http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- Philips Research has developed a novel color e-paper technology that opens up new design opportunities for personalizing electronic devices. This means that the color and appearance, of the device`s surface, for example an MP3 player or mobile phone can easily be changed to match your outfit, mood or environment simply at the touch of a button. http://www.physorg.com/news179602254.html Technology Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:31:31 EST news179602254 (PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford scientists are harnessing nanotechnology to quickly produce ultra-lightweight, bendable batteries and supercapacitors in the form of everyday paper. http://www.physorg.com/news179427849.html Nanotechnology Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:04:51 EST news179427849 Surplus biomass from the production of flax shives, and generated from Brassica carinata, a yellow-flowered plant related to those which engulf fields in spring, can be used to produce bioethanol. This has been suggested by two studies carried out by Spanish and Dutch researchers and published in the journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. http://www.physorg.com/news177936316.html Technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:48:10 EST news177936316 IBM scientists have created a one-step point-of-care-diagnostic test, based on an innovative silicon chip, that requires less sample volume, is significantly faster, portable, easy to use, and can test for many diseases, including one of world's leading causes of death, cardiovascular disease*. The results are so quick and accurate that a small sample of a patient's serum or blood, could be tested immediately following a heart attack, to enable the doctor to quickly take a course of action to help the patient survive. http://www.physorg.com/news177880059.html Chemistry Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:08:24 EST news177880059 Just as fly paper captures insects, an innovative new device with nano-sized features developed by researchers at UCLA is able to grab cancer cells in the blood that have broken off from a tumor. http://www.physorg.com/news177771822.html Chemistry Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:04:21 EST news177771822 (PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic devices can't work well unless all of the transistors, or switches, within them allow electrical current to flow easily when they are turned on. A team of engineers has determined why some transistors made of organic crystals don't perform well, yielding ideas about how to make them work better. http://www.physorg.com/news177103252.html Nanotechnology Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:37:05 EST news177103252 Scientists may not be able to tell a good book by its cover, but they now can tell the condition of an old book by its odor. In a report published in the American Chemical Society's Analytical Chemistry they describe development of a new test that can measure the degradation of old books and precious historical documents on the basis of their aroma. The non-destructive "sniff" test could help libraries and museums preserve a range of prized paper-based objects, some of which are degrading rapidly due to advancing age, the scientists say. http://www.physorg.com/news177079514.html Chemistry Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:46:12 EST news177079514 Scientists in Canada are reporting the development of a fast, inexpensive "dipstick" test to identify small amounts of pesticides that may exist in foods and beverages. Their paper-strip test is more practical than conventional pesticide tests, producing results in minutes rather than hours by means of an easy-to-read color-change, they say. http://www.physorg.com/news176568700.html Chemistry Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:52:07 EST news176568700 (PhysOrg.com) -- Despite ongoing efforts to save the trees, many offices print high volumes of paper documents on a daily basis. Although many companies encourage paper recycling, both disposing of and recycling paper have negative environmental impacts. What if there was a way to reuse printed paper by removing the ink and quickly transforming it back into clean, white paper? http://www.physorg.com/news175847766.html Chemistry Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:40:01 EST news175847766 Whiter paper and better color reproduction are examples of important competitive advantages on an international market. But how white is a paper? And why do vacation photos turn out so dark if you don't buy expensive photo paper? Per Edström at Mid Sweden University has attracted international attention for his research, which has resulted in a new generation of computational tools for simulation of light in paper and print. http://www.physorg.com/news175425486.html Technology Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:00:02 EST news175425486 It all began with the blackboard that lets you write on a large surface for all to see and that can be easily erased. To this day, blackboards continue to be found mostly in schools. It's how teachers communicate their ideas to their students in the classroom setting. However chalk can be fairly messy so the whiteboard was invented in hopes of replacing them. http://www.physorg.com/news175368467.html Electronics Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:30:01 EST news175368467 Minneapolis metro-area cities are saving both dollars and trees by reducing their paper-shuffling. From utility billings to city council agenda packets, more city staffs are using the Internet and flash drives to share information and save expenses on printing documents. http://www.physorg.com/news175266166.html Technology Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:10:06 EST news175266166 (PhysOrg.com) -- An insight from the labs of Harvard chemist George Whitesides and cell biologist Don Ingber is likely to make a fundamental shift in how biologists grow and study cells - and it's as cheap and simple as reaching for a paper towel. http://www.physorg.com/news175188323.html Biology Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:26:24 EST news175188323 Plastic Logic, a US company whose planned electronic reader has attracted a lot of media buzz, said Monday that it will announce the availability and pricing of the device for business professionals in January. http://www.physorg.com/news175178997.html Electronics Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:51:04 EST news175178997 (AP) -- While paper books still outnumber texts that can be read online or on dedicated readers like the Kindle or eBook, use of the electronic versions is growing. http://www.physorg.com/news174934090.html Technology Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:20:01 EST news174934090 Standing out in a crowd is better than blending in, at least if you're a paper wasp in a colony where fights between