(Phys.org)—The prospect of creating clean, renewable hydrogen fuel is closer than ever after a breakthrough in our understanding of photosynthesis.
Materials Science
Nov 12, 2012
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Australian children use the internet more excessively than their European counterparts, but the behaviour tails off as they grow older, researchers say.
Social Sciences
Nov 12, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Researchers at Kiel University have discovered a toxic protein of pathogenic acanthamoebae and have been able to elucidate its three-dimensional structure. They found that this protein molecule looks different ...
Biochemistry
Nov 12, 2012
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Ngan'gi speakers know it's time to look for freshwater crocodile eggs when the red kapok trees near the Northern Territory's Daly River burst into flower.
Environment
Nov 12, 2012
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National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) researchers have developed a three-dimensional stress analysis simulator for ultra-small silicon (Si) devices. The developed simulation technology allows ...
Nanophysics
Nov 12, 2012
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Counting every single fish in the European seas may sound as likely as finding a mermaid, but it seems the world of technology has no boundaries.
Ecology
Nov 12, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Cell phones as thin and flexible as a sheet of paper. Energy-storing house paint. Roll-up touch screen displays. These are the sorts of devices that the engineering industry is preparing for and expecting. But ...
Nanophysics
Nov 12, 2012
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NASA has found a cure for a common phobia—the fear of asking "stupid" questions. It's not a pill. No therapy is required. The cure is a rubber chicken.
Space Exploration
Nov 12, 2012
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(Phys.org)—New research by Martin Todd, Professor in Climate Change at the University of Sussex, Dr Richard Taylor (University College London) and colleagues from the Tanzanian government and British Geological Survey in ...
Environment
Nov 12, 2012
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(Phys.org)—NASA's Short-term Prediction Research and Transition (SPoRT) Center has been applying enhanced, multispectral image analysis techniques to NASA satellite data to support the monitoring of SuperStorm Sandy's impacts, ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 12, 2012
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