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Germany wants to build 30 windfarms

10 hours ago | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

The German government wants to build up to 30 offshore windfarms in a bid to meet its renewable energy targets, Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee said in an interview published Sunday.


Synthetic molecules emulate enzyme behavior for the first time

Jul 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

When chemists want to produce a lot of a substance -- such as a newly designed drug -- they often turn to catalysts, molecules that speed chemical reactions. Many jobs require highly specialized catalysts, and finding one ...


Pocket-sized magnetic resonance imaging

Jul 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | pda version

The term “MRI scan” brings to mind the gigantic, expensive machines that are installed in hospitals. But research scientists have now developed small portable MRI scanners that perform their services in the ...


Toxic legacy: Scientists ponder task of labelling nuclear waste

Jun 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

How will "DANGER!" be written 5,000 years from now? How will it be written in 50,000 years? Finding an answer to these questions may not seem like a Code Red emergency to most people.


AP Interview: Ex-Intel head pushes electric cars

Jun 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 29 vote(s) | pda version

(AP) -- Former Intel Corp. Chairman Andy Grove has a knack for sensing when circumstances should force changes at a company or an industry - and how to respond.


Could hadron collider devour the Earth?

Jun 28, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 47 vote(s) | pda version

Particle colliders creating black holes that could devour the Earth. Sounds like a great Hollywood script. But, according to UC Santa Barbara Physics Professor Steve Giddings, it's pure fiction.


New nano technique significantly boosts boiling efficiency

Jun 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 32 vote(s) | pda version

Whoever penned the old adage "a watched pot never boils" surely never tried to heat up water in a pot lined with copper nanorods.


'Early bird' project really gets the worm

Jun 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | pda version

Scientists from the LSU Museum of Natural Science, or MNS, recently participated in a project joining together the most prominent ornithological research programs in the world. This study – the largest study of bird genetics ...


Huge genome-scale phylogenetic study of birds rewrites evolutionary tree-of-life

Jun 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | pda version

The largest ever study of bird genetics has not only shaken up but completely redrawn the avian evolutionary tree. The study challenges current classifications, alters our understanding of avian evolution, and provides a ...


Britain outlines wind farm expansion plans

Jun 26, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Thousands of new wind turbines could be built across Britain by 2020 as part of multi-billion pound plans to switch to more sustainable energy sources, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday.


New system devised to guide doctors treating patients with symptomatic myocardial bridging

Jun 26, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

What type of intervention, if any, should cardiologists offer their patients who have a heart abnormality called myocardial bridging and symptoms of heart problems?


Nanotubes could help study retrovirus transmission between human cells

Jun 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

Recent findings by medical researchers indicate that naturally occurring nanotubes may serve as tunnels that protect retroviruses and bacteria in transit from diseased to healthy cells — a fact that may explain why vaccines ...


Nuclear test ban data to help in tsunami warning

Jun 25, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

The body that oversees the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty offered its unique know-how Wednesday to countries that ring the Pacific Ocean to warn them of killer tsunamis.


Nanotubes could aid understanding of retrovirus transmission between human cells

Jun 25, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Recent findings by medical researchers indicate that naturally occurring nanotubes may serve as tunnels that protect retroviruses and bacteria in transit from diseased to healthy cells — a fact that may explain ...


Water inside single-walled carbon nanotubes

Jun 25, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 17 vote(s) | pda version

Researchers have identified a signature for water inside single-walled carbon nanotubes, helping them understand how water is structured and how it moves within these tiny channels.


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