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Nanoscale zipper cavity responds to single photons of light

Physicists at the California Institute of Technology have developed a nanoscale device that can be used for force detection, optical communication, and more. The device exploits the mechanical properties of ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

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

Rice researchers unzip the future

Scientists at Rice University have found a simple way to create basic elements for aircraft, flat-screen TVs, electronics and other products that incorporate sheets of tough, electrically conductive material.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 4




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Winged dinosaur Archaeopteryx dressed for flight

Since its discovery 150 years ago, scientists have puzzled over whether the winged dinosaur Archaeopteryx represents the missing link in birds' evolution to powered flight. Much of the debate has focused on the ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Backpacks, not the bombs inside, key to finding DNA

Catching terrorists who detonate bombs may be easier by testing the containers that hide the bombs rather than the actual explosives, according to pioneering research led by Michigan State University.

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers develop safe way to repair sickle cell disease genes

Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have developed a way to use patients' own cells to potentially cure sickle cell disease and many other disorders caused by mutations in a gene that ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mouse experiments show fickle functions for folic acid

(Medical Xpress) -- Dietary folic acid helps prevent a subset of neurological birth defects in humans -- although the precise mechanism by which it prevents them is unclear. Now, researchers have found that certain genetic ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Advanced electron microscope sheds light on metal embrittlement

Why does a solid metal that is engineered for ductility become brittle, often suddenly and with dramatic consequences, in the presence of certain liquid metal impurities?

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Too wacky? Moving water from flood to drought

(AP) -- As the soggy East tries to dry out from flooding and Texas prays for rain that doesn't come, you might ask: Isn't there some way to ship all that water from here to there?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 8

In the Himalayan peaks, UC tests designs to improve researchers' lives in the field

University of Cincinnati geologists – who routinely find themselves between a rock and a hard place when collecting research samples – have become the inspiration for prototype designs created by ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Major breakthrough on how viruses infect plants

(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO plant scientists have shed light on a problem that has puzzled researchers since the first virus was discovered in 1892 – how exactly do they cause disease?

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Breaking the chain: 'Molecular cap' blocks processes that lead to Alzheimer's, HIV

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new advance by UCLA biochemists has brought scientists one step closer to developing treatments that could delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease and prevent the sexual transmission of HIV.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

DNA falls apart when you pull it

DNA falls apart when you pull it with a tiny force: the two strands that constitute a DNA molecule disconnect. Peter Gross of VU University Amsterdam has shown this in his PhD research project. With this research, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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