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Amazon fungi found that eat polyurethane, even without oxygen

(PhysOrg.com) -- Until now polyurethane has been considered non-biodegradable, but a group of students from Yale University in the US has found fungi that will not only eat and digest it, they will do so even in the absence ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (46) | comments 27 | with audio podcast report

Oxygen molecule survives to enormously high pressures

Using computer simulations, a Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany) researcher has shown that the oxygen molecule (O2) is stable up to pressures of 1.9 terapascal, which is about nineteen million times higher than atmosphere pressure. ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Keep an eye on stock short sellers to avoid losing in bond investments too, study says

(PhysOrg.com) -- Savvy investors who follow short sellers to predict bearish news about a company’s stock -- and sell their stocks in that company to avoid losses -- should keep an eye on the company’s bonds as ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Overcoming cancer drug resistance with nanoparticles

One of the ways in which cancer cells evade anticancer therapy is by producing a protein that pumps drugs out of the cell before these compounds can exert their cell-killing effects. A research team at Northwestern University ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

MHI develops 12-inch wafer bonding machine capable of producing 3-D integrated LSI circuits at room temperature

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) has developed the world's first fully automated 12-inch (300 millimeters) wafer bonding machine, dubbed the "Bond Meister MWB-12-ST," capable of producing 3-dimensionally integrated LSI ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Comparing energy conversion of plants and solar cells

Scientists now have a way to more accurately compare how efficiently plants and photovoltaic, or solar, cells convert sunlight into energy, thanks to findings by a research consortium that included a U.S. ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

New chemical reaction holds promise for drug development

A team of researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has devised a new method for making complex molecules. The reaction they have come up with should enable chemists to synthesize new ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Chemists find new way to break amide bonds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in the University of Bristol's School of Chemistry have found a way to accelerate the breakdown of amide bonds.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A good nose: Researchers decipher interaction of fragrances and olfactory receptors

Banana, mango or apricot - telling these smells apart is no problem for the human nose. How the olfactory organ distinguishes such similar smells has been uncovered by an interdisciplinary team of German researchers at the ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds evidence of sperm whale culture

Differences in the patterned clicks that sperm whales use to communicate with each other seem to be down to culture and not genetics, say researchers.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Two-step technique makes graphene suitable for organic chemistry

The future brightened for organic chemistry when researchers at Rice University found a highly controllable way to attach organic molecules to pristine graphene, making the miracle material suitable for a ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

New strategy could lead to dose reduction in X-ray imaging

For more than a century, the use of X-rays has been a prime diagnostic tool when it comes to human health. As it turns out, X-rays also are a crucial component for studying and understanding molecules, and a new approach ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bow down to the light: Light-triggered microscale robotic arm makes bending and stretching motions

(PhysOrg.com) -- As miniaturization progresses, microrobots and nanomachines have moved beyond the realm of pure speculation. This technology requires tiny components that can respond to stimulation by undergoing ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists carve nanowires out of ultrananocrystalline diamond thin films

A team of scientists working at Argonne National Laboratory's (ANL) Center for Nanoscale Materials has successfully carved ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) thin films into nanowires, boosting the material's functionality ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Highly selective catalyst developed for ring-closing olefin metathesis

Research carried out at Boston College, in collaboration with scientists at MIT and the University of Oxford, has led to the development of an efficient and highly selective catalyst for ring-closing olefin metathesis, one ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast