08/11/2010

Novel metamaterial vastly improves quality of ultrasound imaging

(PhysOrg.com) -- New "metamaterials" can overcome some of the limitations of microscopes and imagers, including ultrasound imagers. Researchers in the Nano-scale Science & Engineering Center have come up with a metamaterial ...

Video: Flight of the comet

(PhysOrg.com) -- This video clip was compiled from images taken by NASA's EPOXI mission spacecraft during its flyby of comet Hartley 2 on Nov. 4.

Leaf-cutter ants

Leaf-cutter ants put on quite a show. In established colonies, millions of "workers" cut and carry sections of leaves larger than their own bodies as part of a well choreographed, highly functioning society.

Toshiba introduces high performance blade-type SSDs

Toshiba Corporation today announced an innovative new form factor in high capacity solid-state storage, thin, blade-shaped SSD modules, the "Blade X-gale" series.

Nuclear expansion in China

As the world's most populous country and fastest growing major economy, it's no surprise that China needs energy - lots of energy. Its thirst for oil has been a major driver for the dramatic increase in crude prices since ...

Harvard researchers identify new aspect of cell reprogramming

(PhysOrg.com) -- An interdisciplinary group of leading Harvard geneticists and stem cell researchers has found a new genetic aspect of cell reprogramming that may ultimately help in the fine-tuning of induced pluripotent ...

Rare bat found in oil palm plantation's oasis

(PhysOrg.com) -- The discovery of a rare bat species in a tiny fragment of rainforest surrounded by an oil palm plantation has demonstrated that even small areas of forest are worth saving.

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