-saving device screens nearly 200 protein syntheses in parallel and reduces amounts of reagents required
Monitoring Broken Bones Without Using Electronics: Wireless Bone Monitor
The novel sensor is intended one day to help doctors monitor broken bones as they grow back together. Depending on the values of the forces measured by the sensor, they...
WEEK IN PHOTOS: Fastest Car, Wax Obama and McCain, More
A supersonic car, a brand-new mosque, and Los Angeles wildfires are captured in some of the week's best photos.
New molecules with many branches will help unleash potential of nanotechnology
Materials science and the pharmaceutical industry could soon be revolutionized by emerging nanotechnologies based on designer molecules with long complex tree-and branch structures. Such molecules offer almost limitless scope for...
Test Driving Firefox's Minefield Browser
A colleague today showed me a cool, new browser that he's been using to browse the web at blisteringly fast speeds.
Progress Toward New Storage Media: Switchable Nanostripes
(PhysOrg.com) -- In this information age, increased storage capacity is a central challenge for science and technology. A team of German and Italian researchers has pursued this by exploring the...
'Drastic' reforms on energy urged
"Urgent and drastic" changes are needed if the UK is to meet challenging EU targets on renewable energy, peers say.
The Atomic Visionary
You’d think cracking a 20-year-old physics mystery would require equal parts ego and genius. But physicist Ali Yazdani, who recently overturned the accepted thinking on high-temperature superconductors, swears he’s not...
Europe delays airport X-ray eye
The European Parliament delays the introduction of airport X-ray machines that effectively peek under the clothing of passengers.
Emission-free power plant opens in Toronto
Enbridge Inc. and FuelCell Energy have opened a power plant in Toronto that converts waste energy into electricity in what the companies are calling the first operation to pair fuel...
Idle Farmlands Could Become Profitable Carbon Storage Banks
(PhysOrg.com) -- Michigan's recently enacted renewable energy portfolio legislation sets new requirements for green energy production in the State. Michigan policymakers believe energy plantations could be a major source of...
Industry at root of BPA study
A government report claiming that bisphenol A is safe was written largely by the plastic s industry and others with a financial stake in the controversial chemical, the Milwaukee Journal...
DOE, ORNL Helping Industry Use Less Energy
Four Oak Ridge National Laboratory technologies to improve energy efficiency in industry have won funding from the Department of Energy's Industrial Technologies Program. The projects, ranging from a heat-free heat...
Spin segregation puzzles physicists
'Up' and 'down' spins in ultracold Fermi gas stay apart longer than expected