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Gas pump made of minerals has no moving parts

Gas pump made of minerals has no moving parts

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 28, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (49) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered that a type of hard mineral called zeolite can provide a high rate of gas flow in a micro-scale gas pump. Because the pump is based simply on temperature differences ...





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Astronauts get extra moving time at space station (AP)

Astronauts get extra moving time at space station

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The astronauts aboard the shuttle-station complex are getting some extra moving time.


Cell movements totally modular, study shows

Biology /

created Dec 01, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A study describing how cells within blood vessel walls move en masse overturns an assumption common in the age of genomics — that the proteins driving cell behavior are doing so much multitasking that it would be near impossible ...


Beating the back-up blues

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (12) | comments 10

That sinking feeling when your hard disk starts screeching and you haven't backed up your holiday photos is a step closer to becoming a thing of the past thanks to research into a new kind of computer memory.


Einstein Refrigerator

Einstein's green refrigerator making a comeback

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 25, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (184) | comments 10

While almost everybody knows how Einstein revolutionized physics with his theories of relativity, many people may not know that the great scientist had a domestic side, too. Well, sort of - in 1930, Einstein ...


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Microscopic 'clutch' puts flagellum in neutral

Biology /

created Jun 19, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 5

A tiny but powerful engine that propels the bacterium Bacillus subtilis through liquids is disengaged from the corkscrew-like flagellum by a protein clutch, Indiana University Bloomington and Harvard Univer ...


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Nanoscale materials grow with the flow (Videos)

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Imagine unloading a pile of bricks onto the ground and watching the bricks assemble themselves into a level, straight wall in only a few minutes. While merely a fantasy for builders in the everyday world, ...


Small optical force can budge nanoscale objects

Small optical force can budge nanoscale objects

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering researchers have used a very tiny beam of light with as little as 1 milliwatt of power to move a silicon structure up to 12 nanometers.


'Rational drug design' identifies fragments of FDA-approved drugs relevant to emerging viruses

Medicine & Health / Research

created 20 hours ago | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A massive, data-crunching computer search program that matches fragments of potential drug molecules to the known shapes of viral surface proteins has identified several FDA-approved drugs that could be the basis for new ...


Trap and zap: Harnessing the power of light to pattern surfaces on the nanoscale

Trap and zap: Harnessing the power of light to pattern surfaces on the nanoscale

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 18, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (29) | comments 1

Princeton engineers have invented an affordable technique that uses lasers and plastic beads to create the ultrasmall features that are needed for new generations of microchips.


Team develops new metamaterial device

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

An engineered metamaterial proved it can function as a state-of-the-art device in the complex terahertz range of the electromagnetic spectrum, setting a standard of performance for modulating tiny waves of radiation, according ...



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