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Right first time: Pioneering new methods of drug manufacture

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Engineers at the University of Leeds have developed a simple technology which can be used in existing chemical reactors to ensure "right first time" drug crystal formation.


Flipping a photonic shock wave

Flipping a photonic shock wave

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

A team of physicists has directly observed a reverse shock wave of light in a specially tailored structure known as a left-handed metamaterial. Although it was first predicted over forty years ago, this is ...


Russia hopes nuclear ship will fly humans to Mars (AP)

Russia hopes nuclear ship will fly humans to Mars

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (33) | comments 36

(AP) -- Russia should build a new nuclear-powered spaceship for prospective manned missions to Mars and other planets, the nation's space chief said Thursday.


Scientists discover, patent, sell waste-water tech

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Sam Houston State University has applied for six federal patents, three of which have already been awarded, to protect the technology and engineering associated with a "revolutionary" packaged wastewater treatment system ...


Nuclear energy becomes pivotal in climate debate

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 25, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 13

(AP) -- Nuclear energy, once vilified by environmentalists and facing a dim future, has become a pivotal bargaining chip as Senate Democrats hunt for Republican votes to pass climate legislation.


New analyzers to unlock mineral value

New analyzers to unlock mineral value

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists are working on a new range of materials characterisation analysers and techniques that could help unlock the value contained in Australia's mineral deposits and improve processing performance, according ...


Solar collectors stand on a field near Straubing, southern Germany

German solar panel makers in trouble: federation

Technology / Energy

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

German solar energy firms are in a bind, the head of a federation said in a report due out on Monday amid concern that the new German government will abandon the sector.


New INL project will improve nuclear reactor simulations

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new project at Idaho National Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory will improve the way scientists model the inner workings of nuclear reactors.


A technician of German automaker Volkswagen's adjusts a mini gas-fired power plant

Home power plants project unveiled in Germany

Technology / Energy

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (21) | comments 23

An ambitious project was unveiled in Germany on Wednesday to install mini gas-fired power plants in people's basements and produce as much electricity as two nuclear reactors within a year.


In-situ insights into alloys

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

New research has produced the first micro-scale, in-situ, real-time observations of structural changes within alloys when under extremely high temperatures and stress.


Rebooting of Canadian medical isotope reactor delayed

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A Canadian reactor that produced one-third of the world's supply of medical isotopes before it closed in May for repairs will remain offline at least until early 2010, nuclear authorities said Thursday.


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Scientists Make Oxygen Out of Moon Rock

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (26) | comments 21

(PhysOrg.com) -- If humans ever create a lunar base, one of the biggest challenges will be figuring out how to breathe. Transporting oxygen to the moon is extremely expensive, so for the past several years ...


New laser technique may help find supernova

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

One single atom of a certain isotope of hafnium found on Earth would prove that a supernova once exploded near our solar system. The problem is how to find such an atom - among billions of others. Researchers at the University ...


People look at tractors working on the future International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) site in Cadarache

Nuclear fusion power project to start in 2018: official

Technology / Energy

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (33) | comments 58

An experimental reactor that could harness nuclear fusion, the power that fuels the Sun, will begin operation in southern France in 2018, the project's governing body announced Thursday.


Nuclear fusion power project to start in slimmed-down version

Technology / Energy

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 15

A multi-billion-dollar project to prove whether nuclear fusion, the power that fuels the Sun, can be a practicable energy source is to be scaled down in its early stages, sources said on Monday.




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