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Research helps overcome barrier for organic electronics

Research helps overcome barrier for organic electronics

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic devices can't work well unless all of the transistors, or switches, within them allow electrical current to flow easily when they are turned on. A team of engineers has determined ...





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Global study of salmon shows: 'Sustainable' food isn't so sustainable

Space & Earth / Environment

created 7 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Popular thinking about how to improve food systems for the better often misses the point, according to the results of a three-year global study of salmon production systems. Rather than pushing for organic or land-based ...


Selling chip makers on optical computing

Selling chip makers on optical computing

Technology / Semiconductors

created 7 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer chips that transmit data with light instead of electricity consume much less power than conventional chips, but so far, they've remained laboratory curiosities. Professors Vladimir ...


From Greenhouse to Icehouse

From Greenhouse to Icehouse

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 14 hours ago | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 7

A new study that reconstructed ocean temperatures from millions of years ago could provide new insight into how the Earth responds to climate change.


GE Scientists Developing Wearable RFID Sensors to Detect Airborne Chemical Agents

GE Scientists Developing Wearable RFID Sensors to Detect Airborne Chemical Agents

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric, today announced a $2 million award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to develop wearable RFID sensors ...


Barn personnel experience higher-than-average rates of respiratory symptoms

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The estimated 4.6 million Americans involved in the equine industry may be at risk of developing respiratory symptoms due to poor air quality in horse barns, according to a questionnaire study undertaken earlier this year ...


The court will now call its expert witness: the brain

The court will now call its expert witness: the brain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Will advances in neuroscience make the justice system more accurate and unbiased? Or could brain-based testing wrongly condemn some and trample the civil liberties of others? The new field ...


Braking news: Particles from car brakes harm lung cells

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Real-life particles released by car brake pads can harm lung cells in vitro. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Particle and Fibre Toxicology found that heavy braking, as in an emergency stop, caused ...


IBM scientists create rapid disease diagnostic chip (w/ Video)

IBM scientists create rapid disease diagnostic chip (w/ Video)

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 0

IBM scientists have created a one-step point-of-care-diagnostic test, based on an innovative silicon chip, that requires less sample volume, is significantly faster, portable, easy to use, and can test for ...


Scientists synthesize graphene-like material: Polymer with honeycomb structure

Scientists synthesize graphene-like material: Polymer with honeycomb structure

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Two-dimensional carbon layers, so-called graphenes, are regarded as a possible substitute for silicon in the semiconductor industry. The electronic properties of these layers can be varied by "building in" ...


ORNL, Los Alamos pioneer new approach to assist scientists, farmers

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sustainable farming, initially adopted to preserve soil quality for future generations, may also play a role in maintaining a healthy climate, according to researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge and Los Alamos ...



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