Getting Wrapped Up In Solar Textiles

Expert in the integration of solar cell technology in architecture are creating designs for flexible photovoltaic materials that may change the way buildings receive and distribute energy.

Harnessing solar energy like plants do

Ask any scientist to name Earth's most abundant source of energy, and the answer comes quickly: sunlight. In one hour, the sun strikes Earth with enough energy to power the...

New Test Makes Cheating With Drugs in Sports Easier to Detect

A new mass spectrometry test can help sports anti-drug doping officials to detect whether an athlete has used drugs that boost naturally occurring steroid levels. The test is more sensitive...

Ultrafast look into atoms and molecules

New record in ultrafast metrology: Physicists at Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich are the first to produce light pulses lasting only 80 attoseconds.

Saving More Lives by Building a Better Scanner

To grasp the power of Toshiba’s new Aquilion ONE computed-tomography (CT) scanner, imagine facing a picturesque beach. Your camera doesn’t have a panoramic function, so you take snapshots pointing to...

A novel X-ray source could be brightest in the world

Oscillator projected to increase current brightness by millions of times The future of high-intensity x-ray science has never been brighter now that scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne...

Stove projects stir up energy award success

Innovative cooking stoves were among the winning projects at the 2008 Ashden Awards for sustainable energy.

Air Travelers, Astronomers Stand to Benefit from Research on Atmospheric Turbulence

Anyone who frequently travels by airplane has likely experienced clear-air turbulence. It's the kind of jarring turbulence that can quickly turn a smooth flight into a bumpy ride. A grant...

New technique to optimize computer speed

Who doesn`t dream of increasingly fast computers that consume less and less energy? To design these computers of the future, it is important to be able to control nanoscale strain...

Exide battery recycling plant in Vernon fights accusation of high lead emissions

Tiny refrigerator taking shape to cool future computers

Researchers are developing a miniature refrigeration system small enough to fit inside laptops and personal computers, a cooling technology that would boost performance while shrinking the size of computers. read more

Experts find key to saving fuel: say gallons per mile

Researchers say car manufacturers should advertise the fuel efficiency of vehicles

Pharmacology Of Crystal Meth Described

When smoked, crystal meth rapidly achieves high concentrations in the brain without the burdens of the intravenous route. Scientists review the actions of methamphetamine and explain the potential role of...

U.S. energy lab issues accomplishment list

WASHINGTON, June 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. National Energy Technology Laboratory issued its annual accomplishments report Thursday, emphasizing fossil energy-related activities.

Exciton-based circuits eliminate a 'speed trap' between computing and communication signals

Particles called excitons that emit a flash of light as they decay could be used for a new form of computing better suited to fast communication, physicists at UC San...

Flexible design in airports essential for courting low-cost airlines

The leading low-cost airlines with a preference for small, inexpensive airports are now the largest airlines in the United States and Europe, according to an MIT expert on airport design...

Consumable Camera to Offer Intestinal Tour

Now a doctor may one day be able to manually control the location of this camera with a magnetic device the size of a chocolate bar.

Liter Of Fuel Would Last UK 1 Year If Cars Had Kept Pace With Computers

One liter of fuel would serve the UK for a year and oil reserves would last the expected lifetime of the solar system -- if efficiency in the car industry...

In Stalin's bomb lab, dreams of preservation

SUKHUMI, Georgia (Reuters) - Behind a thicket of weeds and broken window panes, one of the former Soviet Union's dark secrets is the laboratory where captured German scientists worked to...

Study: Fast protons prefer fast neutrons

STATE COLLEGE, Pa., June 19 (UPI) -- U.S. physicists say they've found fast-moving protons are much more likely to pair with fast-moving neutrons than with other protons in...

Inside the Solar Hydrogen House: No More Power Bills--Ever [News]

EAST AMWELL, N.J.--Mike Strizki has not paid an electric, oil or gas bill--nor has he spent a nickel to fill up his Mercury Sable--in nearly two years. Instead, the 51-year-old...

MIT prototype solar dish passes first tests

A team led by MIT students this week successfully tested a prototype of what may be the most cost-efficient solar power system in the world--one team members believe has the...

Liberal's carbon plan to offer $15.5B in tax cuts

Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion's new carbon tax plan calls for $11 billion in personal income tax cuts, exemptions on new taxes for aviation and diesel fuel for the first year,...

Grains And Liquids Demonstrate Similar Cohesion Effects

What if sand flowed like water? Researchers have just demonstrated that even without an attractive force between grains in flowing sand, they have a cohesion similar to that of liquids.

Cooking Under Pressure

We are proud to introduce today the first installment of our newest regular feature,Kitchen Alchemy. In it, H. Alexander Talbot and Aki Kamozawa, a husband-and-wife cooking duo and authors of...

Scientists discover way to color MRI scans

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. scientists have developed a way to add color to medical scans known as MRIs, potentially enhancing the information and sensitivity the images provide, they said on...

Rising Diesel Prices Renew Interest In Fuel-saving Technologies For Heavy Trucks

Diesel fuel prices approaching $5 a gallon -- and the resulting economic impact on products transported by truck -- have created renewed interest in fuel-saving technologies developed during the past...

Chemists find better way to make amines

RIVERSIDE, Calif., June 18 (UPI) -- U.S. chemists say they are using a newly discovered catalyst to aid in the production of amines at low cost and with...