News tagged with water molecules

Diffusion tensor imaging increases ability to remove benign tumors in children

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 04, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A new study published this week in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics finds that operative plans for removing Juvenile Pilocytic Astrocytoma, or JPA, tumors in the thalamus of the brain can be augmented with Diffusion Tensor ...

German researchers demonstrate diesel truck engine with barely measurable emissions

Technology / Engineering

Dec 07, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (6) | 1

Just three months after the Euro 5 Norm for exhaust emissions went into force for all new car models, researchers at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM, Germany) have demonstrated an engine that is ...

Loves Me, Loves Me Not: Researchers Discover New Method for Measuring Hydrophobicity at the Nanoscale

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

Dec 03, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered a new, more precise method for measuring how much — or how little - nanoscale interfaces love water.

A (nano-) window that washes itself?

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Dec 03, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (8) | 8

A coating on windows or solar panels that repels grime and dirt? Expanded battery storage capacities for the next electric car? New Tel Aviv University research, just published in Nature Nanotechnology, detail ...

A little magic provides an atomic-level look at bone

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

Dec 02, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study using solid-state NMR spectroscopy to analyze intact bone paves the way for atomic-level explorations of how disease and aging affect bone. The research by scientists at the University of Michigan ...

A light touch: Iron complexes as efficient catalysts for the light-driven extraction of hydrogen from water

Chemistry / Materials Science

Dec 02, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hydrogen is a promising alternative energy carrier that can be efficiently converted into electrical energy in fuel cells. One hurdle to the introduction of sustainable hydrogen technology is the fact that ...

Herschel takes a peek at the ingredients of the galaxies

Space & Earth / Astronomy

Nov 27, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (9) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The European Space Agency has today released spectacular new observations from the Herschel Space Observatory, including the UK-led SPIRE instrument. Spectrometers on board all three Hershel ...

Plasma produces KO cocktail for MRSA

Physics / General Physics

Nov 26, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (16) | 3

MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) and other drug-resistant bacteria could face annihilation as low-temperature plasma prototype devices have been developed to offer safe, quick, easy and un ...

Fast, easy, and highly sensitive arsenic detection with gold nanoparticles

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Nov 25, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mention of arsenic poisoning usually brings to mind underhanded murder. However, the danger of arsenic poisoning from contaminated drinking water is far greater. Low concentrations of arsenic are found in ...

Ice Cold: Cooler Than Being Cool

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

Nov 24, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (10) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Water expands when it freezes. Anyone who has ever left a can of soda or bottle of water in the freezer too long has witnessed this first hand. So how do plants and animals survive severe ...

ET: Check your voicemail

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 24, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (6) | 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- Alien beings on faraway planets may not have noticed, but it’s been 35 years since human beings made the first deliberate effort to send them a message.

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