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for the Week of July 3 to July 10, 2011
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Posted 2011-07-09:
Posted 2011-07-09:
- World War II bombing raids offer new insight into the effects of aviation on climate
- Recycling: A new source of indispensible 'rare earth' materials mined mainly in China
- NASA's final space shuttle mission begins with Atlantis' launch
- Robotics: Safety without protective barriers
- Power from the air: Device captures ambient electromagnetic energy to drive small electronic devices
- Chips hold the key to understanding the human brain
- ‘Cling-film’ solar cells could lead to advance in renewable energy
- Nano detector for deadly anthrax
- Using vital signs to predict severity of illness in children
- Big step forward for SKA radio telescope
- Graphene: What can go wrong? New studies point to wrinkles, process contaminants
Posted 2011-07-08:
- Coating boosts nanowire efficiency and sensitivity: Promise for photodetectors and solar cells
- Global investments in green energy up nearly a third to 1 billion
- Stardust in our backyard provides new clues to galaxy evolution
- Promising fire retardant results when clay nanofiller has space
- Eye of Gaia: billion-pixel camera to map Milky Way
- Microalgae could be Texas' next big cash crop
- Cosmic 'axis of evil': Masses of universe's largest objects appear to depend on which method is used to weigh them
- Baseball cheaters can't hide from the laws of physics
- Mechanical micro-drum cooled to quantum ground state
- Branch offices: New family of gold-based nanoparticles could serve as biomedical 'testbed'
- Juno mission: Gas giant spacecraft all gassed up
- Herschel helps solve mystery of cosmic dust origins
- Organizational climate at universities drives commercialization of scientific and engineering discoveries
Posted 2011-07-07:
- NMR/MRI applied to microfluidic chromatography
- Cassini captures images and sounds of Saturn storm
- A look back: Scientists raced to estimate oil flow from Deepwater Horizon Macondo well
- Mercury vapor released from broken compact fluorescent light bulbs can exceed safe exposure levels for humans, study finds
- You are what you tweet: Tracking public health trends with Twitter
- Hydrogen peroxide found in space
- Unique gel capsule structure enables co-delivery of different types of drugs
- Termites' digestive system could act as biofuel refinery
- New technology makes textiles permanently germ-free
- Sounding rockets study how winds in space drive currents in the upper atmosphere
- Gold nanoparticles bring scientists closer to a treatment for cancer
- Bone loss prevention experiment on the last space shuttle flight
- New method used to detect 20 drugs in cow, goat and human milk
- Final countdown: Atlantis to carry next-generation vaccine candidate on last space voyage
- Experiment aboard shuttle Atlantis will test novel therapy to build bone during space travel
- Food-process engineering: Environmentally friendly process to improve storage stability of probiotics
- Sun's 'DNA' revealed
Posted 2011-07-06:
- New laser technology could kill viruses and improve DVDs
- NASA's Hubble makes one millionth science observation
- Hot springs microbe yields record-breaking, heat-tolerant enzyme
- Laser, electric fields combined for new 'lab-on-chip' technologies
- Nature uses screws and nuts: Previously unknown musculoskeletal system discovered in weevils
- Key ingredient: Change in material boosts prospects of ultrafast single-photon detector
- Ultimate energy efficiency: Magnetic microprocessors could use million times less energy than today's silicon chips
- New technique advances bioprinting of cells
- Specialized seeds can really float your boat
- Final space shuttle to carry five University of Colorado at Boulder-built payloads
Posted 2011-07-05:
- Design and print your own 3-D chocolate objects
- Tree frogs' self-cleaning feet could solve a sticky problem
- Researchers map the physics of Tibetan singing bowls
- First cookiecutter shark attack on a live human
- Important step in next generation of computing: Vital insight into spintronics
Posted 2011-07-04:
- Red wine: Exercise in a bottle?
