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for the Week of September 12 to September 19, 2010
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Posted 2010-09-18:
- Quantum tornado in the electron beam: Manipulating materials with rotating quantum particles
- Synthetic fuels research aims to reduce oil dependence
- Fish schools and krill swarms take on common shape
- Radiometric dating still reliable (again), research shows
Posted 2010-09-18:
- Physicists cross hurdle in quantum manipulation of matter
- Pickle spoilage bacteria may help environment
- Less is more in the fight against terrorism
- New insights into the moon's rich geologic complexity
- Moon's craters give new clues to early solar system bombardment
- Cardiac imaging breakthrough developed
- Fungus among us could become non-food source for biodiesel production
- Hot water in cold comets: Water around comets produced with unusual properties
- Strictly high heels: Researchers look at impact of high-heeled Latin dancing
- Surprisingly complicated molecule found in outer space
- Optical chip enables new approach to quantum computing
Posted 2010-09-17:
- Shape-shifting robot plane offers safer alternative for maritime rescue
- 3-D computer simulations help envision supernovae explosions
- How bacteria acquire immunity: First theoretical description of bacterial system to silence viral genes
- Home's electrical wiring acts as antenna to receive low-power sensor data
- Discovery of the secrets that enable plants near Chernobyl to shrug off radiation
- NASA's lunar spacecraft completes exploration mission phase
- Planck's first glimpse at galaxy clusters uncovers a new supercluster
- New supercomputer 'sees' well enough to drive a car someday
- Facial recognition technology aimed at spotting terrorists
- Low carbon hemp house put to the test
- Carbon nanotubes twice as strong as once thought
- New wave: Spin soliton could be a hit in cell phone communication
- Electron switch between molecules points way to new high-powered organic batteries
Posted 2010-09-16:
- Neutrons helping researchers unlock secrets to cheaper ethanol
- Tiny MAVs may someday explore and detect environmental hazards
- Simpler mathematical model for reproducing bacterial growth patterns developed
- Hydroelectric power reservoirs cleaner than previously feared, new research shows
- Scientists reveal battery behavior at the nanoscale
- Implant blood test: Shape memory alloys are biocompatible, new research shows
- Computer in wrapping-paper form give solar cells a makeover
- New microfluidic chip for discriminating bacteria
- Bone-anchored leg prostheses improve quality of life, Swedish study finds
- ARTEMIS: First Earth-Moon libration orbiter
- How do your crystals grow?
- Smart grid cyber security: Initial set of guidelines finalized
- New Global Standards Information website experience puts product standards on the map
- Enabling the technical-basis for evacuation planning of high-rise buildings
Posted 2010-09-15:
- Many roads lead to superconductivity
- Playing snooker with atoms
- Chandra finds evidence for stellar cannibalism
- Research will help ID bodies left behind by Chilean earthquake, Pinochet regime
- CRISPR critters: Scientists identify key enzyme in microbial immune system
- Supernova shrapnel found in meteorite
- Would a molecular horse trot, pace or glide across a surface? Chemists study quadrupedal molecular machines
- New artificial skin could make prosthetic limbs and robots more sensitive
- The pocket projector is a reality
- Informatics = essential MD competency
Posted 2010-09-14:
- Dwarf galaxy evolution: Reionization alone is not able to stop star formation, research shows
- Hubble harvests distant solar system objects
- How football playing robots have the future of artificial intelligence at their feet
- Video games lead to faster decisions that are no less accurate
- Funneling solar energy: Antenna made of carbon nanotubes could make photovoltaic cells more efficient
- Emerging technologies may fuel revolutionary launcher
- Tiny rulers to measure nanoscale structures
- Engineers make artificial skin out of nanowires
- Glasperlenspiel: Scientists propose new test for gravity
- Deadly tides mean early exit for hot Jupiters
- Superwind Galaxy NGC 4666
Posted 2010-09-13:
- Child's 'mental number line' affects memory for numbers
- Mapping new paths for a stressed-out Internet: Collaboration aims to create first accurate geometric map of the Internet
- Astronomer unveils the mysteries of 'Green Pea' galaxies
- Public looks at synthetic biology -- cautiously
- Carbon mapping breakthrough
- Land-use expert brings satellite data down to Earth
- New model provides more effective basis for biodiversity conservation
Posted 2010-09-12:
- E. coli engineered to produce biodiesel
- Yikes! Sensor measures yoctonewton forces fast
- Computer models suggest treatments for fractures that won't heal
- Micro rheometer is latest 'lab on a chip' device
- New CCTV technology to help prevent terror attacks