nest-mates determine social status. http://www.physorg.com/news174827689.html Biology Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:15:46 EST news174827689 (PhysOrg.com) -- For most American women, their "time of the month" is seen as a hindrance to daily life. In impoverished and developing countries, however, monthly periods are a major cause for concern among women. The lack of affordable, quality sanitary pads results in females missing up to 50 days of school annually - thereby compromising their educational and professional potential. Researchers at North Carolina State University are helping to combat the problem by designing affordable pads made from natural, available materials that will allow for local production and sale. http://www.physorg.com/news173957337.html Medicine & Health Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:20:03 EST news173957337 (AP) -- What do you get if you combine a smoke machine, some tubing, a laser pointer, a fan and a piece of toilet paper? Answer: a microphone unlike any other. http://www.physorg.com/news172944309.html Technology Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:06:01 EST news172944309 Imagine a gift wrapped in paper you really do treasure and want to carefully fold and save. That's because the wrapping paper lights up with words like "Happy Birthday" or "Happy Holidays," thanks to a built in battery -- an amazing battery made out of paper. That's one potential application of a new battery made of cellulose, the stuff of paper, being described in the October 14 issue of ACS' Nano Letters. http://www.physorg.com/news172932619.html Nanotechnology Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:50:50 EST news172932619 (PhysOrg.com) -- As technology advances, scientists look for ways to enhance electronic applications and devices. Indeed, electronics are getting smaller and more diverse. And as this happens, there is an increased requirement for flexibility in transistors, which make the electronic devices we desire work. Unfortunately, silicon and polymers may not fulfill the requirements needed to advance on to the transistors of the future. http://www.physorg.com/news172837799.html Nanotechnology Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:30:32 EST news172837799 One chemist plus one new scientific discovery yields. . . an economic and environmental miracle. Almost overnight, a whole new industry springs up and breathes life into an economically-devastated region of the country. It creates millions of new jobs and pumps billions of dollars into the economy. Thousands of miles away, the discovery helps avert the potential decimation of old growth forests, where millions of spruce, fir, poplar, and other trees were being cut each year. http://www.physorg.com/news169810821.html Chemistry Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:43:31 EST news169810821 You probably have cocaine in your wallet, purse, or pocket. Sound unlikely or outrageous? Think again! In what researchers describe as the largest, most comprehensive analysis to date of cocaine contamination in banknotes, scientists are reporting that cocaine is present in up to 90 percent of paper money in the United States, particularly in large cities such as Baltimore, Boston, and Detroit. The scientists found traces of cocaine in 95 percent of the banknotes analyzed from Washington, D.C., alone. http://www.physorg.com/news169703913.html Chemistry Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:58:59 EST news169703913 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists drew fittingly from Roman mythology when they named a unique class of miniscule particles after the god Janus, who is usually depicted as having two faces looking in opposite directions. http://www.physorg.com/news169312269.html Nanotechnology Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:11:55 EST news169312269 The eBook Store from Sony, together with Google, today announced it is providing access to more than 1 million free public domain books - from classics such as Robert Louis Stevenson`s Treasure Island to biographies, historical texts, romance novels and hundreds of other genres. The announcement reinforces Sony`s commitment to providing consumers with the largest, most comprehensive selection of eBooks available. http://www.physorg.com/news168099320.html Electronics Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:16:51 EST news168099320 (PhysOrg.com) -- By now, nearly everyone knows that it is important to recycle. It helps the environment. Even my six-year-old knows that. But what if it doesn't? While it seems pretty straightforward, in most cases, there are times when recycling can harm more than it helps. This is especially true when plastics are involved. http://www.physorg.com/news166802008.html Space & Earth Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:54:05 EST news166802008 If that office inkjet printer has become just another fixture, it's time to take a fresh look at it. Similar technology may soon be used to develop paper-based biosensors that can detect certain harmful toxins that can cause food poisoning or be used as bioterrorism agents. http://www.physorg.com/news166703176.html Chemistry Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:31:13 EST news166703176 (PhysOrg.com) -- At first it may seem that the number of citations received by a published scientific paper is directly related to that paper's quality of content. The higher the quality, the more people read and cite that paper. However, the number of citations received by a paper depends more on when that paper was published; papers published early in a new field receive many more citations than those published later on. Although this effect has previously been known, a recent study has tested and verified the so-called "first mover advantage" with data from selected fields. http://www.physorg.com/news165950992.html Physics Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:30:20 EST news165950992 (AP) -- If shopping for household essentials like toilet paper and soap isn't your favorite activity, a new Web site might eliminate the task - while saving you cash. http://www.physorg.com/news165667658.html Technology Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:47:56 EST news165667658 A study of stickers peeling from windows could lead to a new way to precisely control the fabrication of stretchable electronics, according to a team of researchers including one at MIT. http://www.physorg.com/news164337084.html Technology Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:11:37 EST news164337084 An obscure species of beetle has shown how brilliant white paper could be produced in a completely new way. A team from Imerys Minerals Ltd. and the University of Exeter has taken inspiration from the shell of the Cyphochilus beetle to understand how to produce a new kind of white coating for paper. http://www.physorg.com/news163851198.html Biology Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:40:01 EST news163851198