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for the Week of June 5 to June 12, 2011
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Posted 2011-06-11:
- Physicists apply Einstein's general theory of relativity to superconducting circuits
- Photosynthesis mechanics: Tapping into plants is the key to combat climate change, says scientist
- Nearby galaxy boasts two monster black holes, both active
- Ultrathin copper-oxide layers behave like quantum spin liquid
- Communicating in a crisis: Researchers devise new technique to help rescuers communicate after terrorist attacks
- Nanotechnology circuits for wireless devices: First wafer-scale graphene integrated circuit smaller than a pinhead
Posted 2011-06-11:
- Physicists hit on mathematical description of superfluid dynamics
- NASA's Dawn spacecraft approaches protoplanet Vesta
- Fighting oil-spills with air-bubbles
- New parallelization technique boosts computers' ability to model biological systems
- Engineers envision 'two-dimensional' graphene metamaterials and one-atom-thick optical devices
- Meteorite holds clues to organic chemistry of early Earth
- New imaging technology promising for diagnosing cardiovascular disease, diabetes
- Temperature tracking device for packages may have climate metrology applications
- New way to make lighter, stronger steel -- in a flash
- Chemists devise better way to prepare workhorse molecules
- Mars Exploration Rover heads toward 'Spirit Point'
- The downside -- and surprising upside –- of microcredit
Posted 2011-06-10:
- New driving force for chemical reactions
- Unique 'portrait' of shuttle and International Space Station released
- Magnetic bubbles reside at solar system edge, NASA probes suggest
- 'Biological circuit' components developed; New microscope technique for measuring them
- Historic first images of rod photoreceptors in the living human eye
- Researchers discover superatoms with magnetic shells
- First Images from the VLT Survey Telescope with with huge 268-megapixel camera
- Aircraft systems in the environmental chamber
- Water's surface not all wet: Some water molecules split the difference between gas and liquid
- Rosetta comet probe starts years-long space hibernation
- Asteroid served up 'custom orders' of life's ingredients
Posted 2011-06-09:
- Astronomers find a new class of stellar explosions
- New method to make sodium ion-based battery cells could lead to better, cheaper batteries for the electrical grid
- Ordered fear plays a strong role in market chaos
- Research creates nanoparticles perfectly formed to tackle cancer
- Using magnets to help prevent heart attacks: Magnetic field can reduce blood viscosity, physicist discovers
- GPS stations can detect clandestine nuclear tests
- Finding answers century-old questions about platinum's catalytic properties
- Near infrared fluorescence lights up hidden blood clots
- NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory catches 'surfer' waves on the sun
- Greater cancer detection is possible with 4-D PET image reconstruction
- New data still have scientists in dark over dark matter
- Protein folding made easy
- Desktop genome analyzer and browser lets biologists easily analyze and process high-throughput data
Posted 2011-06-08:
- NASA sees the sun having a solar blast
- Radio waves making a comeback?
- Engineers look to the birds for the future of unmanned aerial vehicles
- Quantum simulator prototype: Toward new class of semiconductor nanostructures that probe quantum world
- Novel geothermal technology packs a one-two punch against climate change
- Neutron analysis explains dynamics behind best thermoelectric materials
- Astrophysicists use X-ray fingerprints to study eating habits of giant black holes
- Scanning the skies for debris hazards
- Compaction bands in sandstone are permeable: Findings could aid hydraulic fracturing, other fluid extraction techniques
- Scientists use super microscope to pinpoint body’s immunity 'switch'
- Virtual water cannot remedy freshwater shortage
- European project applies the social networking principle to scientific research
Posted 2011-06-07:
- Nanotechnologists must take lessons from nature
- Low-cost wireless sensor networks open new horizons for the Internet of things
- New supernova shows signs of atypical composition
- Tiny talk on a barnacle's back: Scientists use new imaging technique to reveal complex microbial interactions
- Perfect welds for car bodies
- Kinder, gentler video games may actually be good for players
