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for the Week of March 27 to April 3, 2011
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Posted 2011-04-02:
- Optical transistor advance: Physicists rotate beams of light with semiconductor
- New nanomaterial can detect and neutralize explosives
Posted 2011-04-02:
- Novel nanowires boost fuel cell efficiency
- World first: Calculations with 14 quantum bits
- Sugar-grain sized meteorites rocked the climates of early Earth and Mars, according to new study
- Getting to know the strong force: One of the four fundamental forces of the universe
- Mysteries of Jupiter and Saturn rings: Forensic sleuthing ties ring ripples to impacts
- Professor uses math analytics to project 2011 Major League Baseball winners
- Scientists reach beyond the clouds with a mobile phone app to explore the outer atmosphere
- Advance toward making biodegradable plastics from waste chicken feathers
Posted 2011-04-01:
- First non-trivial atom circuit: Progress toward an atom SQUID
- Astronomers take a look inside red giant stars
- Blood simple circuitry for cyborgs
- Engineer studies how to reduce impact of power tools vibrations
- Mysterious 'ribbon' of energy and particles that wrap around solar system's heliosphere isolated
- Astrophysicist: White dwarfs could be fertile ground for other Earths
- Gesture-controlled microscope developed by Finnish researchers
- Fast-recharge, lithium-ion battery could be perfect for electric cars
- Seeing below the surface: Engineers devise a new way to inspect advanced materials used to build airplanes
- Open-source software designed to minimize synthetic biology risks
- 'Spincasting' holds promise for creation of nanoparticle thin films
- Computerized systems reduce psychiatric drug errors, research suggests
- Test after eye surgery: New halometer tests alterations in night vision
Posted 2011-03-31:
- Blocking carbon dioxide fixation in bacteria increases biofuel production
- When is an asteroid not an asteroid?
- 54 beneficial compounds discovered in pure maple syrup
- Physicists detect low-level radioactivity from Japan arriving in Seattle
- River water and salty ocean water used to generate electricity
- Antibiotics wrapped in nanofibers turn resistant disease-producing bacteria into ghosts
- MESSENGER sends back first image of Mercury from orbit
- Next-generation device developed to track world's air quality
- New media and eating habits: Computer has replaced the kitchen table as focal point of meals for college students
- Catching cancer with carbon nanotubes: New device to test blood can spot cancer cells, HIV on the fly
- 'Bacterial dirigibles' emerge as next-generation disease fighters
- Waste ash from coal could save billions in repairing US bridges and roads
- Household bleach can decontaminate food prep surfaces in ricin bioterrorist attack
- Heavy metals open path to high temperature nanomagnets
- Imaging the paintings under the paintings of the Old Masters
Posted 2011-03-30:
- Deciphering hidden code reveals brain activity
- Key plant traits yield more sugar for biofuels
- Some ingredients in 'green' products come from petroleum rather than natural sources
- New 'nanodrug' breaks down barriers to attack breast cancer cells from the inside out
- Researchers make first perovskite-based superlens for the infrared
- New device uses submarine technology to diagnose stroke quickly
- Chemists' biosensor may improve food, water safety and cancer detection
- Next-generation chemical mapping on the nanoscale
- From crankcase to gas tank: New microwave method converts used motor oil into fuel
- Researchers close in on technology for making renewable petroleum
- Predicting serious drug side effects before they occur
- First applications of Europe's Galileo satellite nagivation system showcased
- First practical nanogenerator produces electricity with pinch of the fingers
Posted 2011-03-29:
- Chemists play important roles as advisers for science-based television shows, movies
- Cancer risk of backscatter airport scanners is low, analysis suggests
- Twinkle, twinkle, quantum dot: New particles can change colors and tag molecules
- New trash-to-treasure process turns landfill nuisance into plastic
- Blocking ship-borne bioinvaders before they dock
- Huge potential of nanocrystals to raise efficiency in fuel cells
- 'Green' cars could be made from pineapples and bananas
- Debut of the first practical 'artificial leaf'
- Taming the flame: Electrical wave 'blaster' could provide new way to extinguish fires
- From cotton candy to rock: New evidence about beginnings of the solar system
- 'Nano-bricks' may help build better packaging to keep foods fresher longer
Posted 2011-03-28:
- Black hole found in binary star system: More than five times greater in mass than our Sun
- Smaller particles could make solar panels more efficient
- NASA's venerable comet hunter Stardust spacecraft wraps up mission
- New lignin 'lite' switchgrass boosts biofuel yield by more than one-third
Posted 2011-03-27:
Posted 2011-03-26:
- Universal property of music discovered
- BrainGate neural interface system reaches 1,000-day performance milestone
- Exploding stars and stripes: Pattern of X-ray 'stripes' in supernova remnant could explain how cosmic rays are produced
- Conch shell gives nano insights into composite materials
- First student-developed mission in which satellites orbit and communicate
- Matter spotted a millisecond from black hole -- but is it really doomed?
