A carbon-neutral way to power your home
Nov 27, 2008 |
4 / 5 (35) |
17
(PhysOrg.com) -- A super-efficient system that has the potential to power, heat and cool homes across the UK is being developed at Newcastle University.
Biologists find new environmental threat in North American lakes
Biology /
Nov 27, 2008 |
4.2 / 5 (33) |
11
A new and insidious environmental threat has been detected in North American lakes by researchers from Queen's and York universities.
Mother of Pearl Secret Revealed
Nov 27, 2008 |
4.4 / 5 (28) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- In addition to its iridescent beauty, mother of pearl, or nacre, the inner lining of the shells of abalone, mussels and certain other mollusks, is also renowned for an amazing strength and ...
Endeavour's Orbiting Tool Bag Can Be Seen Using 10 x 50 Binoculars
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 27, 2008 |
4 / 5 (27) |
10
(PhysOrg.com) -- Endeavor astronaut Heidi Stefanyshyn-Piper's loss has turned out to be an amateur star gazers' event of the season. The $100,000 tool bag slipped out of her reach and floated into space while ...
Using invisibility to increase visibility
Nov 27, 2008 |
4 / 5 (26) |
7
Research into the development of invisibility devices has spurred two physicists' thought on the behaviour of light to overcome the seemingly intractable problem of optical singularities which could soon lead to the manufacturing ...
Scientists discover a new way in which epigenetic information is inherited
Biology /
Nov 27, 2008 |
4.8 / 5 (17) |
1
Hereditary information flows from parents to offspring not just through DNA but also through the millions of proteins and other molecules that cling to it. These modifications of DNA, known as "epigenetic marks," act both ...
Researchers Say Tides Can Cut Life Short On Planets Orbiting Smaller Stars
Nov 27, 2008 |
4.3 / 5 (14) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Planet hunters searching for planets suitable for life will likely find them first around low-mass stars because it's technically easier than finding such planets around hotter, more massive ...
Speed matters for ice-shelf breaking
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 27, 2008 |
3.8 / 5 (13) |
4
It won't help the Titanic, but a newly derived, simple law may help scientists improve their climate models and glaciologists predict where icebergs will calve off from their parent ice sheets, according to a team of Penn ...
Experimental TB drug explodes bacteria from the inside out
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 27, 2008 |
4.5 / 5 (10) |
1
An international team of biochemists has discovered how an experimental drug unleashes its destructive force inside the bacteria that cause tuberculosis (TB). The finding could help scientists develop ways to treat dormant ...
Keep big fish in their small ponds -- or in the ocean, says research
Biology /
Nov 27, 2008 |
4.9 / 5 (9) |
1
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Toronto analysed Canadian fisheries data to determine the effect of the "keep the large ones" policy that is typical of fisheries. What they found is that the effect of this ...
Neuroscientists isolate gene essential to early brain development
Nov 27, 2008 |
4.7 / 5 (9) |
0
University of Queensland neuroscientists have discovered the crucial role a specific gene plays in forming the neural tube, the earliest identifiable structure in the developing brain and an essential precursor to the entire ...
Researchers Report New Record for Wireless Base Station Power Amplifiers
Nov 27, 2008 |
4.6 / 5 (9) |
3
(PhysOrg.com) -- When consumers use their cell phones, reception can depend on the strength of the signals coming to and from wireless base stations. Those base stations in turn depend on high-power amplifiers ...
Major North American breakthrough for dialysis patients
Nov 27, 2008 |
4.8 / 5 (8) |
3
Suffering from end-stage renal disease (ESRD), a growing number of patients at the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), have become the beneficiaries of a North American breakthrough: high efficacy hemodiafiltration ...
Finding a meteorite's final resting place
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 27, 2008 |
4.1 / 5 (9) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Alberta researcher Chris Herd doesn't want people craning their necks, worrying about giant rocks falling from space. But he's unleashed new technology that could prove meteorite ...
Un-masking a faster solution for chip-making
Nov 27, 2008 |
4.4 / 5 (8) |
1
(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed a promising solution to ‘mask-less’ semiconductor lithography and generated intense interest among major industry players.
