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A Search for Stability for Platinum Catalysts

A Search for Stability for Platinum Catalysts

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new carbon support that greatly increases the durability of proton-exchange membrane fuel cells has been developed by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Princeton University. ...


Ardi

Science's breakthrough of the year: Uncovering 'Ardi'

Other Sciences / Other

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The research that brought to light the fossils of Ardipithecus ramidus, a hominid species that lived 4.4 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia, has topped Science's list of this year's most significant s ...


Supernova explosions stay in shape

Supernova explosions stay in shape

Space & Earth / Astronomy

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At a very early age, children learn how to classify objects according to their shape. Now, new research suggests studying the shape of the aftermath of supernovas may allow astronomers to do the same.


NASA NuSTAR Telescope Being Built at Nevis

NASA NuSTAR Telescope Being Built at Nevis

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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(PhysOrg.com) -- It's an unlikely place to build a NASA telescope: a leafy estate in Irvington, N.Y., that once belonged to the son of Alexander Hamilton. Inside a hangar-like building on the site, which is ...


Queen Mary scientists shed light on a mysterious particle

Queen Mary scientists shed light on a mysterious particle

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at Queen Mary, University of London have begun looking deep into the Earth to study some of nature's weirdest particles; neutrinos.


Soup can reopens mystery of doomed Franklin Expedition

Soup can reopens mystery of doomed Franklin Expedition

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lead levels that are "off the scale" have been confirmed after tests were done this morning on the lid of a soup can dating back more than 150 years. The findings reopen the mystery surrounding ...


Rare earth metal enhances phosphate glass

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Adding cerium oxide to phosphate glass rather than the commonly used silicate glass may make glasses that block ultraviolet light and have increased radiation damage resistance while remaining colorless, ...


Scientists Generate Black Hole Radiation in the Lab

Scientists Generate Black Hole Radiation in the Lab

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (32) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Due to their violent nature and long distance from Earth, black holes and their surroundings are very difficult to study. Currently, the main method to observe a black hole is to use an X-ray ...


Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

NASA unveils latest results from lunar mission

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

NASA's current mission in orbit around the moon, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has been providing crucial insights about our nearest celestial neighbor since its launch in June. At a scientific ...


Cold war - Fighting the threat of latent TB

Cold war - Fighting the threat of latent TB (w/ Podcast)

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are making breakthroughs in studying the latent form of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This work could revolutionise the treatment of TB.


Painkiller undermines aspirin's anti-clotting action

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Millions of Americans take Celebrex for arthritis or other pain. Many, if they are middle-aged or older, also take a low-dose aspirin tablet daily to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke. Yet they may be getting little ...


Nanoimaging in 3-D

Nanoimaging in 3-D

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As technology shrinks ever smaller, interest in objects and devices on the nanoscale becomes more apparent. However, visualizing these objects in three dimensions comes with special challenges. ...


Suzaku catches retreat of a black hole's disk

Suzaku catches retreat of a black hole's disk

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (16) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Studies of one of the galaxy's most active black-hole binaries reveal a dramatic change that will help scientists better understand how these systems expel fast-moving particle jets.


CERN Colour X-ray Technology Set to Save Lives

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Medical studies are soon to start with the MARS scanner, a revolutionary CT scanner developed by the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. The scanner, which incorporates technology developed at the world's ...


Sandtrapped Rover Makes a Big Discovery

Sandtrapped Rover Makes a Big Discovery

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (56) | comments 11

Homer's Iliad tells the story of Troy, a city besieged by the Greeks in the Trojan War. Today, a lone robot sits besieged in the sands of Troy while engineers and scientists plot its escape.