- In vivo systems biology: Using computer models, systems biologists can predict complicated behavior of cells in living animals
- High-temperature superconductor spills secret: A new phase of matter?
Posted 2011-03-25:
- Suzaku shows clearest picture yet of Perseus Galaxy Cluster
- New model predicts the optical properties of nano-structures
- Robot-assisted prostate surgery is safe, long-term study finds
- Chemist develops technique to use light to predict molecular crystal structures
- Neutron analysis yields insight into bacteria for solar energy
- Sticking power: New adhesive could find place in space
- Coldest known star: Brown dwarf about as hot as a cup of tea
- Health information technology 'control tower' could improve earthquake response
- Research produces novel sensor with improved detection selectivity
- Self-strengthening nanocomposite created
- New computer-based method to detect epileptic seizures
- Rapid etching X-rayed: Physicists unveil processes during fast chemical dissolution
Posted 2011-03-24:
- New method for preparation of high-energy carbon-carbon double bonds
- Cassini finds Saturn sends mixed signals
- New scientific field will study ecological importance of sounds
- New imaging technique provides rapid, high-definition chemistry
- Good-bye, blind spot: Always keeping robots and humans in view in industrial settings
- Nanomodified surfaces seal leg implants against infection
- The importance of clarifying language in mathematics education
- Webb Telescope sunshield is like an umbrella on the shores of the universe
- Carbon capture and storage: Carbon dioxide pressure dissipates in underground reservoirs
- 'What if?' scenario: Cyberwar between US and China in 2020
- NASA's Juno spacecraft completes thermal vacuum chamber testing
Posted 2011-03-23:
- Only the weak survive? Self-healing materials strengthened by adding more 'give'
- Cheap catalyst made easy
- Simulating tomorrow's accelerators at near the speed of light
- Forensics: Overweight people really are big-boned
- Dawn opens its eyes, checks its instruments
- Is that 911 call a real emergency? Emotion detector made for call centers
- Engineers make breakthrough in ultra-sensitive sensor technology
- How the lily blooms: Ruffling at the edge of each petal drives the delicate flower to open
- Seeing in stereo: Engineers invent lens for 3-D microscope
- Alternatives have begun in bid to hear from NASA's Spirit Mars rover
- Templated growth technique produces graphene nanoribbons with metallic properties
- Madrid event marks Spain's role in next Mars mission
- Teenagers, parents and teachers unaware of social networking risks
Posted 2011-03-22:
- Spacebound bacteria inspire earthbound remedies
- Overfertilizing corn undermines ethanol: Researchers find feeding crops too heavily bad for biofuel, environment
- Stars gather in 'downtown' Milky Way
- The drive toward hydrogen vehicles just got shorter
- Organic nanoparticle uses sound and heat to find and treat tumors
- Next Mars rover gets a test taste of Mars conditions
- Tiny 'on-chip detectors' count individual photons
- Poorly presented risk statistics could misinform health decisions
- Batteries charge quickly and retain capacity, thanks to new structure
- Tiny gems take big step toward battling cancer
- Silk moth's antenna inspires new nanotech tool with applications in Alzheimer's research
- Potential 'game changer' for pathologists
- Miniature lasers could help launch new age of the Internet
- Can bees color maps better than ants?
- Natural clay as a potential host rock for nuclear waste repositories
- Mercury-bound instruments aboard MESSENGER arrive at target
Posted 2011-03-21:
- Spintronics: Enhancing the magnetism
- 'Pruned' microchips are faster, smaller, more energy-efficient
- Is space like a chessboard?