- Material turns hard or soft at the touch of a button
- Applying conductive nanocoatings to textiles
- New solar system formation models indicate that Jupiter's foray robbed Mars of mass
- First polymer solar-thermal device heats home, saves money
- New communication systems to bring order to air traffic chaos
- Wikipedia improves students' work: Students become much more concerned with accuracy when their research is posted online, study finds
- Major step in improving forecasts of weather extremes such as floods and droughts
- It all depends on the coffee: The eco-balance of coffee capsules
- Optical control of magnetic effects at the nanoscale
- Jupiter's youthful travels redefined solar system
- Graphene-based polarizer can broaden bandwidth of optical fiber-based telecommunications
- No significant difference in car fuel consumption between E10 and E5 petrol grades, Finnish study finds
Posted 2011-06-06:
- Robotic mine vehicles successfully reanimated by engineering students using industry support
- Physicists store antimatter atoms for 1,000 seconds -- and still counting
- Noise research to combat 'wind turbine syndrome'
- Developing advanced biofuels: Researchers counteract biofuel toxicity in microbes
- CERN experiment traps antimatter atoms for 1000 seconds
- CERN group traps antihydrogen atoms for more than 16 minutes
- Upping the anti: Canadian researchers instrumental in game-changing antimatter study
Posted 2011-06-05:
- DNA can discern between two quantum states, research shows
- Building a better dam map: New database of reservoirs and dams for sustainable river-flow management
Posted 2011-06-04:
- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity passes small crater and big milestone
- Weight loss success in a 3-D virtual world
- New sound synchronization technology holds the key to earlier diagnosis of heart disease
- Lasers used to form 3-D crystals made of nanoparticles
- Quantum physics first: Physicists measure without distorting
- Researchers build largest biochemical circuit out of small synthetic DNA molecules
- Researchers map, measure brain's neural connections
- Phase change memory-based 'Moneta' system points to the future of computer storage
- Mathematical models provide insights into cholera vaccination strategies for Zimbabwe
- Examining the brain as a neural information super-highway
- Solar inverters: Losses are cut in half
Posted 2011-06-03:
- Single-crystal arrays of graphene: Advance in efforts to develop a replacement for silicon in high-performance electronics
- Leakage of private information from popular web sites is common, new study finds
- Microscopic worms could help open up travel into deep space
- Heartbeat of nanoparticles made visible
- 'Hot body' could help ships reduce drag
- New technology could inspire brain implant for detecting and treating seizures
- World Wars camouflage technique could have benefits in modern warfare
- Honeysuckle extract: Natural sunblock for UV-protective clothing
- A night with the stars ... in a conference room
- Simulator will improve hydrogen safety
Posted 2011-06-02:
- Quantum knowledge cools computers: New understanding of entropy
- Bacterial protein secreting sticky appendages: Atomic-level images suggest new targets for antibacterial drugs
- Safety of nanoparticles in food crops is still unclear
- Thomas Edison also invented the concrete house, researcher says
- Randomness rules in turbulent flows
- A postcard from extragalactic space? A spiral galaxy that resembles our Milky Way
- Making complex fluids look simple
- 'Dead' galaxies aren't so dead after all
- Noninvasive wireless near-infrared device provides reliable diagnosis of bladder dysfunction
- Biodegradable products may be bad for the environment
- New way to help nanoscale engineers choose self-assembling proteins
- Working toward sending humans to Mars
- Stamping out low cost nanodevices
Posted 2011-06-01:
- Researchers create nanoscale waveguide for future photonics
- Mobile virtual world with a flexible virtual reality system
- Clean energy technology: Direct methanol fuel cell system moves forward
- Code green: Energy-efficient programming to curb computers' power use
- 'E-waste pollution' a threat to human health, new research suggests
- Cell phones and cancer: Assessment classifies radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans
- Honing household helpers: Computer scientists work toward improving robots’ ability to plan and perform complex actions, domestically and elsewhere
