Safer, more efficient, fusion-generated electricity is on the horizon
Fusion-fueled power generation has been the energy of the future for several decades.
Energy & Green Tech
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More efficient energy use could result from a direct experimental observation of atomic behavior inside nanoscale cages
Thermoelectric generators can make better use of the excess heat generated by machines by converting temperature differences directly back into electricity. Now, Masaki Takata from the RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Harima, working ...
Condensed Matter
Oct 12, 2012
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Advanced computer simulations reveal the conformational changes of an enzyme anchoring to its substrate
Pathogenic bacteria bristle with surface proteins that help them to infect their host. From chemical hooks that anchor the bacteria in place to cloaking proteins that hide them from their host's immune system, each protein ...
Biochemistry
Oct 12, 2012
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Six-year journey leads to proof of Feit-Thompson Theorem
At 5:46 p.m. on Sept. 20, Georges Gonthier, principal researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge, sent a brief email to his colleagues at the Microsoft Research-Inria Joint Centre in Paris. It read, in full: "This is really ...
Mathematics
Oct 12, 2012
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NYU physicists recognized for discovering novel spin-based memory
A discovery by New York University physicists that has potential to significantly enhance computer memory has been cited by Applied Physics Letters as "one of the most notable" articles the journal has published over the ...
General Physics
Oct 12, 2012
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BREAK project creates free assistive devices for people living with disabilities
Ordinarily, it takes years before the work of scientists and engineers make an impact on the lives of everyday people in their community. But for some students of engineering at the University of Kansas, the satisfaction ...
Engineering
Oct 12, 2012
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Researchers use 'spin coating' to prevent cracking in nanoparticle films
(Phys.org)—Making uniform coatings is a common engineering challenge, and, when working at the nanoscale, even the tiniest cracks or defects can be a big problem. New research from University of Pennsylvania engineers has ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 12, 2012
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Researchers use fruit flies to study proto-oncogenes
(Phys.org)—Spots on the butts of fruit flies are really, really small. But what a researcher and his graduate student are discovering about them could be gigantic.
Biotechnology
Oct 12, 2012
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Cells control energy metabolism via hedgehog signalling pathway
Cancer, diabetes, and excess body weight have one thing in common: they alter cellular metabolism. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg and the Medical University of Vienna ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 12, 2012
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Fly genomes show natural selection and return to Africa
(Phys.org)—When ancestral humans walked out of Africa tens of thousands of years ago, Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies came along with them. Now the fruit flies, widely used for genetics research, are returning to Africa ...
Biotechnology
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