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World's Most Advanced Microscope Unveiled
The most advanced and powerful electron microscope on the planet -- capable of unprecedented resolution -- has been installed in the new Canadian Center for Electron Microscopy at McMaster University....
Alternative Fuels May Drain Dwindling Water Supplies
As the search for new fuels intensifies, researchers in Texas report that switching to certain alternative fuels to power cars, trucks, and SUVs may require the use of much more...
Squeezing More Synthetic Fuel From Abundant Supplies Of Coal
Scientists in Italy are reporting that a new process could eliminate key obstacles to expanded use of coal gasification to transform that abundant domestic energy resource into synthetic liquid fuels...
LEDs May Help Reduce Skin Wrinkles
Researchers in Germany are describing a potential alternative to Botox and cosmetic surgery for easing facial wrinkles. Their study reports that high intensity visible light from light emitting diodes (LEDs)...
Researchers Write Protein Nanoarrays Using A Fountain Pen And Electric Fields
Most tools capable of patterning on the nanoscale were developed for the silicon microelectronics industry and cannot be used for soft and relatively sensitive biomaterials such as DNA and proteins....
Spinning Natural Proteins Into Fabrics For New Wound-repair Products
Scientists in Israel are reporting the first successful spinning of a key natural protein into strong nano-sized fibers about 1/50,000th the width of a human hair. The advance could lead...
Revolutionary operation performed live for heart rhythm congress
A revolutionary heart operation technique using cutting edge technology will be performed on Monday 20 October and broadcast live to delegates at the Heart Rhythm Congress 2008 taking place in...
Oil well hot water used to make power
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Office of Fossil Energy has announced the first successful generation of electricity using geothermal technology from a producing oil well.
Race for better superconductors heats up
Scientists have discovered a new family of superconductors -- materials that carry electricity more efficiently than copper and other metals -- whose properties rekindle enthusiasm about the possibility that these...
Engineering nanoparticles for maximum strength
Because they are riddled with defects, bulk crystalline materials never achieve their ideal strength; nanocrystals, on the other hand, are so small there's no room for defects. Yet while nanocrystalline...
Flexible Displays, Nanotech, Hydrogen Cars & More Highlights of AVS 55th International Symposium & Exhibition, Oct. 19-24
The AVS 55th International Symposium & Exhibition this month in Boston will showcase advances in technology, materials research, nanotechnology, alternative energy, and medicine.
Rolls-Royce brings propeller engines back in vogue
Aviation company claims the design could cut an airline's fuel bills and greenhouse gas emissions by 30%
New technology to save divers' lives
New Zealand engineering students have built a computerised system that could save lives by automatically controlling divers' depth when they get into trouble.
PNNL researcher receives international fuel cell award
Fuel cell pioneer Subhash Singhal, fuel cell director at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, has received the 2008 Grove Medal for sustained advances in fuel cell technology.
Is the Hydrogen Car of the Future Running on Empty?
A Lamborghini Murciélago zips by as we cruise through central New Jersey on Route 78 West. My fellow motorists watch the sleek, $350,000 roadster until it slips out of sight...
First tunable, noiseless amplifier created
BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. government scientists say they've created the first tunable "noiseless" amplifier -- an achievement that can boost the precision of quantum computing.
Samsung I7110 Smartphone with S60 and Symbian OS
(PhysOrg.com) -- Samsung Electronics Co just announced today their latest Smartphone based on the S60 and Symbian OS. The Samsung I7110 Smartphone will be showcased for the first time at...
A Paper Stronger than Steel
Imagine flying an airplane, watching a television or using a laptop computer made, at least in part, from a paper 500 times stronger and 10 times lighter than steel. It's...
In search of a light Higgs boson
(PhysOrg.com) -- “It's pretty clear that the standard model of physics is not enough to explain all the phenomena in nature,” Tomasz Skwarnicki tells PhysOrg.com. “Through looking at a variety...
Relationships Between Quantum Dots - Stability and Reproduction
Theoretical proof of stable and measurable states extending over two quantum dots and creating offspring has now been provided for the first time. This supports the notion of what is...
Turning the Tide on Harnessing the Ocean's Abundant Energy
Three red snakelike devices bobbing in the waves three miles (4.8 kilometers) off the coast of Agucadoura, Portugal, represent the first swell of what developers hope will be a rising...
Nanoscale coating protect products -- and the economy
Put steel under a powerful microscope, revealing its microstructure, and prepare to be surprised. Known for its strength, the metal will appear pitted and pocked.
If Elected ...: Rivals’ Visions Differ on Unleashing Innovation
The presidential candidates’ visions for sharpening the nation’s competitive edge are strikingly different.
Gold Nanostars Outshine The Competition
Scientists used surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy to demonstrate that gold nanostars exhibit optical qualities that make them superior for chemical and biological sensing and imaging. These uniquely shaped nanoparticles may one...
Buckypapers Clarify Electrical, Optical Behavior Of Nanotubes
Using highly uniform samples of carbon nanotubes, materials scientists have made some of the most precise measurements yet of the concentrations at which delicate mats of nanotubes become transparent, conducting...
Single-pixel Camera Has Multiple Futures
A terahertz version of the single-pixel camera could lead to breakthrough technologies in security, telecom, signal processing and medicine.
Alternative Energy: New Sugarcanes To Deliver One-Two Energy Punch
New varieties of sugarcane and other crops adapted to the U.S. Gulf Coast region are being developed for use in making ethanol as a cleaner-burning alternative to gasoline.
Drug-embedded microparticles bolster heart function in animal studies
Researchers at Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology have developed tiny polymer beads that can slowly release anti-inflammatory drugs and break down into non-toxic components.