Observatory: New Type of Paper Won’t Let You Just Rip It Apart

Researchers have developed a much stronger type of paper that is made from much smaller fibrils of cellulose.

Measuring the footprint of cells

Microspheres to carry hydrogen, deliver drugs, filter gases and detect nuclear development

SRNL researchers removed the top of a glass microsphere to show how palladium has easily passed through the sphere's pores and assembled itself into a new nanostructure. What looks like...

NIH to Overhaul Peer Review of Grants

Agency will shorten applications and ease strains on reviewers but will continue to allow resubmissions

IBM Cools 3-D Computer Chips With Water

In IBM's labs, miniscule rivers of water are cooling computer chips that have circuits and components stacked on top of each other, a design that promises to extend Moore's Law...

New detector uses nanotubes to sense deadly gases

Using carbon nanotubes, MIT chemical engineers have built the most sensitive electronic detector yet for sensing deadly gases such as the nerve agent sarin.

Crystal Clear Savings For Drug Giants

Drug companies could save millions thanks to a new technology to monitor crystals as they form. The technique is a potentially invaluable tool in drug manufacture, where controlling crystal forms...

Mini-helicopters With Fuel Cells

In the future, an unmanned helicopter will search for people trapped in fallen buildings or investigate contaminated terrain. The mini-helicopter will be powered by a very light fuel cell that...

Successful Ariane 5 solid rocket booster test firing

Yesterday, a successful test firing of an Ariane 5 solid rocket booster took place at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. The test was part of the Ariane...

Unique Acoustic System Protects Manatees From Injuries And Death

Researchers have developed and improved upon a unique acoustic system designed to keep manatees from being injured or killed by flood gates and boat locks. Locks are used on sections...

When Is A Liquid Not Like A Liquid? Secrets Of Nanoparticle Haloing Unveiled

A glass of milk, a gallon of paint and a bottle of salad dressing all look to the naked eye like liquids. But when viewed under a microscope these everyday...

University Alliance Design Competition Announces This Year's MEMS Winners

A mechanical micromuscle with nanoscopic movements and a micro-creep-and-stress tester, both designed by students, were the big winners in Sandia National Laboratories' fourth annual University Alliance Design Competition for microelectromechanical...

Kenyan education should embrace nanotechnology

Kenya should establish a nanotechnology curriculum to get ahead of the game, say Macharia Waruingi and Jean Njoroge.

Toyota develops new fuel cell hybrid

(AP) -- Toyota has developed a new fuel cell hybrid, a green car powered by hydrogen and electricity, that can travel more than twice the distance of its predecessor...

How Can Quantum Physics Be Harnessed?

The long cherished goal of applying the strange properties of quantum mechanics to the macroscopic world we inhabit has been brought closer by a series of recent developments. The exciting...

Going to the Moon in a bubble

A paper likening the Apollo missions to the dotcom boom raises interesting questions about how society makes technological leaps, says Philip Ball.

ORNL, General Electric Collaborate on Super Efficient Electric Water Heater

The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and General Electric have collaborated to finalize, test and market the first product from a major brand to meet DOE's new Energy...

A supra new kind of froth

To see the latest science of type-I superconductors, look no further than the froth on a morning cup of cappuccino. A team of U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory...

Duke chemist has new way to tell right from left

A Duke University chemist has apparently solved a long-standing frustration in creating certain synthetic molecules that make up drugs, which could lead to better drugs with fewer side effects.

Rare element key to cheap assay

Researchers have developed a more accurate and cheaper method of analysing nickle ore samples, which is the world's first commercial use for the rare element Thulium.

Calgary achieves gold for greenest building

The City of Calgary opened the doors to its largest green building Wednesday, boasting that the glass structure with a curved steel roof will pay for itself in 15 years.

Top 10 energy alternatives

Widespread adoption of alternative technologies could ease the squeeze of high oil prices – and also could curb the pace of global climate change by limiting emissions of heat-trapping gases...

'Squeezed' Light May Improve Gravitational Wave Detectors

A research collaboration has taken steps toward improving the sensitivity of gravitational wave detectors, devices designed to measure distance changes as minute as one-thousandth the diameter of a proton. Scientists...

A Flexible Approach To New Computer Displays

Flat screen displays currently used in computer monitors, television sets and numerous other electronic devices are all built on a glass base. Most use liquid crystal devices (LCDs), which filter...

Report: Verizon Wireless in talks to buy Alltel

(AP) -- Verizon Wireless is in talks to buy Alltel Communications LLC, the country's fifth-largest wireless carrier by subscribers, for $27 billion, according to news reports.

Carbon market is 'open to abuse'

Evidence of serious flaws in the multi-billion dollar global carbon credit market is uncovered by the BBC.

GE, Pittsburgh hospital establish imaging business

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- General Electric Co., the international conglomerate with a stake in everything from jet engines to network television, is investing $20 million in technology that will allow...

A Molecular 'Salve' To Soothe Surface Stresses

A single layer of molecular 'salve' can significantly soothe the stresses affecting clean metal surfaces. The discovery may help scientists to understand the factors that influence surface stress, which is...