(Phys.org) —Vitamin C is found in many foods, and, among other things, is used to prolong shelf life. However, it is not stable in air or at room temperature. Cut fruits turn brown and the tastes of foods ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Apr 02, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 3 |

(Phys.org) —In a world first, a team of researchers from Australia, China and the US has created a super strong metallic composite by harnessing the extraordinary mechanical properties of nanowires.

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Mar 12, 2013 4.9 / 5 (9) 1 |

(Phys.org)—Researcher and team are the first to measure all of the elastic properties of an intact spider's web, drawing a remarkable picture of the behavior of one of nature's most intriguing structures. ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Feb 06, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 6 |

(Phys.org)—A team of materials scientists at Harvard University and the University of Exeter, UK, have invented a new fiber that changes color when stretched. Inspired by nature, the researchers identified ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Jan 28, 2013 5 / 5 (7) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Scientists at Arizona State University are celebrating their recent success on the path to understanding what makes the fiber that spiders spin – weight for weight - at least five times as ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Jan 27, 2013 4.9 / 5 (21) 0 |

Researchers at North Carolina State University have come up with a technique to embed needle-like carbon nanofibers in an elastic membrane, creating a flexible "bed of nails" on the nanoscale that opens the ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Jan 15, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1 |

(Phys.org)—J. M. J. van Leeuwen, a physicist at Leiden University in The Netherlands has created a mathematical model that predicts the maximum incremental size of falling dominos. He's found, as he describes ...

Other Sciences - Mathematics

Jan 11, 2013 4.3 / 5 (6) 13 |

(Phys.org)—Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory and the University of Science and Technology in Hefei, China have captured the super-elastic collision of two coronal mass ejections in the heliosphere. ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Jan 11, 2013 not rated yet 0

The normal (B-form) DNA will switch to left-handed DNA when it is physically twisted, or when a lot of salt is added to the solution. Researchers at the University of Luxembourg were able to accurately calculate for the ...

Chemistry - Other

Dec 21, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org)—Researchers from North Carolina State University have created conductive wires that can be stretched up to eight times their original length while still functioning. The wires can be used for ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Dec 18, 2012 4.4 / 5 (7) 14 |

(Phys.org)—Interest mounts in stretchable electronics, seen as the future direction in mobile electronics. How long before manufacturing giants load retail shelves with devices that have stretchable electronics ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Dec 13, 2012 4 / 5 (1) 1 |

(Phys.org)—Sometimes orange, sometimes white, dog trainers often use plastic fetching batons called bumpers to teach dogs how to retrieve. But researchers at Texas Tech University have discovered that the dogs also may ...

Chemistry - Other

Dec 11, 2012 not rated yet 0

Pygmy mole crickets are known to be prodigious jumpers on land. Now, researchers reporting in the December 4th issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, have found that the tiny insects have found ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Dec 03, 2012 4.3 / 5 (3) 0 |

The quest to harness a broader spectrum of sunlight's energy to produce electricity has taken a radically new turn, with the proposal of a "solar energy funnel" that takes advantage of materials under elastic ...

Physics - Optics & Photonics

Nov 26, 2012 5 / 5 (22) 3 |

A metamaterial invisibility cloak that can adapt to hide different sized objects is demonstrated by in Nature Communications this week. The findings represent a useful advance for more practical applications of metamaterial cloaki ...

Physics - Condensed Matter

Nov 21, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0