(PhysOrg.com) -- As well as organic structures, mineral structures also play an important role in living organisms. You don’t even have to go as far as seashells or the artful silica scaffolds of diatoms; a glimpse into ...
Materials Science
Nov 14, 2011
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A revolutionary software program which allows mobile phones to communicate when normal phone lines are down has earned Flinders University’s Dr. Paul Gardner-Stephen (pictured) a place in the finals of an international ...
Software
Nov 14, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the more challenging fields of scientific inquiry is planetary formation – and most relevant is that of our own Earth and Moon. The current view, based on chronometry (scientific time measurement) ...
New research suggests the habitable zone around some stars – the so-called Goldilocks zone – could be up to 30 per cent bigger than previously thought.
Astronomy
Nov 14, 2011
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It’s the story of a long dynasty of industrial robots. Delta’s three arms began by packaging chocolates, before being used in watchmaking, tele-surgery and the processing of materials....
Robotics
Nov 14, 2011
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Bill Conner runs a defense company whose customers are threatened by new forms of global attack every day.
Internet
Nov 14, 2011
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China completed its second space docking on Monday, state media reported, as it moves closer towards fulfilling its ambition to set up a manned space station.
Space Exploration
Nov 14, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While physicist Robert Dicke is probably most famous for his work on the cosmic microwave background (CMB) – and being "scooped" while attempting to be the first to detect it – he also performed ...
Voters prefer to choose candidates with lower-pitched voices, according to new findings by researchers at McMaster University.
Social Sciences
Nov 14, 2011
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Poaching and illegal trade in sturgeon caviar persist in Romania and Bulgaria, environmental group WWF warned on Monday, posing a serious risk to the highly threatened species of fish.
Ecology
Nov 14, 2011
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