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Nanoscale carbon materials research wins the 2008 Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 01, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Dr. Phaedon Avouris of IBM and Professor Tony Heinz of Columbia University were presented with the 2008 Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics on 27 September 2008 during a day-long forum at Harvard University, attended ...





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Carbon nanostructures form the future of electronics and optoelectronics

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 23, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

This year's Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics will be awarded to Phaedon Avouris and Tony Heinz for their pioneering work on the electrical and optical properties of nanoscale carbon materials including carbon nanotubes ...


University of Utah celebrates telescope's 'first light'

University of Utah celebrates telescope's 'first light'

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The University of Utah will celebrate the initial observations or "first light" of its new $860,000 research telescope in southwest Utah during a Wednesday, Nov. 11 symposium and reception ...


A woman watches the trailer for the upcoming movie about Michael Jackson on a computer

Video spurs explosion of Internet traffic

Technology / Internet

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Internet traffic will have increased six fold by 2012 in a five-year period as more users view and post videos online, delegates at an Internet forum heard on Wednesday.


Communicating in a pandemic: New research identifies what we want to know and when

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- How much information do people want in the event of an influenza pandemic? When do they want to be told, and who should the information come from?


Molecular decay of enamel-specific gene in toothless mammals supports theory of evolution

Molecular Decay of Enamel-Specific Gene in Toothless Mammals Supports Theory of Evolution

Biology / Evolution

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 42

(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologists at the University of California, Riverside report new evidence for evolutionary change recorded in both the fossil record and the genomes (or genetic blueprints) of living organisms, ...


UN demands removal of China poster at Net event

Technology / Internet

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- United Nations officials forced free-speech advocates to take down a poster over its reference to China's Web restrictions at an Internet conference focused on freedom, saying Monday that it violated a ban on posters ...


Nanoethics -- The watchdog of a new technology?

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jun 21, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The field of nanotechnology is broad and has the potential to be used in a wide range of industries and fields, but the question is whether it is a good investment. Will it solve fundamental social problems that assure a ...


Men's masculinity beliefs are a barrier to preventative health care

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Middle-aged men who strongly idealize masculinity are almost 50 percent less likely than other men to seek preventative healthcare services, according to a study—the first population-based analysis of men's masculinity beliefs ...


Young people browse the Internet in a cybercafe in Abidjan

Cyber laws must punish individuals not society: specialist

Technology / Internet

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Laws regulating cybercrimes must target individuals and not society as a whole, an IT specialist told an Internet governance forum at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday.


The benefits of stress ... in plants

Biology / Plants & Animals

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

Chronic stress in humans has been implicated in heart disease, weight gain, and diabetes, among a host of other health problems. Extreme environments, a source of chronic stress, present a challenge even for the hardiest ...



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