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Warming Up For Magnetic Resonance Imaging
A new method of magnetic resonance imaging, much faster, more selective -- able to distinguish even among different target molecular species -- and many thousands of times more sensitive, has...
Method For Integrating Nanowire Devices Directly Onto Silicon Developed
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. The fabrication technique could yield low-cost,...
Are Backyard Ethanol Brewers an Answer to High-Priced Gas? [News]
A company banking on drivers' weariness of skyrocketing gasoline prices unveiled a home refinery device on Thursday offering another option: ethanol. E-Fuel Corporation says its EFuel100 MicroFueler can produce up...
How Light Squeezes Through Small Holes: Detailed For First Time
How does light pass through a tiny hole? For the first time, scientists have succeeded in mapping this process in detail. Their research also promises a significant improvement in Terahertz...
Newest GREET Model Updates Environmental Impacts Of Specific Fuels And Automobiles
The newest version of the Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions and Energy use in Transportation model will provide researchers with even more tools to evaluate and compare the environmental impacts of...
Quantum computers take step toward practicality with demonstration of new device
Computers based on the powerful properties of quantum mechanics have the potential to revolutionize information technology and security, but for decades they have remained more theoretical than practical, and difficult...
Made-to-order Isotopes Hold Promise on Science's Frontier
The future of nuclear physics is in designer isotopes -- the relatively new power scientists have to make specific rare isotopes to solve scientific problems and open doors to new...
The 'Wall Paper Peeling Mystery' Explained By Physicists
When you try to remove adhesive paper from a surface, you inevitably get a pointy flap, while what you want is to remove the entire piece. Physicists have finally explained...
Carbon Dioxide Capture And Storage: Grasping At Straws In The Climate Debate?
Great hopes are being placed on undeveloped technology. Capturing and storing carbon dioxide is predicted to be one of the most important measures to counter the threats to our climate....
Modern Ceramics Help Advance Technology
Many important electronic devices used by people today would be impossible without the use of ceramics. A new study illustrates the use of ceramic materials in the development of technological...
Photosynthetic Dimmer Switch For Plants Identified
In a study of the molecular mechanisms by which plants protect themselves from oxidation damage should they absorb too much sunlight during photosynthesis, researchers have discovered a molecular "dimmer switch"...
Flies' eyes could enhance robot vision
Robots with flies' eyes could take advantage of the insect`s vision system to better locate the edges and boundaries of objects. This ability could help robots perform a variety of...
Obituary Notice: Renowned Physicist and Inventor of Wetsuit: Hugh Bradner
A renowned physicist and professor, Hugh Bradner built a successful career by combining his passion for science and ocean exploration.
New Gas Sensors For Monitoring Carbon Dioxide Sinks
A novel gas sensor system makes it possible to monitor large areas cost-effectively the first time. The patented gas sensor is based on the principle of diffusion, according to which...
Researchers identify pressure effects on nanomaterials
Transistors, lasers and solar-energy conversion devices may be easier to manipulate because of recent research by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists. The researchers defined the role high pressure plays in...
Inventor, Engineering Students Explore New Type of Solar Collectors
An engineering team at Rowan University is working with a New Jersey inventor to advance a new solar thermal collector the inventor designed.
Scientists Build Nano Hot Rods [News]
Like a team of laboratory gearheads, Arizona State University (A.S.U.) researchers have found a way to soup up microscopic "nanomachines" that may someday be used to deliver lifesaving medications or...
New technique measures ultrashort laser pulses at focus
Lasers that emit ultrashort pulses of light are used for numerous applications including micromachining, microscopy, laser eye surgery, spectroscopy and controlling chemical reactions. But the quality of the results is...
80-mph electric car to go on sale this summer in the US
Green Vehicles, a company based in San Jose, California, has recently revealed that it will begin selling two lithium-ion-powered electric vehicles early this summer. The three-wheeled TRIAC is a highway-capable...
To Catch a Plutonium Thief, Try Antineutrinos [News]
A new more secure technology for guarding against theft from nuclear reactors has passed its first test.Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, Calif., successfully...
Researchers Observe Hydrogen-Bond Exchange
Hydrogen bonds are quite small, on the level of a few angstroms. They can also be passed between two different molecules very quickly, at speeds of tens of times per...
Broadband over Power Lines
Broadband over Power Lines, or BPL, is a technology developed to send data over lines also used for electric power transmission. Simply put, it's high-speed Internet through your electrical outlets....
Keeping Yields, Profits, and Water Quality High
Researchers investigated whether yield, weed suppression, and profit characteristics of low-external-input (LEI) farming systems could match or exceed those of conventional farming systems. Yields and profits were similar or higher...
Exhaling For Exploration: Scientists Test Lunar Breathing System
Imagine yourself hip-to-hip, shoulder-to-shoulder, inside a room the size of a walk-in closet for eight hours with five people you just met. Does that make you sweat? Or maybe make...
Morgan Sparks, Bell Scientist, Dies at 91
Mr. Sparks made critical contributions to developing the second-generation transistor, which became a building block of modern electronic devices.
Go Speed Racer! Demons on Wheels Designed
Transportation design students make a car based on Speed Racer's.
PHOTO IN THE NEWS: Rarest Big Cat Caught in Camera Trap
Eight Amur leopards—the world's rarest big cat—were recently photographed in far southeastern Russia, giving renewed hope to conservationists.
How low-energy LEDs could soon be lighting our homes
Scientists have found a way to increase the light-output efficiency of LEDs through pioneering nanoelectronics