- A Nearby Galactic Exemplar
- New model may simplify high-dose radiosurgery planning
Posted 2010-09-11:
- Caught in the act: Fireballs light up Jupiter
- Neurons: Faster than thought and able to multiply
- Graphene may hold key to speeding up DNA sequencing
- World's first transcontinental anesthesia: Researchers pioneer anesthetics via videoconferencing
- Tally-ho! Deep Impact spacecraft eyes comet target
- First detailed image of disc around young star
- Researchers give robots the capability for deceptive behavior
- 'Tractor beam' one step closer to reality: Laser moves small particles
- New method helps computer vision systems decipher outdoor scenes
- Bionic speech recognition
- Quantum dice: Simple device measures quantum noise of vacuum fluctuations and generates true random numbers
- Opportunity Rover reaches halfway point of long trek to Mars crater
- Amateur astronomers open potential lab in outer space for planetary scientists, researcher says
Posted 2010-09-10:
- Scientists observe single ions moving through tiny carbon-nanotube channel
- Phoenix Mars Lander finds surprises about red planet's watery past
- Chemical engineer's work could lead to improved DNA analysis
- Energy technologies not enough to sufficiently reduce carbon emissions, expert concludes
- Most influential tweeters of all? Depends on the topic
- Extreme X-ray source suggests new class of black hole
- Portable laser backpack revolutionizes 3-D mapping
- Laws of physics vary throughout the universe, new study suggests
- Deepwater Horizon oil remains below surface, will come ashore in pulses, expert says
- Consumers will pay more for goods they can touch
- Researchers hear puzzling new physics from graphene quartet's quantum harmonies
- Computer-based video analysis boosts data gathering in behavioral studies
- Cloud computing method greatly increases gene analysis
- First UK cameras to scan the night skies
Posted 2010-09-09:
- Structure for three intrinsically disordered proteins determined
- Intelligent Battery project opens new ground in energy storage applications
- Twins are intriguing research subjects for biometircs researchers
- Forcing mismatched elements together could yield better solar cells
- Nano-architectured aluminum has steely strength
- Scientists create new process to 'program' cancer cell death
- Golf: Evidence of how 'loading the hips' improves golf drives
- Big bang was followed by chaos, mathematical analysis shows
- New robotic head and neck cancer surgery preserves speech, without scarring, study shows
- Satellite navigation steers unmanned micro-planes
- Two Asteroids to Pass by Earth
- Ship evacuation experiment: More than 2,300 passengers take part in 'live' assembly drill at sea
Posted 2010-09-08:
- Can we spot volcanoes on alien worlds? Astronomers say yes
- Gambling on breast scans: Monte Carlo analysis could help reduce number of cancers missed by mammography
- Colorful mix of asteroids discovered, may aid future space travel
- 'Slow light' on a chip holds promise for optical communications
- Synthetic eye prosthesis: Plastic artificial cornea implants may offer hope for blind patients
Posted 2010-09-07:
- Breaking up phosphorus with ultraviolet light may offer a safer, simpler way to build many industrial and household chemicals
- New self-assembling photovoltaic technology repairs itself
- Listening to ancient colors: New technique may help restorers identify decades-old pigments
- New mission to skim the Sun: NASA selects science investigations for Solar Probe Plus
Posted 2010-09-06:
- New pump created for microneedle drug-delivery patch
- Did Viking Mars landers find life's building blocks? Missing piece inspires new look at puzzle
- NASA and ATK successfully test five-segment solid rocket motor
Posted 2010-09-05:
- Magnetism's subatomic roots: Study of high-tech materials helps explain everyday phenomenon
- Novel nanotechnology collaboration leads to breakthrough in cancer research
- Helping corn-based plastics take more heat
- Next step in evolution? A technical life form that passes on knowledge and experience
- Many urban streams harmful to aquatic life following winter pavement deicing
Posted 2010-09-04:
- Chemists, engineers achieve world record with high-speed graphene transistors
- Computer technique could help partially sighted 'see' better
- Miniature auto differential helps tiny aerial robots stay aloft
- Experiment records ultrafast chemical reaction with vibrational echoes
- Laser-based missile defense for helicopters being developed
- Chemists develop simple technique to visualize atomic-scale structures
- Scientists listen to faint sounds inside insects using atomic force microscopy
- Researchers discover proton diode: Water is an active element in proteins
- Molecules involved in 'touch' identified: Could lead to new treatments for pain, deafness and cardiac function
- The perfect nanocube: Precise control of size, shape and composition
- Model for implantable artificial kidney to replace dialysis unveiled
