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Superconductors face the future

Futuristic ideas for the use of superconductors, materials that allow electric current to flow without resistance, are myriad: long-distance, low-voltage electric grids with no transmission loss; fast, magnetically ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Sep 10, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Chameleon Guitar' blends old-world and high-tech

(PhysOrg.com) -- Natural wood, with its unique grain patterns, is what gives traditional acoustic instruments warm and distinctive sounds, while the power of modern electronic processing provides an unlimited ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3




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Speeding up drug discovery with rapid 3-D mapping of proteins

A new method for rapidly solving the three-dimensional structures of a special group of proteins, known as integral membrane proteins, may speed drug discovery by providing scientists with precise targets ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sinking the Titanic myth

On the centenary anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, a King’s expert says people’s knowledge of the notorious liner is based on cultural anecdotes rather than historical and scientific fact.  ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

From caves to Stonehenge, ancient peoples painted with sound

Stone Age cave paintings evoke reverent silence in most people. But David Lubman, Miriam Kolar, and Steve Waller prefer to shout and clap instead.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Innovation promises expanded roles for microsensors

Researchers have learned how to improve the performance of sensors that use tiny vibrating microcantilevers to detect chemical and biological agents for applications from national security to food processing.

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Progress and promise in DIAL LIDAR

For climatologists and environmental policy makers who need to determine the flux of greenhouse gases (GHG), there are three paramount questions: Where is it, how much is there, and how is it moving? A new ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Studying the chemistry as it happens in catalytic reactions

(PhysOrg.com) -- While retaining their speed, catalysts have lost some of their secrets, thanks to a new probe built by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to help clarify the steps catalysts ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Physicists cool semiconductor by laser light

Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have combined two worlds – quantum physics and nano physics, and this has led to the discovery of a new method for laser cooling semiconductor membranes. Semiconductors ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jan 22, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Redefining the SI base units

(PhysOrg.com) -- Metrology is poised to undergo a profound change that will benefit scientists, engineers, industry and commerce – but which almost no one will notice in daily life.

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

New technology enables molecular-level insight into carbon sequestration

Carbon sequestration is a potential solution for reducing greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change, but its scientific challenges are complex. Analytical tools are needed that provide information ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Krypton-81 isotope can help map underground waterways

Cataloguing underground waterways, some of which extend for thousands of miles, has always been difficult—but scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, with colleagues ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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