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New Instrument Puts New Spin On Superconductors
The race to understand the latest superconducting iron-arsenic compounds has taken another step forward. Researchers have used a brand new instrument that indicates the compound's superconducting properties could be related...
Scientists Explore Putting Electric Cars On A Two-way Power Street
Think of it as the end of cars' slacker days: No more sitting idle for hours in parking lots or garages racking up payments, but instead earning their keep by...
Paving The Way Towards Optical Sensing Foils
Scientists have made the first functional optical links embedded in a flexible substrate. The links include optical waveguides, light sources, and detectors. With this technique, it becomes possible to make...
Under Pressure At The Nanoscale, Polymers Play By Different Rules
Scientists putting the squeeze on thin films of polystyrene have discovered that at very short length scales the polymer doesn't play by the rules.
Blowing bubbles on a nanoscale
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are puzzled by the nanobubbles that can develop on surfaces under water. It should be impossible for them to exist but nevertheless they remain intact for hours....
New mercury-tracking technology is created
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have developed a technique that can track the source of mercury emissions that pollute the environment.
Significant Process In Creating 3D Stacked Integrated Chips
A nanoelectronics research institute has announced that it has made significant progress with its 3D-SIC (3D stacked IC) technology. Scientists recently demonstrated the first functional 3D integrated circuits obtained by...
Cantilevers bend over for drug detection
Silicon diving boards used as high-throughput screening arrays to study action of antibiotics
Boost for material that turns waste heat into electricity
Thermoelectric device could be attached to car exhaust to recycle wasted heat to power engine
ITER, IAEA sign deal to move nuclear fusion research forward
Key nuclear international institutions on Monday signed a deal to step up their collaboration, marking a step forward in the development of a multibillion dollar experimental nuclear fusion project.
India's humble rickshaw goes solar
A state-of-the-art, solar powered version of the humble cycle-rickshaw promises to offer a solution to urban India's traffic woes, chronic pollution and fossil fuel dependence, as well as an escape...
Home Lighting Could Be Wireless Network
LED lights may soon wirelessly connect your computer, phone or car to the Internet.
Using living cells as nanotechnology factories
In the tiny realm of nanotechnology, scientists have used a wide variety of materials to build atomic scale structures. But just as in the construction business, nanotechnology researchers can often...
Researchers team up to probe iron-arsenic superconductors with new instrument
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory are part of collaborative team that's used a brand new instrument at the DOE's Spallation Neutron Source to probe iron-arsenic compounds,...
Spongy carbon tubes take the strain
Somewhere between carbon fibres and carbon nanotubes, a new material shows its strengths.
Panasonic Unveils 3D 1080p Plasma HDTV On Single Blu-Ray Disc At CEATEC Japan 2008
Panasonic unveiled the latest technology in 3D 1080p on a 100-inch plasma HDTV. According to Panasonic, the 3D innovation was demonstrated at CEATEC Japan 2008 using a Panasonic 100-inch plasma and a Blu-Ray player...
Just like the movies: New explosive is melt-castable into any shape you like
A newly crafted compound has a particularly interesting characteristic profile: it is solid at room temperature, is a highly powerful explosive, and can be melt-cast into the desired shape. read more
Fujitsu Develops World's First GaN HEMT Able to Cut Power in Standby Mode and Achieve High Output
Fujitsu today announced the development of a new type of gallium nitride (GaN)-based high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) that features a new structure ideal for use in amplifiers for microwave...
Einstein letters discussing post-war Russia go on sale
Letters penned by Albert Einstein in which he sets out his views on how to deal with Russia to go under hammer in London
Sensitive nanowire disease detectors made by Yale scientists
Yale scientists have created nanowire sensors coupled with simple microprocessor electronics that are both sensitive and specific enough to be used for point-of-care (POC) disease detection, according to a report...
Chip measures channel currents
Non-invasive chip technology offers order-of-magnitude improvement for ion channel studies
Clever catalysts promise commercial advantage
Chemical industry showcases cheaper, smarter catalysts for pharma at CPhI trade show
Quantum leap in chemical sensing
UK scientists have found that quantum dots can improve optical sensors designed for detecting metal ions in water
Glue beats gecko’s sticking power
Carbon nanotubes yield powerful dry adhesive that can be easily peeled away
Beijing Bans Cars In High Pollution Days
Beijing will ban half of its 3.4 million cars from the roads during periods of very heavy pollution.
Recycling Baseball Memories, As Scrap
Almost all of Detoit's Tiger Stadium is being recycled. More than 11.4 million pounds of steel and almost 17.4 million pounds of concrete and other debris may be turning up...
Mathematicians Illuminate Deep Connection Between Classical And Quantum Physics
Mathematicians have proven a significant version of the quantum unique ergodicity conjecture. The new work, based in the pure mathematics area of number theory, illuminates deep connections between classical and...
Hydrogen centre 'first in the UK'
A hydrogen energy research centre, described as the first of its kind in the UK, opens near Swansea, Wales.