- Edible nanostructures: Compounds made from renewable materials could be used for gas storage, food technologies
Posted 2010-09-03:
- Strain-gating piezotronics: New class of piezoelectric logic devices created using zinc oxide nanowires
- Microsoft Excel-based algorithm predicts cancer prognosis
- New app shows 2-D structure of thousands of RNA molecules
- Hubble observations of supernova reveal composition of 'star guts' pouring out
- Computer scientists leverage dark silicon to improve smartphone battery life
- Recipe for water: Just add starlight
- New infrared light may open new frontier in fighting cancer, Tay Sachs
- 'Smart materials' process promises to revolutionize manufacturing of medical devices, other products
- Researchers create 'quantum cats' made of light
- Probing for principles underlying animal flock patterns: A model system for group behavior of nanomachines
- Researchers discover how to conduct first test of 'untestable' string theory
- Metal-mining bacteria are green chemists
- New solar prediction system gives time to prepare for the storms ahead
- Economic theory suggests symbiosis is driven by simple self-interest, not rewards or punishment
- Less waste with shelf-life indicator for food
- Adding value to data: BioMed Central calls for greater researcher sharing
- Carlos '97 free kick no fluke, say French physicists
Posted 2010-09-02:
- Navigation satellites contend with stormy Sun
- New material may reveal inner workings of hi-temp superconductors
- Airline passengers in developing countries face 13 times crash risk as US
- Ultraviolet source helps NASA spacecraft measure the origins of space weather
- Astronomers find potassium in giant planet's atmosphere
- High-speed filter uses electrified nanostructures to purify water at low cost
- Nanobiotechnology advances point to medical applications
- Researchers develop simulation to better understand the effects of sound on marine life
- Off-the-shelf dyes improve solar cells
- Location determines social network influence, study finds; Number of connections less important than proximity to core
- IceCube neutrino observatory nears completion
- Silicon oxide circuits break barrier: Nanocrystal conductors could lead to massive, robust 3-D storage
- A decade of studying the Earth's magnetic shield, in 3-D
- Fuel-efficiency formula needs cars wired with better brainpower, less vroom
- Snail mail beats phones to help feds sustain ample fish stocks in US coastal waters
Posted 2010-09-01:
- Tracing the big picture of Mars' atmosphere
- Networks -- not size -- give cities competitive advantage
- Scientists succeed in filming organs and joints in real time using magnetic resonance imaging
- Microfluidic device allows collection, analysis of hard-to-handle immune cells
- Vulnerability in commercial quantum cryptography
- New Norwegian earplug solution to a deafening problem
- Super ALICE ushers in a new wonderland of green computing
Posted 2010-08-31:
- Mars's mysterious elongated crater
- Stretched polymer snaps back smaller than it started
- Batteries for battery powered cars are more environmentally friendly than expected
- System uses electrical trickery on the brain to induce realistic spaceflight effects
- New view of tectonic plates: Computer modeling of Earth's mantle flow, plate motions, and fault zones
- Atmospheric pressure plasma jet from a grounded electrode
- Hyperspectral imaging speeds detection of Campylobacter
- Lifting the veil of secrecy surrounding development of new medicines
Posted 2010-08-30:
- Tiny logo demonstrates advanced display technology using nano-thin metal sheets
- Secrets of the gecko foot help robot climb
- Medicine reaches the target with the help of magnets
- Surgical robot could be used for long-distance regional anesthesia
Posted 2010-08-28:
- Distant star's sound waves reveal cycle similar to the sun's
- New model to help organize, keep private 'vast ocean' of social network data
- Shrinking atmospheric layer linked to low levels of solar radiation
- NASA's Kepler mission discovers two planets transiting same star
- Prediction of intrinsic magnetism at silicon surfaces could lead to single-spin magnetoelectronics
- NASA's SOFIA will likely help solve mysteries about our galaxy
- Scientists concerned about environmental impact of recycling of e-waste
- First 3-D atomic view of key genetic processes
- 'Greening' your flat screen TV: Engineers develop an organic LED light source for home electronics, medicine and clean energy
- Ten years flying in formation: The legendary Cluster quartet
Posted 2010-08-27:
- Some asteroids live in own little worlds
- Tofu ingredient yields formaldehyde-free glue for plywood and other wood products
- 'Dry water' could make a big splash commercially, help fight global warming
- Cement, the glue that holds oyster families together
- WISE space telescope captures the Unicorn's Rose
- Why do consumers disclose sensitive information to shady-looking websites?
