(PhysOrg.com) -- To settle down on the surface of titanium dioxide, oxygen atoms need a few electrons. The source of these electrons has been under debate: do the electrons come from the surface or from deep down within? ...
Materials Science
Jun 15, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The new system, which can compute faster and more efficiently than previous quantum computers, may bring the technology closer to reality.
Quantum Physics
Jun 15, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from the Bettany Centre for Entrepreneurial Performance & Economics at Cranfield School of Management and the Centre for SMEs at Warwick Business School has revealed that having the right business ...
Economics & Business
Jun 15, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Many parents find balancing work and family tough but now help is available. Research from The University of Queensland has found parents who complete a parenting program targeted at improving work life balance ...
Social Sciences
Jun 15, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A planetary scientist from University College London is designing the 'eyes' of a rover that will search for signs of life on Mars.
Space Exploration
Jun 15, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Motivating students to learn science is a problem for many teachers. A problem Ron Hamby, an eighth grade teacher from Orchard Middle School, San Jose, Calif., may have solved for his classroom by employing ...
Social Sciences
Jun 15, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has developed a breakthrough technology for a nanowire transistor, a major candidate for a 3D structure transistor for system LSI in the 16nm generation and beyond.
Electronics & Semiconductors
Jun 15, 2010
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Two years into a study looking at methods of combining a living cover crop between corn rows shows that yield can be maintained at high levels using environmentally friendly practices.
Environment
Jun 15, 2010
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The voices you hear on message services are often created artificially by fitting together short audio snippets from a large library of vocalized words and sounds. Scientists are now moving beyond the older generic voices ...
Computer Sciences
Jun 15, 2010
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Austria's national library said Tuesday it has struck a 30-million-euro deal with US Internet giant Google to digitise 400,000 copyright-free books, a vast collection spanning 400 years of European history.
Internet
Jun 15, 2010
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