- Droplets for detecting tumoral DNA
- New light shed on the private lives of electrons: Lasers allow scientists to observe how electrons become entangled
- Toward a more efficient use of solar energy
- Nuclear waste requires cradle-to-grave strategy, study finds
Posted 2011-07-03:
- 'Odd couple' binary star system makes dual gamma-ray flares
- Flapping micro air vehicles inspired by swifts
- Breaking Kasha's rule: Scientists find unique luminescence in tetrapod nanocrystals
Posted 2011-07-02:
- Clocking Neptune's spin by tracking atmospheric features
- Making a spectacle of star formation in Orion
- Why 'event cloaks' could be the key to the ultimate bank heist
- Quantum 'graininess' of space at smaller scales? Gamma-ray observatory challenges physics beyond Einstein
- At the feet of the pharaohs: Capturing the majesty of Luxor in 3-D
- WiFi 'napping' doubles phone battery life
- Scientists use 'optogenetics' to control reward-seeking behavior
- Electromagnetic fields can disturb learning, study suggests, but only at very high levels
- Social networking -- 400 years ago
- NASA's Spitzer finds distant galaxies grazed on gas
- Neuroscientists' discovery could bring relief to epilepsy sufferers; Computational model of epileptic seizures at molecular level
- Scientists hope to get glimpse of adolescent universe from revolutionary instrument-on-a-chip
- Transmission lines for nanofocusing of infrared light
- Takeoffs and landings cause more precipitation near airports, researchers find
- Recalculation of the Potsdam geoid shows time-dependent variation of gravity
- ‘Nanocrystal doping’ results in semiconductor nanocrystals with enhanced electrical function
- Big hole filled in cloud research
- Picture archiving and communication system (PACS) improves radiologists' use of clinical decision support systems
Posted 2011-07-01:
- Novel analysis method organizes genomic cancer data
- Moving microscopic vision into another new dimension
- X-rays reveal patterns in the plumage of the first birds
- Evolutionary kings of the hill use good, bad and ugly mutations to speed ahead of competition
- The future of chip manufacturing
- Squeezed light from single atoms
- 'Dirty hack' restores Cluster mission from near loss
- Why do we share stories, news and information with others?
- 'Zombie' stars key to measuring dark energy
- Water can flow below -130°C
- Using fear to guide smart investments
- Scientists develop sensitive skin for robots: Intelligent machines develop 'self-awareness'
- Metal particle generates new hope for hydrogen energy
- Researchers image graphene electron clouds, revealing how folds can harm conductivity
- Nanoparticles disguised as red blood cells to deliver cancer-fighting drugs
- Internet program reduces infant and toddler sleep problems, helps moms sleep better too
- Scientists developing robotic hand of the future
- Text message support for smokers doubles quit rates
- 'Sensing skin' could monitor the health of concrete infrastructure continually and inexpensively
- Outpatient electronic prescribing systems don't cut out common mistakes, study suggests
- Sun and planets constructed differently, analysis from NASA mission suggests
- Unearthing the appearance of ancient animals: X-ray technique for determining fossil pigmentation patterns
- Pigment patterns from the prehistoric past
Posted 2011-06-30:
- Ultra-sensitive graphene device for spintronics
- Growing plants on oil contaminated land
- Silver pen has the write stuff for flexible electronics
- New method for imaging molecules inside cells
- Universe's most distant quasar found, powered by massive black hole
- Natural gases as a therapy for heart disease?
- How bumblebees tackle the traveling salesman problem
- Jackson Pollock, artist and physicist?
- Bacterium engineered with DNA in which thymine is replaced by synthetic building block
- Tiny ring laser accurately detects and counts nanoparticles
- Splitsville for boron nitride nanotubes
- Astronomers discover Universe’s most distant quasar
- Researchers contribute to global plant database, expanding ecosystems research
- Tripping the fluid dynamic: The physics of Jackson Pollock
- Studying solar wind
Posted 2011-06-29:
- Subatomic quantum memory in diamond demonstrated
- Improved stepladder design may decrease injuries
- Are the wealthiest countries the smartest countries?
