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Safer way to make diazomethane developed

(PhysOrg.com) -- Diazomethane is a toxic, explosive reagent prepared as needed in laboratories, where it is commonly used in cyclopropanation, but its explosive nature prevents it being used widely on an industrial ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

HTML5 spec editor slams Google & gang's DRM bid

(PhysOrg.com) -- A draft proposal by Google, Microsoft and Netflix to introduce mechanisms for copy protection on web videos has generated strong opposition and a response that the proposal is "unethical." ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (21) | comments 13 | with audio podcast report

Wireless startup LightSquared files for bankruptcy

LightSquared Inc., which hoped to create an independent wireless broadband network in the U.S., filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday.

Technology / Telecom

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 6

Real smart: Protective clothing with built-in A/C

(Phys.org) -- In order to test the new "smart" protective vest, an experimenter wearing one has jogged several kilometers on the treadmill in a climate-controlled chamber at Empa. During the jog he lost 544 ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Virus 'barcodes' offer rapid detection of mutated strains

Researchers at the University of Leeds are developing a way to 'barcode' viral diseases to rapidly test new outbreaks for potentially lethal mutations.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Engineers put five-story building on seismic shake table to test for earthquake, fire readiness

What happens when you put a fully equipped five-story building, which includes an intensive care unit, a surgery suite, piping and air conditioning, fire barriers and even a working elevator, through series ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New detector design improves gamma-ray measurements

(Phys.org) -- In the pursuit of precision measurements, nothing is simple, even when the apparatus employed appears to be utterly uncomplicated. An instructive case in point is the new ionization chamber used ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Google lets users monitor their online activity

Google on Wednesday began letting people get monthly reports summarizing what they have been up to at the Internet titan's free online services.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Ancient civilizations reveal ways to manage fisheries for sustainability

In the search for sustainability of the ocean's fisheries, solutions can be found in a surprising place: the ancient past.

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Nerve gas litmus test could sense airborne chemical weapons

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nerve gases are colorless, odorless, tasteless and deadly. While today's soldiers carry masks and other protective gear, they don't have reliable ways of knowing when they need them in time. ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Google rolls out new privacy policy amid howls

Google rolled out a new privacy policy Thursday allowing the firm to track users across various services to develop targeted advertising, despite sharp criticism from US and European consumer advocacy groups.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 56

Graphene is thinnest known anti-corrosion coating

New research has established the "miracle material" called graphene as the world's thinnest known coating for protecting metals against corrosion. Their study on this potential new use of graphene appears ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Browser bypasses put Google in privacy cross hairs

Privacy advocates, lawyers and powerful rival Microsoft were piling on Google on Tuesday for sidestepping Web browsing software to tailor ads for people signed into its online services. ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gases drawn into smog particles stay there, study reveals

Airborne gases get sucked into stubborn smog particles from which they cannot escape, according to findings by UC Irvine and other researchers published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

All foamed up: Synthesis of macroporous polystyrene through polymerization of foamed emulsions

(PhysOrg.com) -- Packaging, insulation, and impact protection are examples of commercial uses of polymer foams. Depending on the intended application, the properties required of these foams can differ greatly. In the journal ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast