French fashion label Smuggler on Thursday said it had produced a suit that can block electromagnetic waves produced by mobile phones.

Technology - Other

Mar 21, 2013 1 / 5 (1) 1

(AP)—A new underwater explorer has hit the seas armed with cameras, strobes and sonar and charged with being a protector of sorts to the valuable Atlantic scallop catch.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Sep 02, 2012 2 / 5 (3) 0

Taking inspiration from nature in order to confer new properties to coatings, such as steel: that is the basic principle of Biocoat project, which has for six years now brought together the University de Liege (Belgium) and ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Jun 18, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) -- Stainless steel is the icon of cleanliness for home and commercial kitchens, restaurants, hospitals and other settings, but it can collect disease-causing bacteria like other surfaces if not ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

May 31, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 2

Scientists at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the International Atomic Energy Agency have developed a larval rearing unit based on a tray and rack system that is expected to be able ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

May 07, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Materials scientists at the University of Birmingham have devised a way of making stainless steel surfaces resistant to bacteria in a project funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council which culminated ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Jul 19, 2011 5 / 5 (4) 3

The alarm caused by bisphenol A (BPA) presence in reusable plastic bottles resulted in a recent industry change, producing products made with supposed BPA-free materials.

Chemistry - Materials Science

Jul 11, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Buddies and mechanical engineers, Dave Petrillo and Dave Jackson, have, thanks to Kickstart.com, begun a business selling the Coffee Joulie (clearly a play on the word for joule, a unit of ...

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

May 03, 2011 4.3 / 5 (10) 22 |

A new chemical bonding process can add new functions to stainless steel and make it a more useful material for implanted biomedical devices. Developed by an interdisciplinary team at the University of Alberta and Canada's ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Apr 27, 2011 3 / 5 (4) 0

A new alloy promises to lessen welders' risk of breathing toxic fumes on the job.

Chemistry - Materials Science

Feb 10, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Apple's iPhone 4 is a beautiful device, one of the nicest in the growing field of amazing smartphones on sale this summer. The software gives its touch-screen controls a buttery smoothness, plus a few handy ...

Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets

Jul 15, 2010 2.5 / 5 (6) 5

Some 40% of commercial disinfectants used to clean surfaces are believed to be ineffective in eliminating noroviruses, a group of viruses responsible for more than half of all foodborne gastroenteritis outbreaks. According ...

Medicine & Health - Health

Mar 17, 2010 5 / 5 (2) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the cosmos, all celestial objects - planets, stars, galaxies and clusters of galaxies - have magnetic fields. On Earth, the magnetic field of our home planet is most easily observed in a compass where ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Oct 09, 2009 4.5 / 5 (4) 0

A leading microbiologist from the University of Southampton has told a conference that his research has found copper is effective in inhibiting the influenza A H1N1 virus.

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Jul 23, 2009 4.5 / 5 (2) 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny bacteria munching on and metabolizing biodegradable materials can produce electrons that could be harnessed by microbial fuel cells for energy. By taking advantage of the catalytic reactions ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Feb 23, 2009 4.8 / 5 (4) 0