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Genomics institute secures its future
$400-million endowment edges Broad Institute towards independence.
Parallel "Nano-soldering" Technique Chosen for Year's Top-50 by Nanotech Briefs
That's why a new electroplating process that simultaneously joins many silicon nanowires to many prepatterned electrodes was selected for a 2008 Nano 50 Award by Nanotech Briefs.
Cosmic Log: Seeing through invisibility
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: First, scientists developed a real-life invisibility cloak. Now Chinese researchers are working on an anti-invisibility device to see through the cloak.
Nuclear Shortcuts Exposed In U.S. Nuclear Fuel Facility
US regulators have ignored expert safety advice in an attempt to cut corners and fast track the completion of a $4 billion nuclear fuel facility currently under construction near Aiken,...
New Methods To Protect Wind Generators During Voltage Dips Developed
A young researcher has put forward two protection techniques so that wind generators continue to be operative despite breaks in electricity supply.
Nature inspires new highly specific drugs and organic products
The best place to seek novel compounds for pharmaceutical drugs, alternative energy sources, and a host of industrial applications, is within natural systems that have evolved over millions of years....
Graphene pioneers bag Europhysics prize
Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov recognized for discovering new carbon material just one atom thick
The science of stickiness revealed
When looking at inventions like Post-its and duct tape, one might think we've got the science of stickiness down pat. But experts are still trying to understand the details of...
Physicist's gadget lets you hear the sound of a perfect golf swing
Golf is a game of intense concentration. Golfers receive advice on the precise stance, grip, wrist angle, shoulder angle, head angle, and other details to improve their swings. But a...
Chemical safety board falls short
US panel allegedly investigated only one of 35 lethal accidents last year
Secrecy in Science Gives Way to Scary Openness
The latest Internet advances are forcing a tortured openness throughout the halls of science.
Orienting Flow in Carbon Nanotubes
Carbon nanotubes provide some of the most interesting possibilities for future technology. One of the more intriguing possibilities - with a variety of practical applications - is using...
Understanding the science of solar-based energy: more researchers are better than one
View a video of MIT scientists explaining how they recently discovered a catalyst that produces oxygen gas from water.
Single Crystals as Reaction Vessels
Japanese researchers from the University of Tokyo have made a complex that crystallizes as a porous solid. Common reagents, even bulky ones, can easily diffuse into these pores and are...
Detroit Electric eyes comeback with Malaysia's Proton as partner
The Netherlands-based firm Detroit Electric said Tuesday it has begun talks with Malaysia's state-owned carmaker Proton to produce electric cars for the Southeast Asian market.
Teflon: Chemists Break Harmful Bonds
Everybody loves the way eggs slide off of Teflon pans. Indeed, the carbon-fluorine bond at the heart of Teflon cookware is so helpful we also use it in products from...
Energy Department to speed technology
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Energy is making up to $7 million available to speed up clean energy technologies from seven national laboratories...
Really?: The Claim: You Get Drunk Faster at High Altitudes.
Will drinking at a high altitude speed drunkenness?
A 'lab on a chip' to improve success of in vitro fertilization
In a finding that could boost the success rate of in vitro fertilization (IVF), researchers report development of a tiny "lab on a chip" to evaluate the fitness of embryos...
Switchable bio-adhesion
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a new type of property-changing polymer: It is water-repellent at 37°C, which makes it an ideal culture substrate for biological cells. At room temperature it...
Electrons discover their individuality
(PhysOrg.com) -- Electrons have something in common with people: the more information they acquire about their setting, the more they become aware of their individuality and the more belonging to...
Heavy Truckers Out Of Control
Research carried out in Sweden suggests that there are three critical manoeuvres that lead to loss of control of heavy trucks and subsequent accidents. Writing in the International Journal of...
Science Weekly Extra podcast: Marcus Chown on quantum mechanics; plus anti-social electrons
Marcus Chown discusses his book Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You with Alok Jha
Avoiding Dental Perfection With a Slight Twist
Patients and dentist work together to create that perfectly flawed smile.
DC-X Honored for Its Contributions, Potential
DC-X personnel reviewed the venture during a 15th anniversary reunion.
Physicists Rule Out the Production of Dangerous Black Holes at the LHC
(PhysOrg.com) -- On August 8, the world's largest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland, began the process of slowly throttling to full power. When its proton beams...
Radical ideas to save the planet suggested by leading scientists
Artificial clouds and use of carbon-neutral transport fuels among scientists' suggestions
Researchers Develop New Technique For Fabricating Nanowire Circuits
Applied scientists have developed a new technique for fabricating nanowire photonic and electronic integrated circuits that may one day be suitable for high-volume commercial production.