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New Metamaterial a 'Perfect' Absorber of Light
A team of scientists from Boston College and Duke University has developed a highly-engineered metamaterial capable of absorbing all of the light that strikes it - to a scientific...
Protons Pair Up With Neutrons: Finding Sheds New Light On Structure Of Nuclear Systems
New research has found that protons are about 20 times more likely to pair up with neutrons than with other protons in the nucleus. The result, based on the first-ever...
How Enzyme Works: A Molecular Switch Turns On The Flame In 'Nature's Blowtorch'
Uncontrolled reaction of organic compounds with oxygen is easy: we call it fire. But nature often needs to do oxidations very specifically, adding oxygen to a particular carbon atom in...
Designer 'Nanobatons' Could Be Used To Trap Oil, Deliver Drugs: Nanoparticles Assemble By Millions
In a development that could lead to new technologies for cleaning up oil spills and polluted groundwater, scientists at have shown how tiny, stick-shaped particles of metal and carbon can...
Laser Light Produces Complex Nanostructures
A single laser pulse can create complex, ordered nanostructure systems. "We have discovered a method for controlling the pattern into which the nanoparticles organize themselves", says one of the physicists....
Micro-mechanical Gyroscopes May Provide Navigation For Planes And Cars Of The Future
Airplanes, submarines and even automobiles of tomorrow may be equipped with arrays of inexpensive high-performance micro-mechanical gyroscopes for navigation and other purposes. The proprietary system of MEMS gyroscope arrays under...
Nanowire-mesh 'Paper Towel' For Oil Spills Absorbs 20 Times Its Weight In Oil
A mat of nanowires with the touch and feel of paper could be an important new tool in the cleanup of oil and other organic pollutants, researchers report in Nature...
Story Tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, June 2008
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Delaware's Cloutier Wins DARPA Award for Work in Optics, Materials
Sylvain G. Cloutier, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been named the University of Delaware's first recipient of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award.
Evidence of a Bose glass state?
"In nano-sized systems many physical properties are greatly altered from those of macroscopic-sized systems. Therefore, study of nano-sized systems, in general, is very important in developing fundamental physics," Keiya Shirahama...
Researchers to Upgrade Safety and Performance of Rocket Fuel
Researchers have received a $1 million grant from the U. S. Department of Defense to boost the safety and performance of fuel used in thousands of satellites, rockets, missiles and...
Climate Enters Debate Over Nuclear Power
Environmental groups want to shut down Vermont’s only nuclear power plant, but closing it might mean the state would probably have to derive extra power from suppliers that use fossil...
The Energy Challenge: Mounting Costs Slow the Push for Clean Coal
Despite support, plans to take the carbon dioxide that spews from coal-burning power plants and pump it back into the ground have hit roadblocks.
Carbon footprint growing in United States
WASHINGTON, May 29 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say the nation's carbon footprint is expanding as people drive more, build more and consume more energy.
Rare uncontacted tribe photographed in Amazon
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Amazon Indians from one of the world's last uncontacted tribes have been photographed from the air, with striking images released on Thursday showing them painted...
Technologies That Could Save the Economy
Faith in the U.S. economy is dwindling these days, but a number of future-focused scientists and engineers say we shouldn't give up hope, since technology could resuscitate our flagging business...
Northeastern Awards the 2008 Roger H. Grace Fellowship in Nanomanufacturing
The National Science Foundation Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing at Northeastern University is pleased to announce that this year's recipient of the Roger H. Grace Fellowship in...
Intel, Micron First to Deliver Sub-40 Nanometer NAND Flash Memory Device
Today Intel Corporation and Micron Technology, Inc. introduced the industry's first sub-40 nanometer NAND memory device, unveiling a 34nm 32 gigabit multi-level cell chip. This process technology was jointly developed...
Researchers make breakthrough in renewable energy materials
University of Queensland researchers have made a ground-breaking discovery that produces highly efficient miniature crystals which could revolutionise the way we harvest and use solar energy.
Esearchers Developing New Technologies to Store, Recycle Nuclear Waste
Auburn University professors are researching new ways to store and recycle nuclear waste as the federal government seeks to boost nuclear power production.
UChicago Argonne, LLC bids for Rare Isotope Facility
Local and state economies could be bolstered with more than $1 billion if the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory is chosen as site for a world-class rare...
How to Make Microwaves on a Chip to Replace X-rays for Medical Imaging and Security
Is microwave radiation the nondestructive imaging technology of the future? Microwaves with frequencies from a few hundred gigahertz (GHz) up to slightly over 1 terahertz (THz), penetrate just a short...
Moving molecules within molecules
Experts in the field of nanoscience have discovered a way of controlling the motion and detecting the forces that move molecules within molecules.
Engineers whip up the first long-lived nanoscale bubbles
With the aid of kitchen mixers, engineers at Harvard`s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have whipped up, for the first time, permanent nanoscale bubbles - bubbles that...
Russian scientist proposes small nuclear plants as clean northern energy source
As those in Canada's North pay skyrocketing fuel prices to meet their energy needs, a Russian scientist at this week's Canadian Arctic Summit is proposing small nuclear reactors as a...
Japanese scientists create microscopic noodle bowl
(AP) -- Japanese scientists say they have used cutting-edge technology to create a noodle bowl so small it can be seen only through a microscope.
New nanoscale assembly technology created
BOSTON, May 29 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have created a technology that improves the assembly of single-walled carbon nanotube networks from microns to inches.
ICT for development projects honoured in Swedish awards
Development projects that incorporate innovative use of ICTs have been honoured in the Stockholm Challenge Awards in Sweden.