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Scientists start to unlock secrets of bird flight

(AP) -- For millennia, people have watched the birds and bees and wondered: "How do they do that?" Thanks to high-speed film and some persistent scientists, at least one of the secrets of flight is now revealed. ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 6




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An eye for the tsetse fly

(PhysOrg.com) -- Geoffrey M. Attardo was one of those little boys who made pets of the spiders outside his bedroom window, feeding them and watching as they spun intricate webs. Age has not diminished his ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diamond light, brighter than the sun

It’s the size of five football pitches and generates light 10 billion times brighter than the sun. As the Diamond Light Source celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, Penny Bailey visits one of the ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 15 | with audio podcast

Harnessing plasmonics, engineers weld nanowires with light

At the nano level, researchers at Stanford have discovered a new way to weld together meshes of tiny wires. Their work could lead to exciting new electronics and solar applications. To succeed, they called ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Magnetic random-access memory based on new spin transfer technology achieves higher storage density

Solid-state memory is seeing an increase in demand due to the emergence of portable devices such as tablet computers and smart phones. Spin-transfer torque magnetoresistive random-access memory (STT-MRAM) ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

NBC and NSF launch 'Science of NHL Hockey'

NBC News' educational arm, NBC Learn, and the NBC Sports Group recently teamed up with the National Hockey League (NHL) and National Science Foundation (NSF) to release "Science of NHL Hockey"--an informative ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Panasonic preps for WiGig era of content exchange

(PhysOrg.com) -- Panasonic is working on applications for the new WiGig-technology. WiGig holds out the promise of a time when mobile devices can communicate with each other—in an exchange of videos, ...

Technology / Telecom

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Self-guided bullet prototype can hit target a mile away

Take two Sandia National Laboratories engineers who are hunters, get them talking about the sport and it shouldn’t be surprising when the conversation leads to a patented design for a self-guided bullet ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (23) | comments 45 | with audio podcast

Graphene: Supermaterial goes superpermeable

Graphene is one of the wonders of the science world, with the potential to create foldaway mobile phones, wallpaper-thin lighting panels and the next generation of aircraft. The new finding at the University ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (31) | comments 20 | with audio podcast

Method that can validate nuclear collision models benefits IAEA

A novel technique for materials research is unexpectedly also contributing to the nuclear safety efforts of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientist Dr. Weilin ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How wings really work

(PhysOrg.com) -- A 1-minute video released by the University of Cambridge sets the record straight on a much misunderstood concept – how wings lift.

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (23) | comments 57 | with audio podcast


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