Nano-scale fuel cells may be closer than we think, thanks to an inexpensive new manufacturing method

Nanotechnology /

Mar 12, 2006 | 4.2 / 5 (129) | 0

We live in a world of hand-held devices: iPods, cell phones, PDAs, pagers... the list of essential personal technology keeps expanding, and the natural response is consolidation. It’s rare these days to see ...

Researchers create conveyer belt for magnetic flux vortices in superconductors

Physics /

Mar 12, 2006 | 4.6 / 5 (25) | 0

If blown up in size, it would not have a chance in the car factory, but the microscopic conveyer belt built by Simon Bending's team in the Department of Physics at the University of Bath and collaborators in Japan and the ...

U.N. report warns of river extinction

Space & Earth /

Mar 12, 2006 | 3.9 / 5 (17) | 0

The United Nations is expected issue a report this week that most of the 500 largest rivers in the world are drying up or polluted.

Briefs: Scientists still at odds over cloned sheep

Other Sciences /

Mar 12, 2006 | 3.2 / 5 (5) | 0

There's a three- or four-way dispute among British scientists about who deserves the credit for Dolly, the first cloned sheep.

Ariane launches two satellites

Space & Earth /

Mar 12, 2006 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Europe's Ariane 5-ECA rocket has successfully launched two new satellites into orbit.