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for the Week of September 19 to September 26, 2010
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Posted 2010-09-25:
- Newly created material resembles cilia
- New 'light switch' chloride binder developed
- Cassini makes first dive inside Saturn’s radio aurora
- Sensor important to understanding root, seedling development
Posted 2010-09-25:
- A biological solution to animal pandemics
- Mimicking nature, water-based 'artificial leaf' produces electricity
- Biometric ID technologies 'inherently fallible,' new report finds
- 'Coreshine' sheds light on the birth of stars: Astronomers discover a new phenomenon in molecular clouds
- How heating our homes could help reduce climate change
- Video gaming prepares brain for bigger tasks
- Pair of aluminum atomic clocks reveal Einstein's relativity at a personal scale
- New nanomesh material created: Silicon-based film may lead to efficient thermoelectric devices
- Robotic arm's big flaw: Patients in wheelchairs say it's 'too easy'
- Less expensive low-temperature catalyst for hydrogen purification discovered
- Insight into the impacts of too much communication
- Computer simulations of real earthquakes made available to worldwide network
- Magnetic power offers energy-saving alternative
- Successful sludge-to-power research developed
Posted 2010-09-24:
- New light on nonlinearity: Peregrine’s soliton observed at last
- Secret of oysters' ability to stick together cracked open
- Ingredient in soap points toward new drugs for infection that affects two billion
- Mercury’s comet-like appearance spotted by satellites looking at the Sun
- Smartphone app for genes on Earth is tool for scientists and entertaining for all
- Earth and Venus Lightning: Similar mechanisms on the two planets
- Searching in the microbial world for efficient ways to produce biofuel
- Progress toward terabit-rate high-density recording
- New computer-tomography method visualizes nano-structure of bones
- A new approach to high-performance catalysts
Posted 2010-09-23:
- New drug could help stop the spread of disease from coughs, researchers believe
- Ultrashort laser ablation enables novel metal films
- Breaking waves in the Lagoon Nebula
- New luggage inspection methods identify liquid explosives
- Working from home and online shopping can increase carbon emissions, UK report claims
- Human-powered ornithopter becomes first ever of its kind to achieve sustained flight
- Titanium foams replace injured bones
- Universal, primordial magnetic fields discovered in deep space
- Putting a spin on light and atoms
- Neanderthals more advanced than previously thought: They innovated, adapted like modern humans, research shows
- Martian methane lasts less than a year
- New fluorescence technique opens window to protein complexes in living cells
- Watching electrons move in real time
- Dancing robot swan triggers emotions
- First observation of the folding of a nucleic acid
- Quantum computing closer than ever: Scientists using lasers to cool and control molecules
- First in-human study of robotically assisted percutaneous coronary intervention system demonstrates safety, feasibility
- Certain doped-oxide ceramics resist Ohm's Law
- Experience, privacy guide how people choose online news
- New method of chemical analysis: Step towards personalized medicine
Posted 2010-09-22:
- Parting the waters: Computer modeling applies physics to Red Sea escape route
- Earth to have closest encounter with Jupiter until 2022
- Silent electric vehicles made safer
- Martian moon Phobos may have formed by catastrophic blast
- Nanoparticle shaped like Star of David created
- Swallowing disc batteries can cause severe injury in children
- Too much TV, video and computer can make teens fatter
- Nano antenna concentrates light
- Ability to detect malware in cloud-computing systems improved
- Geckos inspire new method to print electronics on complex surfaces
- Vigilant camera eye: System analyzes data in real time, flags unusual scenes
- Hot atmosphere of Venus might cool interior of Earth’s sister planet
- Image sensors for extreme temperatures
- First microwave image of the complete Moon
- Lightweight true random number generators a step closer
- Herschel Mars observations: First results
- Commercial-scale test of new technology to recover coal from sludge successful
- Future of football: GPS and miniature accelerometers to better assess player's training load and fitness levels
Posted 2010-09-21:
- Biofuel from inedible plant material easier to produce following enzyme discovery
- Possible 'persistence' switch for tuberculosis found: Computer model finds probable genetic mechanism for TB dormancy
- Magnetic attraction for fish, crabs? Study examines whether magnetic fields from aquatic power sources affect animals
- Violent video games increase aggression long after the game is turned off, study finds
- End of microplates? Novel electronic biosensing technology could facilitate new era of personalized medicine
- Favorable expectations make people like using a new mobile phone, study finds
- Data clippers to set sail to enhance future planetary missions
- Technology that can withstand extremes of temperature and radiation created
- Human unconscious is transferred to virtual characters
- Database to help accelerate drug discovery developed
- Key component identified that helps plants go green
- Magical BEANs: New nano-sized particles could provide mega-sized data storage
- Self-organizing traffic lights
- 50-million-year-old snake gets a CT scan
- At the crossroads of chromosomes: Study reveals structure of cell division’s key molecule
- Chemists discover method to create high-value chemicals from biomass
- Environmental impact of organic solar cells assessed
- Emotional robot pets
- Team restoring Mars Orbiter after reboot
Posted 2010-09-20:
- Cosmic ice sculptures: Dust pillars in the Carina Nebula
- 'Nanosprings' offer improved performance in biomedicine, electronics
Posted 2010-09-19:
- 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
- LiXEdrom: Innovative measuring chamber for X-ray study of liquid jets
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
- Emission reductions slowed down by heavier and more powerful cars
- 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
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