- Hide files within files for better data security: Using executable program files to hide data with steganography
- 'Nanowire' measurements could improve computer memory
- Listening with one atom: New record for measuring magnetic vibrations using the spin of a single atom
- Defect in graphene may present bouquet of possibilities
- Exotic behavior when mechanical devices reach the nanoscale
- Cover crop seeder pulls triple duty for small farms
Posted 2011-05-31:
- Graphene can polarize light: Researchers demonstrate world's thinnest polarizer
- Making complex composite materials to order
- Flexible films for photovoltaics
- Mars: Red planet's rapid formation explains its small size relative to Earth
- New synchrotron technique could see hidden building blocks of life
- Method for detecting toxic substances in leather and footwear developed
Posted 2011-05-30:
- Biological circuits for synthetic biology
- New software tool helps evaluate natural cooling options for buildings
- Teasing apart galaxy collisions: Spitzer photo atlas of galactic 'train wrecks'
- Stars help researchers track space junk
- Dangerous side effect of common drug combination -- Paxil and Pravachol -- discovered by data mining
- Scientists argue against conclusion that bacteria consumed Deepwater Horizon methane
- Better passwords get with the beat
Posted 2011-05-29:
- Better viewing through fluorescent nanotubes when peering into innards of a mouse
- New hope of detecting gravitational waves: Final piece of Einstein's jigsaw puzzle
- Chameleon magnets: Ability to switch magnets 'on' or 'off' could revolutionize computing
- Students struggling with math may have a neurocognitive disorder called dyscalculia: Disorder affects roughly as many people as dyslexia
- Physicists explain the long, useful lifetime of carbon-14
Posted 2011-05-28:
- Astronomers unveil most complete 3-D map of local universe
- New procedure to make brain surgery safer
- Spitzer sees crystal 'rain' in outer clouds of infant star
- Green and lean: Secreting bacteria eliminate cost barriers for renewable biofuel production
- Rendezvous with an asteroid: NASA to launch new science mission to near-Earth asteroid in 2016
- Improving DNA sequencing: Sponge-like biosensor crams enormous power into tiny space
- Nanoengineers invent new biomaterial that more closely mimics human tissue
- New nanoscale imaging may lead to new treatments for multiple sclerosis
- NASA is making hot 'way cool'
- Nuclear radiation affects sex of babies, study suggests
- Matter-matter entanglement at a distance: Quantum mechanical entanglement of two remote quantum systems
- NASA's Hubble finds rare 'blue straggler' stars in the Milky Way's hub
- Superior sound for telephones, mobile and related devices
Posted 2011-05-27:
- NASA's WISE mission offers a taste of galaxies to come
- Testing material hardness and strength: Butter up the old 'scratch test' to make it tough
- The quantum computer is growing up: Repetitive error correction in a quantum processor
- Scientists detect Earth-equivalent amount of water within the moon
- Children experience wrist and finger pain when using gaming devices and mobile phones over time, study suggests
- 'Guide vests': Robotic navigation aids for the visually impaired
- Feuding helium dwarf stars exposed by eclipse
- Quantum sensor tracked in human cells could aid drug discovery
- Teaching algae to make fuel: New process could lead to production of hydrogen using bioengineered microorganisms
- Intuitions regarding geometry are universal, study suggests
- Biomedical imaging: Ultrasound guide star and time-reversal mirror can focus light deep under the skin
- Carrying humans into deep space: NASA announces key decision for next deep space transportation system
- Violent video games reduce brain response to violence and increase aggressive behavior, study suggests
- Five new hot spots where medicine and technology will converge
- Scientists generates hydrogen as an energy source from ethanol and sunlight
- Dramatically raising low metal recycling rates part of path to green economy
- Using the hand as a joystick
- Music game for autistic children unveiled
Posted 2011-05-26:
- Electron is surprisingly spherical, say scientists following 10-year study
- Trash to treasure: Turning steel-mill waste into bricks
- Cosmic explosion is new candidate for most distant object in the universe
- Sustainable 'bio-derived' jet fuel industry is achievable
- Using microbes to generate electricity?