- Inkjet printing could change the face of solar energy industry
- Model finds optimal fiber optic network connections 10,000 times more quickly
- Neutron star bites off more than it can chew
- Highest magnetic fields ever created
- Tapping titanium's colorful potential
- Active self-defense strategy best deterrent against cyber-attacks
- Attachment to cellphones more about entertainment, less about communication
- Synthetic collagen from maize has human properties
- Scientists discover dielectron charging of water nano-droplet
- Nanowire-based sensors offer improved detection of volatile organic compounds
- New report offers roadmap for success in K-12 STEM education
Posted 2011-06-28:
- Brain rhythm associated with learning also linked to running speed, study shows
- Golden window electrodes developed for organic solar cells
- New material promises faster electronics
- Terahertz light to illuminate cell biology and cancer research
- Mechanics of speciation: Model examines factors that contribute to emergence of new species
- New solar cell: Engineers crack full-spectrum solar challenge
- Hitting moving RNA drug targets: New way to search for novel drugs
- Scientists pioneer nanoscale nuclear materials testing capability
- Smarter memory device holds key to greener gadgets
- Fermilab experiment weighs in on neutrino mystery
- Generating 'green' electricity: Waste heat converted to electricity using new alloy
- New tool makes programs more efficient without sacrificing safety functions
- Small asteroid to whip past Earth on June 27, 2011
- 'Atom-scale’ switches for revolutionary low-power computer processor developed
Posted 2011-06-27:
- A breath of fresh air for detecting vitamin B12 deficiency
- Space research gives birth to new ultrasound tools for health care in orbit, on Earth
Posted 2011-06-26:
- 'Orca ears' inspire researchers to develop ultrasensitive undersea microphone
- 'Quantum magic' without any 'spooky action at a distance'
- Tracing cancer back to its source using computer dissection
- New insights into the cohesive forces of crystal structures
- Astronomers reach for the stars to discover new cancer therapy
Posted 2011-06-25:
- Mantis shrimp eye could improve high-definition CDs, DVDs
- High technology, not low taxes, may drive US states' economic growth
- Optical circuit enables new approach to quantum technologies
- Genes at the flick of a light switch: Human cells fitted with synthetic signaling cascade
- Sun and planets constructed differently than thought, NASA mission suggests
- Next-generation gene sequencing brings personal genomics closer, IDs mutation in new syndrome
- Physicist's discovery alters conventional understanding of sight
- Brain-like computing a step closer to reality
- Building a better math teacher
- Physicists observe 'campfire effect' in blinking nanorod semiconductors
- Smaller companies hit hardest during emerging market crises
- When matter melts: Scientists map phase changes in quark-gluon plasma
- Computational software provides rapid identification of disease-causing gene variations
- Getting more innovative with Facebook?
Posted 2011-06-24:
- Flames of Betelgeuse: New image reveals vast nebula around famous supergiant star
- Smartphone app helps you find friends in a crowd
- Dawn spacecraft nears start of year-long stay at giant asteroid Vesta
- Model helps pinpoint cyanobacterial genes that capture the sun's energy
- Scientists a step closer to understanding 'natural antifreeze' molecules
- Youth cybercrime linked to friends' influence
- Properties of 'confined' water within single-walled carbon nanotube pores clarified
- Harnessing electron spin: Toward a new breed of computers that can process data using less power
- New technique yields troves of information from nanoscale bone samples
- 'Super sand' for better purification of drinking water
- Electrical water detection
- Pandora's cluster: A galactic crash investigation
- Driving a vehicle with one hand
- New physics research to deepen understanding of the universe
- Solar wind samples give insight into birth of solar system
- NASA Mars rover arrives in Florida after cross-country flight
- New application for iPhone may support monitoring and research on Parkinson's disease
- Neutrino oscillations caught in the act
- Cassini samples the icy spray of Enceladus water plumes
Posted 2011-06-23:
- Gold nanoparticles help earlier diagnosis of liver cancer
- Cassini captures Saturn's icy moon Helene
- Trigger to fatal neurodegenerative disease uncovered using computer simulation
- Caribou in Alberta's oil sands stressed by human activity, not wolves, research suggests
- Is Enceladus hiding saltwater ocean? Cassini captures ocean-like spray at Saturn's moon
- Researchers create tool to put the lid on solar power fluctuations
- Self-cleaning anodes could facilitate cost-effective coal-powered fuel cells
- Astronomers discover that galaxies are either asleep or awake
