News tagged with glass beads
New technology for recovering valuable minerals from waste rock
Researchers report discovery of a completely new technology for more efficiently separating gold, silver, copper, and other valuable materials from rock and ore. Their report on the process, which uses nanoparticles ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 14, 2011 |
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Team tracks infamous conquistador through southeast
Archaeologists at Atlanta's Fernbank Museum of Natural History have discovered unprecedented evidence that helps map Hernando de Soto's journey through the Southeast in 1540. No evidence of De Soto's path ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Study uncovers secret to speedy burrowing by razor clams
(Phys.org) -- If you look at a razor burrowing clam sitting in a bucket, you’d never guess that it could burrow itself down into the soil, much less do it with any speed. Razor clams look like fat straws, ...
May 25, 2012 |
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Sunlight and air powers access to sterile water
Researchers at the University of Hull (UK) are developing a way to produce constant supplies of sterile water, powered simply by sunlight and air. The device is aimed at remote communities where conventional systems using ...
May 04, 2012 |
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'Bed-of-nails' breast implant deters cancer cells
One in eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer. Of those, many will undergo surgery to remove the tumor and will require some kind of breast reconstruction afterward, often involving implants. ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 23, 2012 |
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Researchers prove Landauer was right in saying heat is dissipated when memory is erased
(PhysOrg.com) -- For over half a century, physicists and computer scientists have been troubled by a theoretical concept set forth by Rolf Landauer. He suggested that the very act of erasing a bit of memory ...
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Less is more: Study of tiny droplets could have big impact on industrial applications
(PhysOrg.com) -- Under a microscope, a tiny droplet slides between two fine hairs like a roller coaster on a set of rails until — poof — it suddenly spreads along them, a droplet no more.
Feb 22, 2012 |
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Fifth X-ray instrument at LCLS debuts, with a bead on disorderly structures
(PhysOrg.com) -- After five night shifts of shooting pairs of X-ray pulses through soups of fine sand and gold, Aymeric Robert was tired but exhilarated. The first experiment with an instrument he helped bring ...
Dec 14, 2011 |
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Manipulating single molecules to unravel secrets of protein folding
Physicists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) are opening a new window into the life of biological cells, using a technique that lets them grab the ends of a single protein molecule and pull, making ...
Oct 27, 2011 |
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Archaeologists in Maryland say they have found long-sought Zekiah Fort
Archaeologists in southern Maryland say they have solved a mystery that has baffled historians since at least the 1930s. They say they have found Zekiah Fort.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 16, 2011 |
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Spider scientists creep up on elusive prey
The summer sun is in full force, yet these scavengers are clutching flashlights.
Aug 24, 2011 |
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Argonne scientists design self-assembled "micro-robots"
(PhysOrg.com) -- Alexey Snezhko and Igor Aronson, physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, have coaxed "micro-robots" to do their bidding.
Aug 09, 2011 |
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