- NASA's Spirit Rover completes mission on Mars
- New bandwidth management techniques boost operating efficiency in multi-core chips
- Brilliant but solitary superstar discovered in nearby galaxy
- Improving health assessments with a single cell: Portable microchip for immune monitoring and clinical applications
- Kepler's astounding haul of multiple-planet systems
- Hips take walking in stride, ankles put best foot forward in run
- Simple method of dealing with harmful radioactive iodine discovered
- Seeing an atomic thickness
- Once thought a rival phase, antiferromagnetism coexists with superconductivity
- Expanded Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope flexing new scientific muscle
- A new system increases network communication security and anonymity
- Path to sustainable aviation biofuels industry in Northwest
- Semiconductor manufacturing cost and production savings up to 15 percent with design-dependent process monitoring
Posted 2011-05-25:
- How to learn a star's true age
- Biomedical engineering students fight hypothermia on the battlefield
- Too easy to steal cargo from transport networks: Research points to solutions
- Universe's not-so-missing mass
- Mathematically ranking ranking methods
- Nearby supernova factory ramps up
- New way to analyze a bloody crime scene: Chicken wing sauce and trigonometry brought to bear on CSI enigma
- Common fire retardant harmful to aquatic life
- Violence doesn't add to children's enjoyment of TV shows, movies
- Novel artificial material could facilitate wireless power
- Hubble views the star that changed the universe
- Particle trap paves way for personalized medicine
- Supercapacitors: Cheaper, greener, alternative energy storage
- New device could reduce surgical scarring
- Ants give new evidence for interaction networks
- 'Surrogates' aid design of complex parts and controlling video games
- NASA's two lunar-bound spacecraft, vacuum-packed
- Poorer reading skills following changed computer habits of children
- NASA's NPP satellite successfully completes thermal vac testing
- California's energy future: Aggressive efficiency and electrification needed to cut emissions
Posted 2011-05-24:
- World record in ultra-rapid data transmission
- Used football faceshields are susceptible to breaking on impact
- High performance electric motorcycle developed
- Just four percent of galaxies have neighbors like the Milky Way
- Portable hydrogen reactor for fuel cells
- Genomics and social network analysis team up to solve disease outbreaks
- Black holes spin faster and faster
- Species reemergence after collapse: Possible but different, mathematical model shows
- To bluff, or not to bluff? Modern-day game theory techniques sheds light on legendary military bluffs
- New green technology for hydrogen production
- Scientists present Large Hadron Collider findings at Quark Matter 2011 Conference
Posted 2011-05-23:
- Engineers scale up process that could improve economics of ethanol production
- Video game effects on kids: Not all black and white, expert argues
- New method of unreeling cocoons could extend silk industry beyond Asia
Posted 2011-05-22:
- Wii key to helping kids balance
- First macro-scale thin-film solid-oxide fuel cell: Strong, nanostructured membrane enables scaling for clean-energy applications
- Pharmacies' software systems miss potentially dangerous interactions, study finds
- Artificial tissue promotes skin growth in wounds
- Smooth single-molecule layers of materials: Expanding the degrees of surface freezing
Posted 2011-05-21:
- Radio telescopes capture best-ever snapshot of black hole jets
- Buying 'legal highs' from the Internet is risky business
- Researchers create nanopatch for the heart
- Laser modules in matchbox size
- Record efficiency of 18.7 percent for flexible solar cells on plastics, Swiss researchers report
- Wireless sensor network monitors microclimate in the forest
Posted 2011-05-20:
- It's not easy being green: Scientists grow understanding of how photosynthesis is regulated
- Looking deep into a huge storm on Saturn
- Neutrons provide first sub-nanoscale snapshots of Huntington's disease protein
- Microscope: Handy, quick and flat
- Antibody production gets confused during long-term spaceflight
- Cell phone use may reduce male fertility, Austrian-Canadian study suggests
- Ensuring the safety of radiation therapy
- Liquid crystal droplets discovered to be exquisitely sensitive to an important bacterial lipid
- Dark energy is driving universe apart: NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer finds dark energy repulsive
- 'Critical baby step' taken for spying life on a molecular scale
- Virtual workout partners spur better results, study finds
- New technique sheds light on the mysterious process of cell division
- Carbon black nanoparticles can cause cell death, inflammation in lungs, researchers find
- Autonomous robot for underwater intervention tasks successfully tested
- Rainbows without pigments offer new defense against fraud
- What electric car convenience is worth
- Potentially toxic flame retardants detected in baby products
- Video game playing increases food intake in teens, study confirms
- Nuclear magnetic resonance with no magnets
- Hospitals misleading patients about benefits of robotic surgery, study suggests
- Why have Murillo’s skies turned grey? Researchers find key to pigment fading
Posted 2011-05-19:
- Imaging technology reveals intricate details of 49-million-year-old spider
- Do microbes swim faster or slower in elastic fluids? Research answers long-standing question
- Free-floating planets may be more common than stars
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