Researchers team up to probe iron-arsenic superconductors with new instrument October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory are part of collaborative team that's used a brand new instrument at the DOE's Spallation Neutron Source to probe iron-arsenic compounds, the "hottest" new find ... | |
 Venus Express searching for life – on Earth October 10, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists using ESA’s Venus Express are trying to observe whether Earth is habitable. Silly, you might think, when we know that Earth is richly stocked with life. In fact, far from being ... | |
 NASA presses ahead for Mars rover launch in 2009 October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- NASA has decided to press ahead with plans to launch a big new rover to Mars next year. Friday's decision comes after concerns were raised about the budget and technical progress for the Mars Science ... | |
Promising new material that could improve gas mileage October 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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With gasoline at high prices, it's disheartening to know that up to three-quarters of the potential energy you are paying for is wasted. A good deal of it goes right out the tailpipe instead of powering your car. | |
 Landmark study unlocks stem cell, DNA secrets to speed therapies October 10, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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In a groundbreaking study led by an eminent molecular biologist at Florida State University, researchers have discovered that as embryonic stem cells turn into different cell types, there are dramatic corresponding ... | |
Fat-regenerating 'stem cells' found in mice October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Researchers have identified stem cells with the capacity to build fat, according to a report in the October 17th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication. Although they have yet to show that the cells can ... | |
 Unique fossils capture 'Cambrian migration' October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A unique set of fossils indicates that 525 million years ago marine animals congregated in Earth’s ancient oceans, most likely for migration, according to an international team of scientists. | |
Sensitive nanowire disease detectors made by Yale scientists October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Yale scientists have created nanowire sensors coupled with simple microprocessor electronics that are both sensitive and specific enough to be used for point-of-care (POC) disease detection, according to a report in Nano ... | |
Flexible OLEDs could be part of lighting's future October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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(AP) -- On a bank of the Mohawk River, a windowless industrial building of corrugated steel hides something that could make floor lamps, bedside lamps, wall sconces and nearly every other household lamp obsolete. It's a ... | |
Deadly bird flu virus found at German farm: EU October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
German authorities were culling poultry at a farm in Germany after the discovery of a case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, the European Commission announced Friday. | |
 NASA supercomputer shows how dust rings point to exo-Earths October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Supercomputer simulations of dusty disks around sunlike stars show that planets nearly as small as Mars can create patterns that future telescopes may be able to detect. The research points ... | |
Volcanic eruption signals simulated in lab for first time October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, seismic signals that precede a volcanic eruption have been simulated and visualized in 3-D under controlled pressure conditions in a laboratory. The ability to conduct such simulations ... | |
 Is it a bird, is it a plane? No it's supercopter October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Unmanned helicopters could soon be a key part of emergency relief operations, as well as bringing a new dimension to filmmaking, thanks to some innovative work done by European researchers. | |
Researchers find important clue to learning deficit in children with autism October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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A study by researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute has discovered an important clue to why children with autism spectrum disorders have trouble imitating others: They spend less time looking at the faces of people ... | |
 Researchers developing wireless soil sensors to improve farming October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Ratnesh Kumar keeps his prototype soil sensors buried in a box under his desk. He hopes that one day farmers will be burying the devices under their crops. | |
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