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Water found in tiny beads from the moon
CLEVELAND, July 10 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers said they've discovered water in tiny beads of volcanic glass collected from two Apollo missions to the moon.
Nano-sized Circuit Promises Bright View of Early Universe
A newly developed nano-sized electronic device is an important step toward helping astronomers see invisible light dating from the creation of the universe. read more
Light-emitting Diodes: Understanding Factors That Influence Efficiency Of Organic-based Devices
Organic-based devices, such as organic light-emitting diodes, require a transparent conductive layer with a high work function, meaning it promotes injection of electron holes into an organic layer to produce...
Nanoscale Lithographic Technology: Finer Lines For Microchips
Researchers have achieved a significant advance in nanoscale lithographic technology, used in the manufacture of computer chips and other electronic devices, to make finer patterns of lines over larger areas...
Pocket-sized Magnetic Resonance Imaging
The term MRI scan brings to mind the gigantic, expensive machines that are installed in hospitals. But research scientists have now developed small portable MRI scanners that perform their services...
Unusual Nanoscale Mound Formation
Terrace-like elevations of just a few nanometres can form during production of organic thin films made from electrically conductive material. This phenomenon was previously only known from inorganic materials and...
Deconstructing Art to Save It: Laser Analysis Tested to Restore Paintings [News]
When artist Ad Reinhardt's painting arrived at New York City's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 2000, it was damaged beyond repair. Cracks in the original paint, combined with ill-conceived restoration...
Large Solar Energy Array Set for G.M. in Spain
The solar electric system on the roof of a G.M. assembly plant in Spain will be the largest in the world, a thousand times larger than most projects.
Researchers Win R&D 100 Award for Ethanol Project
A research team led by Hans van Leeuwen, an Iowa State University professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering, has been awarded a 2008 R&D 100 Award from R&D Magazine....
Do We Think That Machines Can Think?
When our PC goes on strike again we tend to curse it as if it was a human. The question is why and under what circumstances do we attribute human-like...
Canon Announces EOS Rebel XS SLR Camera
Canon USA today announced the introduction of the EOS Rebel XS, a new entry-level digital camera that affordably puts Canon SLR technology such as an Optical Imaged Stabilized lens and...
UW-Madison zero-gravity team finds spray cooling works in space
For the 10th consecutive year, University of Wisconsin-Madison students have found themselves floating upside down over the Gulf of Mexico.
Researchers Develop Breakthrough Antimicrobial Coatings
A team of researchers in Auburn University's Samuel Ginn College of Engineering has produced new antimicrobial coatings with potential to prevent diseases from spreading on contaminated surfaces - possibly solving...
FLASH Imaging Redux: Nano-Cinema is Born
Flash imaging of nanoscale objects undergoing ultrafast changes is now a technical possibility, according to a recent paper published in the June 22 edition of Nature Photonics. The results are...
Toshiba Introduces High Power, High Flux 90 Lumen White LED
Toshiba today announced TL12W02-D, a new high power, high brightness white LED for commercial, residential and industrial lighting applications that can provide a typical flux of 90 lumens (lm) when...
Improving computer memory, solar cells goal of UH chemist
A high-tech breakthrough in solar cells and flash drives may just come down to good old-fashioned pencil and paper calculations, says an award-winning young chemist at the University of Houston.
The Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Celebrates 50th Anniversary
The Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) will celebrate its 50th anniversary at the INMM 2008 Annual Meeting July 13-17, 2008, at the Nashville Convention Center and Renaissance Nashville Hotel,...
Powering up microwave amplifiers for a wireless world
Four years ago, Europe trailed the rest of the world in microwave amplifier research and development. Now, however, European-designed transistors and amplifiers equal or outperform the competition worldwide. Today`s information-rich,...
Pot Boiler: A New, Faster Way to Heat Water [News]
Many recipes and procedures call for bringing water to a roiling boil--from making the perfect cup of tea to generating electric power. But the bubbles that denote the rapid transformation...
Gold, DNA Mix Could Result in Biological Nano Spies
Gold is valuable to many in copious quantities, but for a team of Duke University scientists, a sub-cellular amount was all that was needed to create a nanostructure which could...
Professors Assist with Nuclear Dismantlement in Iraq
Two Texas Tech researchers involved in the nuclear dismantlement in Iraq speak at ceremony that marks beginning of the remediation process.
Carbon Nanotube Windmills Powered by 'Electron Wind'
Theoretical physicists from Lancaster University in the UK have designed a nanomotor that operates by a novel mechanism: an electron wind.
U.S. and Sweden sign hybrid vehicle pact
GOTLAND, Sweden, July 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Energy says it and the Swedish Energy Agency have signed an agreement to accelerate consumer acceptance of plug-in...
Mayor quashes £25 C-charge hike
London Mayor Boris Johnson quashes the proposed rise in congestion charge for vehicles deemed high polluters.
Study unveils surprise energy transfer
BRISTOL, England, July 8 (UPI) -- British and U.S. physicists say an unexpected form of energy transfer occurs in a two-atom molecule when an incoming atom strikes one...
Rare Microorganism That Produces Hydrogen May Be Key To Tomorrow's Hydrogen Economy
An ancient organism from the pit of a collapsed volcano may hold the key to tomorrow's hydrogen economy. Scientists from across the world have formed a team to unlock the...
SaskPower releases nuclear power studies
Fourteen studies into the viability of nuclear power in Saskatchewan commissioned by SaskPower over the past 36 years were made public by the utility Monday.
Herculean Device for Molecular Mysteries
A special-purpose supercomputer is intended to offer more than a thousandfold increase in performance for complex molecular simulations.