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Sparkly Spiders and Photonic Fish

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Israel and the UK have uncovered the details of how certain fish and spiders create their iridescent scales and silvery skins.

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Blind moles use beauty for function, not fancy

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have long wondered why a blind mole that lives in underground darkness has beautiful iridescent hair. After all, many animals or birds with magnificent features exhibit their colorful ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Biocompatible quantum dot images tumors in live animals

Quantum dots, small semiconductor nanoparticles that fluoresce brightly with sharply defined colors, have tremendous promise as biomedical imaging agents except for one problem—most are made from potentially hazardous ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Greeley Haven' is winter workplace for Mars rover

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity will spend the next several months at a site informally named "Greeley Haven." The name is a tribute to planetary geologist Ronald Greeley (1939-2011), ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Holographic 3-D looks tantalizingly closer in 2012

(PhysOrg.com) -- Applications like holographic TV have long been relegated as the next big thing in the distant future but a Leuven, Belgium-based R&D lab for nanoelectronics has come up with a process that ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 28, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (29) | comments 21 | with audio podcast report

Researchers discover secret of weevil diamond-like coat

(PhysOrg.com) -- The diamond weevil (Entimus imperialis), also called sometimes as the Australian weevil, is a bug known throughout Australia as a pest, (another close relative resides in South America) as are ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast weblog

Researchers prepare cheap quantum dot solar paint

(PhysOrg.com) -- It typically takes a day or two to prepare quantum dot solar cells in the conventional multifilm architecture. Now a team of researchers is reducing the preparation time of quantum dot solar ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (23) | comments 15 | with audio podcast feature

Powerful mathematical model greatly improves predictions for species facing climate change

UCLA life scientists and colleagues have produced the most comprehensive mathematical model ever devised to track the health of populations exposed to environmental change.

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 03, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 15 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop "streamlined" approach to shipboard inspection process

Based on funds from the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) under the Paint Center of Excellence Program, researchers in the Chemistry Division at the Naval Research Laboratory have developed a novel process ...

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Could Curiosity determine if Viking found life on Mars?

One of the most controversial and long-debated aspects of Mars exploration has been the results of the Viking landers’ life-detection experiments back in the 1970s. While the preliminary findings were ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

In new quantum-dot LED design, researchers turn troublesome molecules to their advantage

By nestling quantum dots in an insulating egg-crate structure, researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have demonstrated a robust new architecture for quantum-dot light-emitting devices ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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