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Chemists become molecular sculptors, synthesizing tiny, molecular traps

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using clever but elegant design, University at Buffalo chemists have synthesized tiny, molecular cages that can be used to capture and purify nanomaterials.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists Use MicroRNAs to Track Evolutionary History for First Time

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists from Yale University and Dartmouth College has used microRNA data to investigate the evolutionary relationships of annelids, which include earthworms, leeches and bristle ...

Biology / Evolution

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Bristly Spheres as Capsules

(PhysOrg.com) -- Amphiphilic molecules, which have one water-friendly (hydrophilic) end and one water-repellant (hydrophobic) end, spontaneously aggregate in aqueous solutions to make superstructures like ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Technology, costs, lack of appeal slow e-textbook adoption

Textbooks are often a luxury for college senior Vatell Martin. The accounting major at Virginia State University got by in several courses with study groups and professors' lectures. "It's not that I didn't want to buy," ...

Technology / Other

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers working on watershed moment in water purification

(PhysOrg.com) -- Polluted streams, rivers, lakes and municipal water may soon be getting the Wright State treatment.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists study hands of fearsome, meat-eating dinosaur

(PhysOrg.com) -- 66 million years ago, the fearsome, meat-eating dinosaur Majungasaurus crenatissimus prowled the semi-arid lowlands of Madagascar. Its powerful jaws bristled with bladelike teeth, and its st ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Researchers deconstruct the physics of writing with a fountain pen

Wetting a fountain pen to compose a thank-you note is a grand way to express gratitude for a holiday gift, yet we often don’t give a thought to what happens when ink moves from pen to paper. But for a ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 30, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (17) | comments 20 | with audio podcast

Regulators approve nuclear reactor design for Southeast utilities

Federal regulators on Thursday signed off on a next-generation nuclear reactor slated for Florida Power & Light's Turkey Point plant and five other utilities in the Southeast, paving the way for construction of the first ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 8

Mystery predators may have contributed to fiscal collapse in 2007: research

(PhysOrg.com) -- As the nation bristles, camps out, and opines against the destructive role of banks in bringing down the economy, a group of scientists has released a study that shows a critical piece of ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (51) | comments 88 | with audio podcast

Bigger, scarier weapons help spiders get the girl (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you're a red-headed guy with eight bulging eyes and a unibrow, size does indeed matter for getting the girl.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New NASA missions to investigate how Mars turned hostile

(PhysOrg.com) -- Maybe because it appears as a speck of blood in the sky, the planet Mars was named after the Roman god of war. From the point of view of life as we know it, that's appropriate. The Martian ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Apple's March 2012 sandbox rule angers developers

Apple has finally issued its directive toward developers after a stalled November date. As of March 2012 Mac apps submitted to the Mac App store will have to abide by sandboxing requirements. While developers ...

Technology / Software

created Nov 05, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (12) | comments 24 | with audio podcast weblog

Panel: Boys should get HPV vaccine given to girls

(AP) -- A vaccine against cervical cancer hasn't been all that popular for girls. It may be even a harder sell for boys now that it's been recommended for them too.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 5


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