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. Antennas aren't just for listening to the radio anymore. They're used in everything from cell phones to GPS devices. Research from North Carolina State University is revolutionizing the field of antenna design - creating shape-shifting antennas that open the door to a host of new uses in fields ranging from public safety to military deployment. http://www.physorg.com/news178897908.html Technology Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:52:19 EST news178897908 Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have created in the laboratory a class of carbenes, highly reactive molecules, used to make catalysts - substances that facilitate chemical reactions. Until now, chemists believed these carbenes, called "abnormal N-heterocyclic carbenes" or aNHCs, were impossible to make. http://www.physorg.com/news175440301.html Chemistry Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:25:41 EST news175440301 (PhysOrg.com) -- That palm tree magnet commemorating your last vacation is programmed for a simple function - to stick to your refrigerator. Similarly, semiconductors are programmed to convey bits of information small and large, processing information on your computer or cell phone. http://www.physorg.com/news169996778.html Nanotechnology Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:20:23 EST news169996778 The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a reusable organic liquid that can pull harmful gases such as carbon dioxide or sulfur dioxide out of industrial emissions from power plants. The process could directly replace current methods and allow power plants to capture double the amount of harmful gases in a way that uses no water, less energy and saves money. http://www.physorg.com/news169810723.html Chemistry Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:39:30 EST news169810723 (PhysOrg.com) -- Tough new fire-resistant coating materials called HIPS (‘hybrid inorganic polymer system`) are being developed by CSIRO researchers in Melbourne. http://www.physorg.com/news165158181.html Chemistry Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:17:21 EST news165158181 (PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Wisconsin-Madison research team has developed a new method for using nanoscale silicon that could improve devices that convert thermal energy into electrical energy. http://www.physorg.com/news157824253.html Nanotechnology Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:05:28 EST news157824253 Researchers are reporting compelling new scientific evidence for the existence of low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR), the process once called "cold fusion" that may promise a new source of energy. One group of scientists, for instance, describes what it terms the first clear visual evidence that LENR devices can produce neutrons, subatomic particles that scientists view as tell-tale signs that nuclear reactions are occurring. http://www.physorg.com/news157046734.html Physics Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:06:19 EST news157046734 They are at present the most accurate clocks in the world: Caesium fountain clocks furnish the second accurate to 15 places after the decimal point. Until they reach this accuracy, caesium fountain clocks, however, need a certain measurement time. http://www.physorg.com/news156618694.html Physics Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:13:16 EST news156618694 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 (PhysOrg.com) -- Single atom quantum dots created by researchers at Canada`s National Institute for Nanotechnology and the University of Alberta make possible a new level of control over individual electrons, a development that suddenly brings quantum dot-based devices within reach. Composed of a single atom of silicon and measuring less than one nanometre in diameter, these are the smallest quantum dots ever created. http://www.physorg.com/news152271696.html Nanotechnology Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:42:04 EST news152271696 Quantum dots, along with quantum wires, have been attracting notice over the past decade as possible building blocks of quantum information processing. Indium arsenide quantum dots (InAs) can be used for memory operations in devices made from gallium arsenide and aluminum gallium arsenide (known as GaAs/AlGaAs devices). The problem is that at room temperature - the experiments are usually done at lower temperatures, the memory operation of these devices suffers, unless there are multiple quantum dot layers. http://www.physorg.com/news138882516.html Physics Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:28:36 EST news138882516 Sugar-frosting isn`t just for livening up boring bran flakes; it can also preserve important therapeutic proteins. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a fast, inexpensive and effective method for evaluating the sugars pharmaceutical companies use to stabilize protein-drugs for storage at room temperature. The group presented their findings at the 236th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition. http://www.physorg.com/news138385579.html Chemistry Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:26:19 EST news138385579 (PhysOrg.com) -- By confining water in nano-sized spaces, physicists from Leiden University in the Netherlands have turned water into ice at room temperature. While it`s not the first time scientists have created room-temperature ice, Dutch physicists K. B. Jinesh and Joost Frenken hope that their findings will put the controversial subject of water under nanoscale confinement in a new light. http://www.physorg.com/news137157127.html Physics Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:12:07 EST news137157127 (PhysOrg.com) -- There's a new "gold standard" in the sensitivity of weighing scales. Using the same technology with which they created the world's first fully functional nanotube radio, researchers with Berkeley Lab and the University of California at Berkeley have fashioned a nanoelectromechanical system (NEMS) that can function as a scale sensitive enough to measure the mass of a single atom of gold. http://www.physorg.com/news136477033.html Nanotechnology Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:17:13 EST news136477033 Scientists at the University of Cambridge have for the first time identified a key component to unravelling the mystery of room temperature superconductivity, according to a paper published in today's edition of the scientific journal Nature. http://www.physorg.com/news134828104.html Physics Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:15:04 EST news134828104