- Tests on century-old equipment show how far X-rays have come
- Are whole-body image scanners used for U.S. airport security safe?
- Scientists use light to move molecules within living cells
- Magnetic stripes behind mysterious hourglass magnetic spectrum of high temperature superconductors?
Posted 2011-03-20:
- More efficient means of creating, arranging carbon nanofibers developed
- Secrets of plague revealed through super-resolution microscopy technique
- An icy gaze into the big bang: Quantum physicists investigate new states of matter in ultracold atom mixtures
Posted 2011-03-19:
- New blood analysis chip could lead to disease diagnosis in minutes
- Quantum pen for single atoms is a big step toward large-scale quantum computing
- New technologies to crack down on counterfeit whisky
- World first: Localized delivery of an anti-cancer drug by remote-controlled microcarriers
- Graphene cloak protects bacteria, leading to better images
- Green sludge can protect groundwater from radioactive contamination, study suggests
- Tying the knot with computer-generated holograms: Winding optical path moves matter
- NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft begins historic orbit around Mercury
- New testing device may help to 'seal the deal' for building owners
Posted 2011-03-18:
- 3-D printing method advances electrically small antenna design
- Bio-inspired sensors hold promise
- Cassini sees seasonal rains transform surface of Saturn's moon Titan
- Electric grid reliability: Increasing energy storage in vanadium redox batteries by 70 percent
- Scientists control light scattering in graphene
- NASA's Prolific Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reaches five-year mark
- New tool debuts for measuring indoor air pollutants
- New technique enables much faster production of inexpensive solar cells
- New laser technique opens doors for drug discovery
- Quantum cryptography? Physicists move closer to efficient single-photon sources
- Newborn stars wreak havoc in their nursery
- Breaking the mucus barrier unveils cancer cell secrets
- Researchers gain new insight into the foreign exchange market
- Construction of a record-breaking laser gets off the ground
- Smart phones not replacing other media for news access, at least not yet
- New software calculates heating costs in greenhouse operations
- Bomb disposal robot getting ready for front-line action
Posted 2011-03-17:
- High-tech concrete technology has a famous past
- Naval sonar exercises linked to whale strandings, according to new report
- New way to test cancer drugs
- Earthquake could mean major shortage of some Japanese cars in US
- First permanent anti-fog coating developed
- Laser beam makes cells 'breathe in' water and potentially anti-cancer drugs
- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter delivers treasure trove of data
- Large Hadron Collider could be world's first time machine, researchers' theory suggests
- Room-temperature spintronic computers coming soon? Silicon spin transistors heat up and spins last longer
- New device holds promise of making blood glucose testing easier for patients with diabetes
- The development of better biotech enzymes
- Hubble snaps close-up of Tarantula Nebula
- Two new SCAP documents help improve automating computer security management
- NIST releases final report on Charleston sofa store fire
Posted 2011-03-16:
- Finding of long-sought drug target structure may expedite drug discovery
- Mini disks for data storage: Slanted edges favor tiny magnetic vortices
- Basketball: Optimal aim points for bank shots
- MESSENGER spacecraft to swing into orbit around Mercury
- Ferroelectric materials discovery could lead to better memory chips
- Better batteries for electric cars
- Describing humor with an equation
- Trapping a rainbow: Researchers slow broadband light waves with nanoplasmonic structures
- Japan quake may have slightly shortened Earth days, moved axis, theoretical calculations suggest
- Snapshots of laser driven electrons
- New desalination process developed using carbon nanotubes
- Gulf oil spill: Airborne chemistry measurements assess flow rate, fate of spilled gases and oil
Posted 2011-03-15:
- New method could improve economics of sweetening natural gas
- Gender stereotypes about math develop as early as second grade
- NASA's Hubble rules out one alternative to dark energy
- Solar power systems could lighten the load for British soldiers
- Statistics can help us avoid counterfeit goods on the Internet, study shows
- Nanorods could greatly improve visual display of information
- Japanese nuclear plants damaged by earthquake, tsunami pose no risk to U.S., experts say
- Materials identified that may deliver more 'bounce'
