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Research opens doors to UV disinfection using LED technology

Research from North Carolina State University will allow the development of energy-efficient LED devices that use ultraviolet (UV) light to kill pathogens such as bacteria and viruses. The technology has a wide array of applications ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Bacterial builders on site for computer construction

(Phys.org) -- Forget computer viruses - magnet-making bacteria could be used to build tomorrow’s computers with larger hard drives and speedier connections.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Creation of database for promising adsorbents for decontamination of radioactive substances from nuclear power plants

(PhysOrg.com) -- NIMS is collecting basic data on natural minerals produced in various regions and inorganic materials with different chemical compositions as a tool for selecting suitable materials, and will make this information ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Technology, economics may counter climate impact

The impacts of climate change on corn yields in the United States and China in coming decades may not be all bad, according to a new Cornell and University of Tokyo study published in a recent issue of the ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Cracking flight's mysteries: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a microrobot

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at Harvard University have created a millionth-scale automobile differential to govern the flight of minuscule aerial robots that could someday be used to probe environmental hazards, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 06, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Microrobots: Miniature auto differential helps tiny aerial robots stay aloft

Engineers at Harvard University have created a millionth-scale automobile differential to govern the flight of minuscule aerial robots that could someday be used to probe environmental hazards, forest fires, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 02, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Robot suits to aid elderly Japanese farmers with toiling in the fields

Manual labor is becoming more and more difficult for Japan's aging farmers, prompting a Tokyo professor to devise a high-tech solution: mechanize the bodies of the farmers themselves.

Electronics / Robotics

created Aug 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Japanese robo-suit promises superpowers for greying farmers

While Robocop and Iron Man can dodge bullets and crush villains, a new powered suit from Japan promises its elderly users more modest powers, such as pulling up radishes without getting a backache.

Electronics / Robotics

created Apr 09, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (15) | comments 9

Magnetic microbe genome attracting attention for biotech research

The smallest organisms to use a biological compass are magnetotactic bacteria, however mysteries remain about exactly how these bacteria create their cellular magnets. In a study published online in Genome Re ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Good taste measured by science; oleic acid in beef used to predict taste

Different projects and research are under way to create standards indicating how good agricultural and livestock products taste.

Chemistry / Other

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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