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Smart Solutions Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Better house envelopes, more efficient energy supply systems, and use of biofuels for heating buildings would reduce carbon dioxide emissions in Europe. Buildings account for 36% of Sweden’s energy consumption,...
Dramatically Extending Lifetime Of Organic Solar Cells
Scientists have developed a method to stabilize the nanomorphology of organic solar cells resulting in a lifetime improvement of at least a factor 10. With these stabilized solar cells, efficiencies...
More Flexible Method Floated To Produce Biofuels, Electricity
Researchers are proposing a new "flexible" approach to producing alternative fuels, hydrogen and electricity from municipal solid wastes, agricultural wastes, forest residues and sewage sludge that could supply up to...
Super strong adhesive is created
DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've created an adhesive that's 10 times stronger than the force used by geckos to stick to surfaces and...
The Day the World Didn't End
Here's what didn't happen on Sept. 10th:The world did not end. Switching on the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator near Geneva, Switzerland, did not trigger the creation of...
Single-pixel camera has multiple futures: Terahertz version adds new potential to unique invention
A terahertz version of the single-pixel camera developed by Rice University researchers could lead to breakthrough technologies in security, telecom, signal processing and medicine.
New Apple laptops get glass trackpad, Nvidia chip
(AP) -- Apple Inc.'s newest MacBook laptops will have a larger glass "multi-touch" trackpad and a faster graphics chipset from Nvidia. The lowest-priced machine will cost $999, $100 less...
Interview: A total mismatch
Penny Brothers tells Michael Brown about porphyrins and their potential role in neutron capture therapy
Radiopharmaceutical shortage raises long-term supply questions
Temporary blip in Europe’s supply of radioactive isotopes for medical imaging highlights ageing nuclear reactor network
Strong elasticity size effects in ZnO nanowires
Recently, zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires have drawn major interest because of their semiconducting nature and unique optical and piezoelectric properties. Various applications for ZnO nanowires have been conceived, including the...
Researchers find new use for biomass
Scientists have created a catalyst that converts a common form of biomass into a chemical with a variety of industrial applications.
The Neural Puppeteer
"Here's what happens when we turn on the light," Karl Deisseroth says. He points to a mouse, ordinary save for the thin optical fiber protruding through its skull. When a...
Virus As Nano-building Block: Extreme Nature Helps Scientists Design Nano Materials
Scientists are using designs in nature from extreme environments to overcome the challenges of producing materials on the nanometre scale. They have now identified a stable, modifiable virus that could...
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,...
Reprimanded Purdue scientist claims defamation
(AP) -- A Purdue University scientist who was reprimanded for research misconduct over claims he produced nuclear fusion in tabletop experiments is suing two other faculty members for alleged...
Brightening The Future For Optical Circuits
By working together to share costs and know-how, European researchers are shaking up the way research and development is carried out on optical chips.
New Knowledge About Thermoelectric Materials Could Give Better Energy Efficiency
New research could be used to develop motors that are more fuel-efficient and provide for more environmentally friendly cooling methods. The new data describes properties of thermoelectric materials.
Nanoscopic Screening Process To Speed Drug Discovery
Researchers are using nanotechnology to search for new cancer-fighting drugs through a process that could be up to 10,000 times faster than current methods.
Playing Pinball With Atoms: How To Turn Nanotech Devices On And Off
With nanotechnology yielding a burgeoning menagerie of microscopic pumps, motors, and other machines for potential use in medicine and industry, here is one good question: How will humans turn those...
Researchers write protein nanoarrays using a fountain pen and electric fields
Nanotechnology offers unique opportunities to advance the life sciences by facilitating the delivery, manipulation and observation of biological materials with unprecedented resolution. The ability to pattern nanoscale arrays of biological...
Indian Tribes See Profit in Harnessing the Wind for Power
Native American tribes in South Dakota are hoping to build turbine farms to take advantage of some of the country’s strongest and most reliable winds.
Check Point: 2 Endorsements of Nuclear Power, but Sharp Differences on Details
Both John McCain and Barack Obama endorse nuclear energy, although to differing degrees, as part of their strategy to wean the United States from its dependence on foreign oil.
Maritime Organization Seeks to Cut Air Pollution From Oceangoing Ships
The new rules would cut the sulfur content of the fuels ships use in controlled areas along coasts by 63 percent as of July 2010.
Race Starts With Little Fuel, and Goes Uphill From There
Escape From Berkeley could be the world’s most eco-friendly race, in which alternative-fuel-burning vehicles compete with the goal of completing the race using no petroleum.
Reason For Body’s Response To Borrelia Discovered
Inside a cell it is so crowded that a certain protein from borrelia winds up being crunched. From having been like an oblong rugby football, it gets bent and then...
Researcher Looks For Better Way to Kill Cancer Cells
Physics Professor Diandra Leslie-Pelecky brought more with her when she arrived at UT Dallas than expertise in nanotechnology and shiny behemoth lab equipment. She brought an award for $84,000 from...
Tunable microlenses shine light on medical imaging
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have developed tunable liquid microlenses that can quickly scan images and record video. Integrated onto fiber-optic probes, the lenses further could reduce the invasiveness...
Georgia Tech Awarded New Center to Study Potential Silicon Successor
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded funding to the Georgia Institute of Technology to create a new Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) - The Georgia Tech Laboratory...