First Solar: Quest for the $1 Watt
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Photovoltaic cells, once so costly they could be used only to power million-dollar satellites, are today turning up even on humble parking meters. Now a brash Tempe, Ariz., company called First Solar plans to take the technology ...
Toxic chemicals found in common scented laundry products, air fresheners
Jul 23, 2008 |
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A University of Washington study of top-selling laundry products and air fresheners found the products emitted dozens of different chemicals. All six products tested gave off at least one chemical regulated as toxic or hazardous ...
Historian predicts the end of 'science superpowers'
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Is the sun beginning to set on America's scientific dominance? Much like the scientific superpowers of France, Germany and Britain in centuries' past, the United States has a diminishing lead over other nations in financial ...
'Nanonet' circuits closer to making flexible electronics reality
Jul 23, 2008 |
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Researchers have overcome a major obstacle in producing transistors from networks of carbon nanotubes, a technology that could make it possible to print circuits on plastic sheets for applications including ...
Ancient Galactic Magnetic Fields Stronger than Expected
Jul 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mining the far reaches of the universe for clues about its past, a team of scientists including Philipp Kronberg of Los Alamos National Laboratory has proposed that magnetic fields of ancient galaxies like ...
Meet Robo habilis
Jul 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A European research project has brought the dream of human-like robots closer to reality by creating a human-like arm and hand controlled by an electronic ‘brain’ modelled on the human cerebellum.
Nanoparticle Research Points to Energy Savings
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Adding just the right dash of nanoparticles to standard mixes of lubricants and refrigerants could yield the equivalent of an energy-saving chill pill for factories, hospitals, ships, and ...
Unique fossil discovery shows Antarctic was once much warmer
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 23, 2008 |
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A new fossil discovery- the first of its kind from the whole of the Antarctic continent- provides scientists with new evidence to support the theory that the polar region was once much warmer.
Polarizing filter allows astronomers to see disks surrounding black holes
Jul 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, a team of international researchers has found a way to view the accretion disks surrounding black holes and verify that their true electromagnetic spectra match what astronomers ...
Does too much sun cause melanoma?
Jul 23, 2008 |
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We are continuously bombarded with messages about the dangers of too much sun and the increased risk of melanoma (the less common and deadliest form of skin cancer), but are these dangers real, or is staying out of the sun ...
Security flaws in online banking sites found to be widespread
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- More than 75 percent of the bank Web sites surveyed in a University of Michigan study had at least one design flaw that could make customers vulnerable to cyber thieves after their money or even their identity.
Artificial Lotus Effect: Carbon nanotubes with nanoscopic paraffin coating form superhydrophobic, self-cleaning surfaces
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 23, 2008 |
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Never wash your car again? Never clean your windows? These may well become reality if it becomes possible to produce the right coatings—coatings that imitate the self-cleaning effect of the lotus blossom.
Study suggests human visual system could make powerful computer
Jul 23, 2008 |
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Since the idea of using DNA to create faster, smaller, and more powerful computers originated in 1994, scientists have been scrambling to develop successful ways to use genetic code for computation. Now, new ...
Commercial bees spreading disease to wild pollinating bees
Biology /
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Bees provide crucial pollination service to numerous crops and up to a third of the human diet comes from plants pollinated by insects. However, pollinating bees are suffering widespread declines in North America and scientists ...
Licking your wounds: Scientists isolate compound in human saliva that speeds wound healing
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[B]New research in the FASEB Journal raises expectorations for people with chronic wounds[/B] A report by scientists from The Netherlands published online in The FASEB Journal identifies a compound in human saliva that great ...
