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Nanotube Brushes

Nanotubes find niche in electric switches

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research from Rice University and the University of Oulu in Oulu, Finland, finds that carbon nanotubes could significantly improve the performance of electrical commutators that are common in electric ...





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The Formation of Blue Stragglers

Vampires and collisions rejuvenate stars

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Stars in globular clusters are generally extremely old, with ages of 12-13 billion years. However, a small fraction of them appear to be significantly younger than the average population and, because they ...


Chemical energy influences tiny vibrations of red blood cell membranes

Chemical energy influences tiny vibrations of red blood cell membranes

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Much like a tightly wound drum, red blood cells are in perpetual vibration. Those vibrations help the cells maintain their characteristic flattened oval or disc shape, which is critical to ...


Closing in on dark matter?

Physicists detect two candidate dark matter interactions, but say the data are not conclusive

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (16) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have spent decades searching for the elusive material known as dark matter, which is believed to make up 25 percent of the universe. On Thursday, Dec. 17, a team of physicists including ...


Bioactive glass nanofibers produced

Bioactive glass nanofibers produced

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

A team of researchers from the University of Vigo, Rutgers University in the United States and Imperial College London, in the United Kingdom, has developed "laser spinning", a novel method of producing glass ...


Final Blu-ray 3D Specification Announced

Technology / Hi Tech

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) today announced the finalization and release of the "Blu-ray 3DTM" specification. The specification, which represents the work of the leading Hollywood studios and consumer electronic and ...


Researcher develops formula that can ID music industry payola

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A University at Buffalo researcher has invented a statistical method that can detect payola-like corruption in the music industry, a system that gives law enforcement an inexpensive statistical guide to identify potential ...


Steroid injections may slow diabetes-related eye disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Injecting the corticosteroid triamcinolone into the eye may slow the progression of diabetic retinopathy, a complication of diabetes that can cause vision loss and blindness, according to a report in the December issue of ...


A new kind of micro-mobility: Moving tiny particles using magnetic fields

A new kind of micro-mobility: Moving tiny particles using magnetic fields (w/ Video)

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new microscopic system devised by researchers in MIT's Department of Materials Science and Engineering could provide a novel method for moving tiny objects inside a microfluidic chip, and ...


Born in beauty: Proplyds in the Orion Nebula

Born in beauty: Proplyds in the Orion Nebula (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A collection of 30 never-before-released images of embryonic planetary systems in the Orion Nebula are the highlight of the longest single Hubble Space Telescope project ever dedicated to ...


Hollywood hopes an ensemble cast boosts Blu-ray (AP)

Hollywood hopes an ensemble cast boosts Blu-ray

Technology / Business

created Dec 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Although prices for some Blu-ray players dropped below $100 this holiday season, customers are hesitating to jump into the next-generation video format. Even people who already own Blu-ray players ...



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