- Electricity collected from the air could become the newest alternative energy source
- When galaxies collide: How the first super-massive black holes were born
- Trouble with sputter? Blame giant nanoparticles
- Supercomputers help track species affected by Gulf oil spill
- Fixing Wiki: Wikipedia revision project teaches teamwork, communication, chemistry
Posted 2010-08-26:
- Solar System may be 2 million years older than we thought, meteorite analysis suggests
- Strange case of solar flares and radioactive elements
- New test allows individualized profiles of cigarette smoking
- Seeing the world with new eyes: Biosynthetic corneas restore vision in humans
- Microneedle, quantum dot study opens door to new clinical cancer tools
- Juicing up laptops and cell phones with soda pop or vegetable oil?
- Glorious gadolinium gives flash memory a future
- Nanobiotechnology-manipulated light particles used to accelerate algae growth
- Half-a-loaf method can improve magnetic memories
- Researchers zero in on protein that destroys HIV
- Secrets of scents: Designing the smells that sell household products
Posted 2010-08-25:
- 'Spintronics' breakthrough holds promise for next-generation computers
- New cardiac imaging device pioneered
- LEDs promise brighter future, not necessarily greener
- A surfboard gets an onboard computer
- New generation of power: Hi-tech rechargeable batteries developed for military
- Solar system similar to ours? Richest planetary system discovered
- Understanding rider bahavior key to keeping amusement park rides safe and enjoyable
- New nuclear breast imaging technologies associated with higher cancer risks, study finds
- Americans using less energy, more renewables
- Pulverized planet dust may lie around double stars
- Health diagnosis made simpler: Bioengineers design device to help detect diseases quickly
- Math from the heart: Simulating stent design and coating
- Historic buildings may be better protected from climate change with new forecast method
- Scientists help explain graphene mystery
Posted 2010-08-24:
- Fermi detects gamma-rays from exploding nova
- Drugging the undruggable: Advances toward next generation of disease fighters
- New atom-scale products on horizon: Breakthrough discovery enables nanoscale manipulation of piezoelectric effect
- 200-fold boost in fuel cell efficiency advances 'personalized energy systems'
- Cluster bomb for cancer care: Nano-vehicle delivers chemotherapy treatments on target
- New technology may prolong the life of implanted devices, from pacemakers to chemotherapy ports
- Powerful new way to control magnetism: Colossal magnetoelectricity points the way to ultra-dense data storage
- Titanium coating with protein 'flower bouquet' nanoclusters strengthens implant attachment
- Making vehicles safer
- Young people identify with an online community almost as strongly as with their own family
- Self-cleaning technology from Mars can keep terrestrial solar panels dust free
- Worldwide shortage of isotopes for medical imaging could threaten quality of patient care
- Better way to grow stem cells developed
- Researchers advance understanding of enzyme that regulates DNA
- DNA puts chemists on scent of better artificial nose
- The future of the Web is a matter of semantics
- Ancient galaxy cluster still producing stars
- Road signs and traffic signals on DNA: Physical model describes the distribution of nucleosome
Posted 2010-08-23:
- Researchers take a look inside molecules
- Nanotech yields major advance in heat transfer, cooling technologies
Posted 2010-08-22:
- Nanoscale DNA sequencing could spur revolution in personal health care
- Hydrogen causes metal to break
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