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'Shish kebab' structure provides improved form of 'buckypaper'

Scientists are reporting development of a new form of buckypaper, which eliminates a major drawback of these sheets of carbon nanotubes -- 50,000 times thinner than a human hair, 10 times lighter than steel, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Emergency medicine physicians develop device to stop lethal bleeding in soldiers

Two emergency medicine physicians with wartime experience have developed a weapon against one rapidly lethal war injury.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2

In Iraq war, a revolution in battlefield medicine

The Iraq war ushered in dramatic advances in battlefield medicine, with the effects of homemade bombs leading the US military to radically change how it treats wounded soldiers.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 11, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers seek ways to beef up military armor

It was a simple act, really, one that Ledjan Qato performed dozens of times in the corner of a spacious engineering lab at Villanova University.

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Zynga brings edgy crime play to 'Mafia Wars 2' game

Social game star Zynga, known for friendly titles such as "FarmVille," is letting people unleash crime lord fantasies in "Mafia Wars 2" tailored for play at Facebook.

Technology / Software

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain injury raises dementia risk, US study finds

(AP) -- A large study in older veterans raises fresh concern about mild brain injuries that hundreds of thousands of troops have suffered from explosions in recent wars. Even concussions seem to raise the ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Providing body armor to all US police officers is worth the cost, study finds

Providing body armor to all law enforcement officers in the United States would provide enough benefit to justify the cost, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 01, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

New skeletons from the Age of Dinosaurs answer century-old questions

(PhysOrg.com) -- More than 100 years ago paleontologist E. D. Cope of "Dinosaur Wars" fame found a few fragmentary bones of a reptile in the deserts of New Mexico. He named the reptile Typothorax.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ordinary T-shirts could become body armor

(PhysOrg.com) -- A simple cotton T-shirt may one day be converted into tougher, more comfortable body armor for soldiers or police officers.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 07, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (26) | comments 19 | with audio podcast

New research may revolutionize ceramics manufacturing

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new way to shape ceramics using a modest electric field, making the process significantly more energy efficient. The process should result in significant cost ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 07, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Unusual snail shell could be a model for better armor

(PhysOrg.com) -- New insights about a tiny snail that lives on the ocean floor could help scientists design better armor for soldiers and vehicles, according to MIT researchers.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 18, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Grad student researches improvised explosive devices by making his own

(PhysOrg.com) -- Phillip Mulligan is trying to make improvised explosive devices more powerful with the idea of eventually making them less deadly.

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1