- How dense is a cell? Combining ancient principle with new technology, researchers devise new way to answer question
- Quantum leap: Magnetic properties of a single proton directly observed for the first time
- Strongest evidence yet indicates icy Saturn moon hiding saltwater ocean
- Radar for Mars gets flight tests at NASA Dryden
- New technology for improving FIFA refereeing
Posted 2011-06-22:
- Forklift trucks that run on a green charge
- Forensics: Lamps and spectrometers used to age bruises precisely
- Acrobatics for anyons: New test for elusive fundamental particle proposed
- Shipwrecks no more: Recycling old boats
- 'Smart materials' that make proteins form crystals to boost research into new drugs
- Keeping bugs out of software for self-driving cars: Analysis verifies safety of distributed car control system
- Scientists find simple way to produce graphene
- Quantum cryptography: Perfect eavesdropper illustrates overlooked loophole in secure communications technology
- Genius of Einstein, Fourier key to new computer vision that mimics how humans perceive 3-D shapes
- Mimicking nature at the nanoscale: Selective transport across a biomimetic nanopore
- New measurement into biological polymer networks
- Stretching old material yields new results for energy- and environment-related devices
Posted 2011-06-21:
- Young adults struggle with online political participation
- Lab-on-chip sensing: New compact microspectrometer design achieves high resolution and wide bandwidth
- Inconsistent math curricula hurting US students, study finds
- Diagnosed autism is more common in an IT-rich region, study finds
- Discovery of parathyroid glow promises to reduce endocrine surgery risk
- Improving LED lighting
- Self-assembling electronic nano-components
- Careless behaviour of cloud users leads to crucial security threats, experts find
- Team reports scalable fabrication of self-aligned graphene transistors, circuits
- Surroundings matter: Researchers engineer the environment for stem cell development to control differentiation
- New insights on an old material will enable design of better polymer batteries, water purification
- From seawater to freshwater with a nanotechnology filter
- Glimpsing the end of our solar system
- Finding reserves on the electrical grid
- Predicting future appearance: New computer-based technique ages photographic images of people's faces
- Johannes Kepler ATV cargo ferry undocks from International Space Station
- Nearer to using methane as a raw material
- Hybrid lab combines technologies to make biorenewable fuels and products
Posted 2011-06-20:
- Green ring fit for a superhero: Spitzer Space Telescope spies powerful light of giant 'O' stars
- Observation of rare particles may shed light on why the universe has more matter than antimatter
- Intelligent onboard transportation systems to prevent car crashes?
Posted 2011-06-19:
- Chirality: New method to consistently make left-handed or right-handed molecules
- 'Ultrawideband' could be future of medical monitoring
- Phobos slips past Jupiter
Posted 2011-06-18:
- Spectacular Hubble view of Centaurus A
- Coming to TV screens of the future: A sense of smell
- ATV preparing for fiery destruction
- Poor 'gut sense' of numbers contributes to persistent math difficulties
- Stretchable electronics: Wireless sensor measures and inputs intense body movements to computer
- Graphene may gain an on-off switch, adding semiconductor to long list of material's achievements
- Noninvasive brain implant could someday translate thoughts into movement
- Taking the 3-D measure of macromolecules
- New sensor to measure structural stresses can heal itself when broken
- Firefighters' communications: Wireless 'breadcrumbs' that won’t become toast when baked ... or soggy when hosed
- Mercury: Messenger orbital data confirm theories, reveal surprises
- Landsat 5 satellite helps emergency managers fight largest fire in Arizona history
- Roadmap published for dynamic mapping of estrogen signaling in breast cancer
- Scientists analyzs nucleus of comet Hartley 2
- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope completes first round of cryogenic mirror test
- European endorsement for ESA's space hazards programme
- Large Hadron Collider achieves 2011 data milestone
- Simulation models offer clarity with regard to energy transition decisions
Posted 2011-06-17:
- Comet Hartley 2 in hyperactive class of its own: CO<sub>2</sub> jets confirmed, new insight into composition, 'excited' rotation
- Metallic glass: A crystal at heart
- Neutrons, simulations reveal details of molecule that complicates next-generation biofuels
- Gamma-ray flash came from star being eaten by massive black hole
- First self-powered device with wireless data transmission
- Using living cells as an 'invisibility cloak' to hide drugs
- Scientists prove existence of 'magnetic ropes' that cause solar storms
- 'Glowing hands' in the waiting room improves kids' handwashing
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