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100-year-old Engineering Problem Solved: Insights On Fluid Flow Could Impact Fuel Efficiency
As a car accelerates up and down a hill then slows to follow a hairpin turn, the airflow around it cannot keep up and detaches from the vehicle. This aerodynamic...
Anabolic Steroids Still Provide A Competitive Edge In Power Lifting Even Years After Doping Has Ended
Anabolic steroids are synthetic hormones derived from the human male hormone testosterone. The use of steroids has been suspected in professional baseball and other sports where building muscle strength, rather...
Electron give-and-take lets molecules shine individually on camera
A single fluorescent molecule flashing as it gains or loses its electron has made the microscopic spotlight. Watching a whole gaggle of these molecules, they appear to work synchronously; but...
More Car Buyers Make Choices Based On MPG
More new vehicle buyers than ever cite inadequate gas mileage as a reason for choosing one car over another, according to a study of vehicle preferences.
Major Nanotech, Energy, and Biomed Meeting: AVS 55th International Symposium & Exhibition in Boston, Oct. 19-24, 2008
Next month in Boston, the AVS 55th International Symposium & Exhibition will showcase research from across the spectrum of science and engineering devoted to discoveries on the edge-in a vacuum,...
Rapid diagnostic tests: The way forward?
Rapid diagnostic tests potentially present a quick, easy-to-use solution for improved malaria diagnosis. But are they the way to go?
The apocalypse has been postponed
CERN's Large Hadron Collider is out of action until next year. What will physics junkies and apocalyptic prophets talk about until then?
Diamonds May Be Life's Birthstone
A type of diamond imposes a rigid order on molecules near its surface.
New European Record Efficiency For Solar Cells Achieved: 39.7%
At 39.7% efficiency for a multi-junction solar cell, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems have exceeded their own European record of 37.6% which they achieved just a...
The Grid we live in
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Nobel-winning physicist Frank Wilczek explains why scientists believe the ultimate reality is an energy field he calls "the Grid."
New Research Shows Why Metal Alloys Degrade
Metal alloys can fail unexpectedly in a wide range of applications---from jet engines to satellites to cell phones---and new research from the University of Michigan helps to explain why.
Ultrasmooth mirror could herald birth of a new microscope
Helium atoms could probe the smallest structures with a light touch.
Seeing what they hear, to better understand ourselves
It was a long drive from St. Louis to Florida, but Darlene Ketten had finally made it. Standing in the warm surf of St. George Island, she watched with delight...
Nanoscale Dominoes: Magnetic Moments Topple Over in Rows
Physicists at the Institut für Festkörperforschung in Germany have discovered a type of domino effect in rows of individual manganese atoms on a nickel surface. They determined that the magnetic...
Examining cargo at the atomic level
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents might benefit from technology developed by an MIT professor, which could enable screeners to examine the contents of a cargo container for the presence...
Movea's Gyration Air Mouse
Movea´s Gyration Air Mouse works both in the air and on the desk. Wave your Air Mouse in the air and navigate your mouse pointer on your desktop. Movea's MotionSense...
Video: Harnessing wave power
The world's first commercial-scale wave-power station has gone live off the coast of Portugal. This footage shows how the 140m-long snake-like devices work
5 Myths About Wind Energy
Wind energy is renewable energy. But there are misconceptions about what makes the wind industry turn.
LHC on hold until spring of 2009
Accelerator will skip 5 TeV test and start-up at full power
Patent system 'stifling science'
Innovations in medicine, crop science and nanotechnology are suffering due to an 'outdated' patent system, a report claims.
Overcoming Barriers To The Introduction Of Alternative Fuels In Europe
Many groups are promoting the use of alternative fuels in the transport sector. Nevertheless, there are many obstacles that arise with any serious intention to make alternative fuels increase their...
Coating Copies Microscopic Biological Surfaces
Someday, your car might have the metallic finish of some insects or the deep black of a butterfly's wing, and the reflectors might be patterned on the nanostructure of a...
Leak delays Cern tests until spring
Investigation points to a faulty electrical connection between two of the accelerator's magnets
Obituary: Sir Brian Pippard
Obituary:Multi-faceted physicist who found new ways to probe the mysteries of superconductivity
Power From the Restless Sea Stirs the Imagination
Spurred by rising costs for electricity, energy visionaries are making a new push to overcome the barriers blocking ocean-power technology.
B.C.'s ethanol standards for gasoline a mistake: scientists
B.C. is taking the wrong approach by mandating that gasoline sold in the province contain 5 per cent ethanol by 2010, according to some scientific experts.
Repair to shut down Big Bang experiment until spring
An electrical failure in the world's biggest particle collider will delay a series of physics experiments until spring 2009, the operators said Tuesday.
EDF set to buy British Energy
French energy firm EDF is due to announce a £12.4bn deal to buy UK nuclear power plant operator British Energy.