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. Researchers at Rice University have created a metamaterial that could light the way toward high-powered optics, ultra-efficient solar cells and even cloaking devices. http://www.physorg.com/news156182270.html Nanotechnology Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:58:14 EST news156182270 A Rice University study of microbes from a Houston-area cow pasture has confirmed once again that everything is bigger in Texas, even the single-celled stuff. The tests revealed the first-ever report of a large, natural colony of amoebae clones -- a Texas-sized expanse measuring at least 12 meters across. http://www.physorg.com/news156000141.html Biology Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:22:48 EST news156000141 The Martian volcano Olympus Mons is about three times the height of Mount Everest, but it's the small details that Rice University professors Patrick McGovern and Julia Morgan are looking at in thinking about whether the Red Planet ever had - or still supports - life. http://www.physorg.com/news155387639.html Space & Earth Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:14:29 EST news155387639 (PhysOrg.com) -- Metallic nanoparticles and other structures can manipulate light in ways that are not possible with conventional optical materials. In a recent example of this, Rice University researchers discovered that cup-shaped gold nanostructures can bend light in a controllable way. The cups act like three-dimensional nano-antennas. http://www.physorg.com/news155295096.html Nanotechnology Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:32:07 EST news155295096 A research project at Rice University has brought scientists to the brink of comprehending a long-standing medical mystery that may link cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis and perhaps even Alzheimer's disease. http://www.physorg.com/news154100968.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:49:53 EST news154100968 (PhysOrg.com) -- If a picture is worth a thousand words, then Rice University's precise new image of a virus' protective coat is seriously undervalued. More than three years in the making, the image contains some 5 million atoms -- each in precisely the right place -- and it could help scientists find better ways to both fight viral infections and design new gene therapies. http://www.physorg.com/news154027398.html Chemistry Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:24:13 EST news154027398 Need to store electricity more efficiently? Put it behind bars. That's essentially the finding of a team of Rice University researchers who have created hybrid carbon nanotube metal oxide arrays as electrode material that may improve the performance of lithium-ion batteries. http://www.physorg.com/news153404774.html Nanotechnology Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:27:24 EST news153404774 HOUSTON -- (Feb. 5, 2009) -- Rice University materials scientists have put a new "twist" on carbon nanotube growth. The researchers found the highly touted nanomaterials grow like tiny molecular tapestries, woven from twisting, single-atom threads. http://www.physorg.com/news153060785.html Nanotechnology Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:56:27 EST news153060785 This year's model isn't your father's nanocar. It runs cool. http://www.physorg.com/news152796958.html Nanotechnology Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:36:23 EST news152796958 Nothing kills innovation like having to reinvent the wheel. Imagine how dull your diet would be if you had to build a new stove and hammer out a few cooking pots every time you wanted to test a new recipe. Until just a couple of years ago, electronics researchers testing new high-speed wireless technologies faced just this sort of problem; they had to build every test system completely from scratch. http://www.physorg.com/news152470346.html Technology Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:52:47 EST news152470346 Rice University researchers have created a sophisticated new computer program that rapidly scans large databases of news reports to determine which terrorists groups might be responsible for new attacks. During the Thanksgiving Day attack in Mumbai, India, for example, researchers used the program to rapidly identify the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyiba as the most likely culprit. http://www.physorg.com/news150993504.html Technology Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:38:24 EST news150993504