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. An ancient Confucian philosopher once said, "I love the lotus because while growing from mud, it is unstained." http://www.physorg.com/news175430726.html Physics Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:46:37 EST news175430726 (PhysOrg.com) -- Opposites may always attract. But they may not remain together long-term. In a counter-intuitive discovery published in the current edition of the journal Nature, researchers from Harvard, the University of California at Davis, Princeton, and Penn State University report that oppositely charged drops of water will not attract permanently, but instead will bounce off each other indefinitely when subjected to a force of attraction created by what physicists call an electric field that is too strong. http://www.physorg.com/news173033503.html Physics Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:57:26 EST news173033503 Billions of tonnes of water droplets vanish from the atmosphere, as if by magic, in events that reveal in detail how the Sun and the stars control our everyday clouds. Researchers of the National Space Institute in the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) have traced the consequences of eruptions on the Sun that screen the Earth from some of the cosmic rays - the energetic particles raining down on our planet from exploded stars. http://www.physorg.com/news168353215.html Space & Earth Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:10:01 EST news168353215 Self-cleaning walls, counter tops, fabrics, even micro-robots that can walk on water -- all those things and more could be closer to reality because of research recently completed by scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and at Japan's RIKEN institute. http://www.physorg.com/news160675932.html Nanotechnology Mon, 04 May 2009 17:12:57 EST news160675932 Two lasers may be better than one when attacking cancer cells, according to a paper by Rice University scientists. http://www.physorg.com/news157219087.html Nanotechnology Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:59:23 EST news157219087 New miniature image-capturing technology powered by water, sound, and surface tension could lead to smarter and lighter cameras in everything from cell phones and automobiles to autonomous robots and miniature spy planes. http://www.physorg.com/news141300733.html Physics Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:12:13 EST news141300733 Fingerprints can reveal critical evidence, as well as an identity, with the use of a new technology developed at Purdue University that detects trace amounts of explosives, drugs or other materials left behind in the prints. http://www.physorg.com/news137336723.html Chemistry Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:05:23 EST news137336723