(Phys.org)—Around the globe, mariners and navies alike have long observed and included weather and sea states in navigational planning when plotting course or developing military strategy. And although forecasting had become ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 30, 2012
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A team of scientists at the MESA+ Institute of Nanotechnology, the Niels Bohr Institute, and the FOM institute AMOLF have demonstrated that light becomes trapped in even state-of-the-art on-chip waveguides by the tiny amount ...
General Physics
Oct 30, 2012
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Investigadores de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) colaboran con la empresa CEOSA-Euroortodoncia en el desarrollo de una nueva generación de brackets de plástico transparente con nanopartículas que aumentan la ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 30, 2012
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Researchers at the University of Dundee have uncovered the mechanism of an important human enzyme that plays a role in the development of debilitating diseases including cancer, dementia and diabetes.
Biochemistry
Oct 30, 2012
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A team led by Prof. Masatomo Yashima from the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology and Prof. Tatsumi Ishihara from the International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research and the ...
Materials Science
Oct 30, 2012
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Aircraft that work together to solve complicated mathematical problems and airports with more flexibly used runways could be the future of flying, according to studies by the Department of Engineering and its industrial and ...
Engineering
Oct 30, 2012
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A tiny device invented at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory will make it much easier for scientists to determine the structures of important, delicate proteins by greatly reducing the amount of protein needed for study.
General Physics
Oct 30, 2012
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The Canadian Space Agency is well known for its robotics but they've recently expanded from robotic arms to building prototypes for five new rovers, designed for future lunar and Mars missions. They range from microrovers ...
Space Exploration
Oct 30, 2012
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As of 2010, more than a third of all utility meters in the United States used wireless automatic meter reading (AMR) technology – 47 million in all. They make it a lot easier for the utility company to gather data on electricity, ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 30, 2012
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One of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way almost got away with theft. However, new simulations convicted the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) of stealing stars from its neighbor, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). And the crucial ...
Astronomy
Oct 30, 2012
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