Scientists create tiny mass spectrometer
Purdue University scientists have created battery-powered, miniature instruments that might be used in protecting again terrorist bombings.
Mar 9, 2006
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NASA finds stronger storms change heat and rainfall worldwide
Studies have shown that over the last 40 years, a warming climate has been accompanied by fewer rain- and snow-producing storms in mid-latitudes around the world, but the storms that are happening are a little stronger with ...
Mar 9, 2006
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Chemically squeezing every drop of ethanol from corn
Brent Shanks is going down to the molecules to find a little extra ethanol. Shanks, an Iowa State University associate professor of chemical and biological engineering, is leading a research team that's working to develop ...
Mar 9, 2006
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Nanotech to Improve Satellites and Solar Cells
More efficient space solar cells could mean better imagery satellites and improved solar energy technology. Scientists at the NanoPower Research Labs at Rochester Institute of Technology, led by director Ryne Raffaelle, are ...
Mar 9, 2006
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The Unusual Insulating Properties of a Superconductor
Since their discovery, high-temperature superconductors, a class of remarkable materials that conduct electricity with almost zero resistance, have perplexed scientists. Despite many, many studies, how these materials do ...
Mar 9, 2006
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Internet tech dazzles FOSE convention
Perhaps the U.S. government can rest a little easier over its battle with Internet censorship in China, knowing there is software that could circumvent the Chinese's online censor program.
Mar 9, 2006
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Virus makes classified data go online
File-share can be a dangerous business, or so Japanese government agencies are finding out the hard way.
Mar 9, 2006
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U.N. issues report on world water supplies
The United Nation's World Water Development Report says nearly 20 percent of the Earth's population lacks access to safe drinking water.
Mar 9, 2006
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Move over TiVo, MythTV is here
Frustrated by the slow, advertising-laden cable experience provided by AT&T Broadband, programmer Isaac Richards took matters into his own hands by coming up with his own solution to the problem.
Mar 9, 2006
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Mathematician may become U-Chi president
A presidential search committee is recommending Robert Zimmer, provost of Brown University, become the 13th President of the University of Chicago.
Mar 9, 2006
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