Latest science news in Physics & Chemistry
The Energy Challenge: Nuclear Power May Be in Early Stages of a Revival
Concerns about global warming and dwindling supplies of fossil fuels have rekindled interest in building nuclear power reactors.
New MRI Technique May Identify Cervical Cancer Early
Using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging with a special vaginal coil, a technique to measure the movement of water within tissue, researchers may be able to identify cervical cancer in its...
Organ donations soon faster, cheaper
Australian scientists have developed a new tissue-typing technology that could lead to faster, cheaper and more accurate organ transplants.
New hydrogel drug delivery system created
BOSTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists say they have developed a self-assembling hydrogel delivery system that's biocompatible, efficient and easy to tailor.
NASA's FERMI, Space, and Time
Is it impossible to pin down both where and when an event takes place, due to quantum gravity effects? Shahn Majid explains why this may be. In my recent posts I have...
Catalyst reactions seen for first time
BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have, for the first time, witnessed nanoscale catalysts as they change during a reaction.
Microscopic Structure Of Quantum Gases Made Visible: Bose-Einstein Condensate
Scientists have, for the first time, succeeded in rendering the spatial distribution of individual atoms in a Bose-Einstein condensate visible. Bose-Einstein condensates are small, ultracold gas clouds which, due to...
Researchers Resolve 40-Year Dispute Over Disappearing Physical Property
(PhysOrg.com) -- A property that can be used for memory in electronic devices disappears at high temperatures, and University of Arkansas scientists and colleagues in the Czech Academy of Sciences...
New Framework Could Consign Slavery To The Past
A panel of international experts is expected to join forces to create a new framework that would help major organizations around the world make meaningful reparations for the transatlantic slave...
Scientists Create 'World's Most Relaxing Room'
Psychologists have designed and constructed a large-scale multi-media space that aims to calm even the most stressed out of minds.
New Tools That Model 3D Structure Of Amorphous Materials To Transform Technology Driven R&D
Researchers have accurately identified tools that model the atomic and void structures of a network-forming elemental material. These tools may revolutionize the process of creating new solar panels, flat-panel displays,...
Innovations Improve Accuracy Of MRI As Internal 'Thermometer'; Technique Can Enhance Cancer Therapy
Chemists say they have developed a new way to measure temperature changes inside the body with unprecedented precision by correcting a subtle error in the original theory underlying magnetic resonance...
Hybrid solar power material is created
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've created a material that overcomes a major obstacle in solar power generation: it absorbs all the energy contained...
Broken atom smasher inaugurated anyway
The world's largest scientific machine may have malfunctioned soon after its spectacular start and still be out of action. But that didn't stop dignitaries, donors and diplomats from inaugurating the...
First Antenna-in-package Solution For Single-chip 60 GHz Radio
Researchers have successfully developed the first Antenna-in-Package solution in LTCC (low-temperature co-fired ceramic) technology for single-chip 60 GHz radio. This highly-integrated solution is set to revolutionize the wireless communications and...
Big Bang experiment inaugurated despite glitch
GENEVA (Reuters) - The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) officially inaugurated its experiment to probe the origins of the universe on Tuesday, even though a technical hitch last month...
Wang Yung-Ching, Founder Of Formosa Plastics, Dies
Taiwanese built a small polyvinyl chloride maker into the world's 10th largest chemical company
Austrian firm to produce electric off-road motorcycle
An Austrian motorcycle manufacturer said Tuesday that it hopes to start mass production of an electric-powered all-terrain endurance bike within two years.
Physicists get closer to metallic hydrogen
Silane structure calculation an important step in quest for 'holy grail' of high-pressure physics
"Buckypaper" Hype Could Soon Be Reality
It's called "buckypaper" and looks a lot like ordinary carbon paper, but don't be fooled by the cute name or flimsy appearance. It could revolutionize the way everything from airplanes...
Buffets and bigwigs as CERN opens... but not with a bang
Europe's leading physicists will swap their lab coats for their best suits for the official inauguration of a multi-billion dollar machine designed to shed light on the "Big Bang".
Energy agency urges more investment in carbon-capture projects to reduce pollution
One of the best ways to make deep cuts in the pollution from fossil fuels that is warming the planet is to capture emissions from factories and power plants and...
Patrick Barkham samples the 'world's most relaxing room'
After lying down in 'the world's most relaxing room', the Guardian's Patrick Barkham finds his heart-rate down, but the music's getting on his nerves
Momentum Slows for Alternative Energy
Renewable energy technologies are facing big challenges because of the credit freeze and plunge in oil and natural gas prices.
University looks for the antidote to stress
Relaxation room at Hertfordshire university designed to help cast aside pace of modern life
Robo Hop
We’re not sure which is scarier, getting lost in the woods or being rescued by a swarm of mini robotic grasshoppers. But it’s search-and-rescue situations that a Swiss robotics lab...
Inmates conduct ecological research on slow-growing mosses
Nalini Nadkarni of Evergreen State College currently advises a team of researchers who sport shaved heads, tattooed biceps and prison-issued garb rather than the lab coats and khakis typically worn...
Ground speed sensor technology developed for motor vehicles
Hitachi, Ltd. announced the development of a compact and low cost speed sensor technology for motor vehicles which provides accurate measurement of relative velocity using an mm -wave radar (77GHz...