- Marangoni convection in space: Observing wine-glass phenomenon in a gravity-free environment
- Computer model shows importance of feet, toes in body balance
- Miniature 'wearable' PET scanner: Simultaneous study of behavior and brain function in animals
- Shape memory polymers shed light on how cells respond to physical environment
- Study of 90 animals' thigh bones reveals how they can efficiently carry loads
- Breakthrough in nanocomposite for high-capacity hydrogen storage
- Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: The far side of the moon -- and all the way around
- Physicists measure current-induced torque in nonvolatile magnetic memory devices
- Researchers use lasers, custom microscope to show gene splicing process in real time
- Ultra high speed film
Posted 2011-03-14:
- Nanotech-enabled consumer products continue to rise
- Color view from orbit shows Mars rover beside crater
- Dawn mission gets Vesta asteroid target practice
- Smart materials for high-tech products: Hard, viscous or watery at the touch of a button
Posted 2011-03-13:
- Low cost solar cells: New European record in efficiency
- Engineer studies damage caused by New Zealand earthquake
- Nanoscale whiskers from sea creatures could grow human muscle tissue
- Perfect buns: Imaging system controls baking process on production line to improve sandwich bun quality
Posted 2011-03-12:
- Radiation expert discusses Japan nuclear power plant concerns
- Near-real-time map of Japan quake aftershocks
- Speed demon star creates a shock
- The most distant mature galaxy cluster: Young, but surprisingly grown-up
- Snails' complex muscle movements, rather than mucus, key to locomotion
- New method for studying molecule reactions a breakthrough in organic chemistry
- New technology would dramatically extend battery life for mobile devices
- New robot system to test 10,000 chemicals for toxicity
- Half-time for Mars500: Simulated mission to the Red Planet
- Researchers recommend new EU standards for machine strength grading of timber
Posted 2011-03-11:
- How do people respond to being touched by a robotic nurse?
- Defective plastics repair themselves
- Work climate the main reason women leave engineering, survey suggests
- New switching device could help build an ultrafast 'quantum Internet'
- Web-crawling the brain: 3-D nanoscale model of neural circuit created
- How long does a tuning fork ring?
- Voyager seeks the answer blowin' in the wind
- Electromechanical circuit sets record beating microscopic 'drum'
- Toward real time observation of electron dynamics in atoms and molecules
- High-volume portable music players may impair ability to clearly discriminate sounds
- Intelligent microscopy: Software runs experiments on its own
- Open-source software is actually more secure for health care IT, study suggests
Posted 2011-03-10:
- Synthetic biology: Novel kind of fluorescent protein developed
- NASA's Jupiter-bound spacecraft taking shape in Denver
- New molecular robot can be programmed to follow instructions
- Medical microcamera the size of a grain of salt gives razor-sharp images, very inexpensively
- Report identifies priority missions for planetary science in the next decade
- Ultrafast laser 'scribing' technique to cut cost, hike efficiency of solar cells
- Real March Madness is relying on seedings to determine Final Four
- Cassini finds Saturn's moon Enceladus is a powerhouse
- New instrument for analyzing viruses: Sensitive 'PING' device
- Ultra fast photodetectors out of carbon nanotubes
- Engineers demonstrate use of proteins as raw material for biofuels, biorefining
- Receiving work-related communication at home takes greater toll on women, study finds
- Some of Mars' missing carbon dioxide may be buried
- Enzymes from garden compost could favour bioethanol production
- NASA develops light microscope for International Space Station
- Intelligence analysts need not fear 'Watson,' study shows
- Extremely fast magnetic random access memory (MRAM) computer data storage within reach
- Graphene oxide’s solubility disappears in the wash
Posted 2011-03-09:
- How can robots get our attention?
- Identifying 'anonymous' email authors
- Rare observation of cosmic explosion
- Student innovation transmits data and power wirelessly through submarine hulls
- Teaching robots to move like humans
- Researchers hunt for green catalysts
- Microbial forensics used to solve the case of the 2001 anthrax attacks
- New mathematical model of information processing in the brain accurately predicts some of the peculiarities of human vision
- New interpretation of Antarctic ice cores: Prevailing theory on climate history expanded
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