Plastic solar cell efficiency breaks record
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The global search for a sustainable energy supply is making significant strides at Wake Forest University as researchers at the university’s Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials have announced that they have ...
How much fuel do you save with a hybrid SUV?
Apr 19, 2007 |
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Hybrids are getting heavier, but they seem to bear their weight better than conventional vehicles when it comes to fuel efficiency, according to a recent study. In the study, the scientists found that the ...
Chemists identify organic molecules that mimic metals
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A limitation in using hydrogen as a fuel in hydrogen-powered vehicles is the difficulty involved in storing it in a cost-effective and convenient manner. While it is possible to store hydrogen using metals, the resulting ...
Hubble space telescope reveals the aftermath of 'Star Wars'
Apr 19, 2007 |
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An Anglo-American team of astronomers have used the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to obtain the first direct optical images of the aftermath of a recent titanic explosion that took place ...
Experiment confirmed famous physics model
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Physicists can rest easy--the Standard Model of Particle Physics is still in effect. More than 100 MIT students and professors jammed into Room 35-225 on Wednesday, April 11, to hear the long-anticipated results ...
Researchers unlock key to memory storage in brain
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Scientists know little about how the brain assigns cells to participate in encoding and storing memories. Now a UCLA/University of Toronto team has discovered that a protein called CREB controls the odds of a neuron playing ...
Researcher: JavaScript Attacks Get Slicker
Apr 19, 2007 |
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An Arbor Networks researcher at CanSecWest details JavaScript exploits' increasingly sophisticated means of attack and what tools to use to fight them.
Atoms Fly Apart in Direct Crystal Melting
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Using an intense laser and ultra-fast x-rays, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL) researchers have observed the atomic events involved in rapid crystal melting.
Green tea may help prevent autoimmune diseases
Apr 19, 2007 |
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Green tea may help protect against autoimmune disease, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.
Electronic displays that fit on clothing could power revolution in lighting
Apr 19, 2007 |
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A thin film of plastic which conducts electricity and produces solar power could be the basis for a revolution in the way we light our homes and design clothes.
Ancient Peruvian metallurgy studied
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 19, 2007 |
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Ancient metal pollution trapped within the mud at the bottom of a lake in Peru reveals the Andean people were smelting copper as far back as 1,000 years ago.
Giant pipe organ in the solar atmosphere
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Astronomers have found that the atmosphere of the Sun plays a kind of heavenly music. The magnetic field in the outer regions (the corona) of our nearest star forms loops that carry waves and behave rather like a musical ...
Biophysicists Describe New Gating Action of Acetylcholine Receptor
Apr 19, 2007 |
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A formerly unknown action of the acetylcholine receptor channel, a protein that regulates the electrical activity of nerve and muscle cells, is described by biophysicists at the University at Buffalo in the ...
Renewable hydrogen energy - an answer to the energy crisis
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Harvesting solar energy to produce renewable, carbon free and cost effective hydrogen as an alternative energy source is the focus of a new £4.2 million research programme at Imperial College London, it is announced.
Scientists discover new genus of frogmouth bird in Solomon Islands
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Your bird field guide may be out of date now that University of Florida scientists discovered a new genus of frogmouth bird on a South Pacific island.
