https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Biological processes are framed by the context they take place in. A new tool developed by the Stegle Group from EMBL Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) helps put molecular biology research findings in a better context of cellular surroundings, by integrating different forms of spatial data. https://phys.org/news/2024-04-universal-framework-spatial-biology.html Cell & Microbiology Tue, 23 Apr 2024 12:06:05 EDT news633092762 Scientists led by an Oregon State University chemistry researcher are closing in on a new tool for tackling the global problem of weedkiller-tainted groundwater. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-metal-framework-key-advance-pesticide.html Analytical Chemistry Wed, 06 Mar 2024 10:59:03 EST news628945141 Researchers at Purdue University have discovered new waves with picometer-scale spatial variations of electromagnetic fields that can propagate in semiconductors like silicon. The research team, led by Dr. Zubin Jacob, Elmore Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Physics and Astronomy, published their findings in Physical Review Applied in a paper titled "Picophotonics: Anomalous Atomistic Waves in Silicon." https://phys.org/news/2022-11-light-matter-interactions-sub-nanometer-scales-picophotonics.html Optics & Photonics Wed, 16 Nov 2022 16:32:52 EST news587838766 Monash University researchers have developed a faster, more efficient nanodevice to filter proton and alkaline metal ions which will help design next-generation membranes for clean energy technology, conversion and storage. https://phys.org/news/2022-04-faster-efficient-nanodevice-filter-proton.html Nanomaterials Fri, 08 Apr 2022 10:26:59 EDT news568632414 The United States unveiled a sweeping new regulatory framework for the unexpectedly rapid rise of self-driving automobile technology, just days after Uber broke ground with its first driverless taxis. https://phys.org/news/2016-09-self-driving-cars.html Hi Tech & Innovation Tue, 20 Sep 2016 02:34:56 EDT news393557683 The last 10 years have seen a flurry of research on an emerging technology called compressed sensing. Compressed sensing does something that seems miraculous: It extracts more information from a signal than the signal would appear to contain. One of the most celebrated demonstrations of the technology came in 2006, when Rice University researchers produced images with a resolution of tens of thousands of pixels using a camera whose sensor had only one pixel. https://phys.org/news/2013-02-vagaries-real-world-circuitry-affect-technique.html Engineering Fri, 01 Feb 2013 06:31:10 EST news278922661 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have no problem making a menagerie of nanometer-sized objects -- wires, tubes, belts, and even tree-like structures. What they sometimes have been unable to do is explain precisely how those objects form in the vapor and liquid cauldrons in which they are made. https://phys.org/news/2010-04-crystal-defect-shown-key-hollow.html Nanomaterials Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:00:06 EDT news191163540 (PhysOrg.com) -- As the amounts of data being stored by databases around the world enters the realm of the petabyte (the amount of data stored in a mile-high stack of CD-ROM disks), efficient data management is becoming more and more important. Now computer scientists at Yale University have developed a new database system by combining the best features of multiple approaches to create an open source hybrid system called HadoopDB. https://phys.org/news/2009-08-terabytes-petabytes-scientists-hybrid-database.html Computer Sciences Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:09:43 EDT news170525347