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Muscle cell infusion shown to strengthen sphincters in animals

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

A new study shows that muscle cells grown in the lab can restore an intestine's ability to squeeze shut properly. The work, performed in dogs and rats, might ultimately help treat patients with conditions such as gastric ...


A greener way to get electricity from natural gas

A greener way to get electricity from natural gas

Technology / Energy

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (12) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new type of natural-gas electric power plant proposed by MIT researchers could provide electricity with zero carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere, at costs comparable to or less than ...


China is now the world's top producer of the solar power cells

China solar panel makers see boost from Copenhagen

Technology / Energy

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

In Trina Solar's brilliant white factory in eastern China, masked workers in lab coats turn silicon wafers into solar power cells capable of harnessing the sun's clean and limitless energy.


Physics Model Determines Dynamics of Friends and Enemies

Physics Model Determines Dynamics of Friends and Enemies

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes friends can become enemies and enemies become friends, and it’s difficult to understand exactly how or why the changes took place. A new study shows that when the shifting of alliances ...


Seeking a Smarter Grid: Integrating Wind Energy by Linking Buildings to the Grid

Seeking a Smarter Grid: Integrating Wind Energy by Linking Buildings to the Grid

Technology / Energy

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

In utility parlance, wind energy is known as a “variable load.” That’s because wind is naturally unpredictable and inconstant. What’s worse, it is more likely to blow at night, when demand for electricity ...


Just use less: Energy savings to be big part of nation’s energy future

Just use less: Energy savings to be big part of nation’s energy future

Technology / Energy

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Energy adviser and former Honeywell executive Maxine Savitz says there are enormous energy savings available through increased efficiency, as much as 30 percent by 2030.


Battery Research Aims To Store Renewable Energy

Battery Research Aims To Store Renewable Energy

Technology / Energy

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (13) | comments 6

The biggest chemical battery in the United States is located near Interstate 90 in the small town of Luverne, Minn. The 80 ton device -- the size of two tractor-trailers stacked on top of each other -- stores ...


Rice ties in race for atomic-scale breakthrough

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Everybody loves a race to the wire, even when the result is a tie. The great irony is the ultraprecise clocks that could result from this competition could probably break any tie.


New theory on fairness in economics targets CEO pay

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chief executives in 35 of the top Fortune 500 companies were overpaid by about 129 times their "ideal salaries" in 2008, according to a new type of theoretical analysis proposed by a Purdue University researcher ...


Superstring theory useful for experimental physics

Superstring theory useful for experimental physics

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (26) | comments 9

Superstring theory aims to explain the laws of physics from extremely small strings in various states. Theoretical superstring theory is therefore normally not considered to be particularly relevant for practical ...


Losing while cruising to the store: Obesity linked to fewer neighborhood food options

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Contrary to what you might believe, living near a variety of restaurants, convenience stores, supermarkets and even fast food outlets actually lowers your risk for obesity, according to a new study from the University of ...


solar power

Installed cost of solar photovoltaic systems in the US fell in 2008

Technology / Energy

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory released a new study on the installed costs of solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems in the U.S., showing that the average cost ...


Venture-capital investments down 33 pct in 3Q

Technology / Business

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Venture capitalists' investments in U.S. startups rose in the third quarter when compared with the first two quarters of the year, suggesting increased confidence in the economy. When compared with the year-ago period, ...


The LHC tunnel

LHC now colder than deep space

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (28) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- The LHC (Large Hadron Collider) is once again colder than deep space as it is prepared for experiments to resume in late November.


Report examines hidden costs of energy production and use

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

A new report from the National Research Council examines and, when possible, estimates "hidden" costs of energy production and use -- such as the damage air pollution imposes on human health -- that are not reflected in market ...