Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), working in collaboration with the Naval Research Laboratory, have found that a particular species of quantum dots that weren't commonly thought to ...
Nanophysics
May 21, 2014
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Some of the wind turbines generating electricity on Earth today grew out of technology developed in the 1990s for settlements on Mars.
Energy & Green Tech
May 21, 2014
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Brightly coloured lizard tails have evolved as a 'risky decoy' defence strategy against bird attacks, new research suggests.
Plants & Animals
May 21, 2014
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Researchers led by Yoshiyuki Miyamoto predicted from numerical simulations that weak cohesive forces acting among molecules and atoms that are not chemically bonded can be strengthened by irradiation of light whose wavelength ...
General Physics
May 21, 2014
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A new report from Simon Fraser University's Centre for Dialogue highlights the ways in which Canadian society and government should approach reconciliation with communities affected by injustice.
Social Sciences
May 21, 2014
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Vast amounts of excess heat are generated by industrial processes and by electric power plants; researchers around the world have spent decades seeking ways to harness some of this wasted energy. Most such efforts have focused ...
Energy & Green Tech
May 21, 2014
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A visual saliency technique that can detect and extract relevant information from both still and moving images has many applications for computer image processing. Such a technique can be used to detect motion, distinguish ...
Computer Sciences
May 21, 2014
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Science and show business may sound like an unusual combination, but advances in technology mean that scientists can now capture dramatic images of their research that easily match the glamor of Broadway. A striking image ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 21, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A chip-scale device that both produces and detects a specialized gas used in biomedical analysis and medical imaging has been built and demonstrated at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). ...
General Physics
May 21, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Although mass may seem to be a fairly straightforward concept, from a physics perspective it can be much more complex than weighing an object and reading off a number in grams. For instance, an object's mass ...
