A team of chemists from the University of Seville (US, Spain) has managed to distinguish between different kinds of tea leaves on the basis of their mineral content and by using artificial neural networks. This technique ...
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 30, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by Rice University scientists suggests that a class of material known as metallacarborane could store hydrogen at or better than benchmarks set by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) ...
Materials Science
Sep 30, 2010
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Getting into a Nokia Research Center laboratory isn't easy. The security doors remain open long enough for one or two people to enter and if held open too long, will sound what we're told is an exceptionally loud alarm. Lucky ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 30, 2010
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Jack Levy, an Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering at City University London, has developed and patented the 'Levytator', and is now seeking to take it to market.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 30, 2010
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Astrophysics deals mostly with things that are so distant -- thousands or billions of light years away -- that we can't ever hope to see them up close. But clever scientists can do the next best thing to making a light-year ...
General Physics
Sep 30, 2010
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From a young girl who vomited a giant worm to lightning strikes and walrus attacks, the treacherous nature of life at sea in the 19th century was laid bare Thursday in newly released British archives.
Other
Sep 30, 2010
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For the past two decades, scientists have been trying to fulfill the promise that stem-cell therapy holds for treating diseases such Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and many others. Their ultimate goal is to be able to remove ...
Biotechnology
Sep 30, 2010
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If the lessons of this year’s massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are heeded, it should be possible to drastically reduce the chances of a repeat occurrence, according to MIT faculty members and other experts who spoke ...
Environment
Sep 30, 2010
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A cheetah lies still in the grass. Finally, a gazelle comes into view. The cheetah plunges forward, reaches sixty-five miles per hour in three seconds, and has the hapless gazelle by the jugular in less than a minute. Then ...
Biochemistry
Sep 30, 2010
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Japanese researchers said Thursday they had developed a hybrid vehicle motor that is free of rare earths, the minerals that are now almost exclusively produced by China.
Engineering
Sep 30, 2010
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