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Laser mastery narrows down sources of superconductivity

Feb 28, 2013 (SPX)

Identifying the mysterious mechanism underlying high-temperature superconductivity (HTS) remains one of the most important and tantalizing puzzles in physics. T...

WikiHouse pioneers do-it-yourself home building

Feb 28, 2013 (AFP)

WikiHouse is putting a new spin on old-time barn-raising with a free online resource that lets people put homes together the same way they might a giant jigsaw ...

When water speaks

Feb 28, 2013 (SPX)

Why certain catalyst materials work more efficiently when they are surrounded by water instead of a gas phase is unclear. RUB chemists have now gleamed some ini...

Titanium dioxide nanoreactor

Feb 28, 2013 (SPX)

Tiny particles of titanium dioxide are found as key ingredients in wall paints, sunscreens, and toothpaste; they act as reflectors of light or as abrasives. How...

KIT Scientists Develop Multicolor LEDs without Heavy Metals

Feb 28, 2013 (SPX)

Silicon nanocrystals have a size of a few nanometers and possess a high luminous potential. Scientists of KIT and the University of Toronto/Canada have now succ...

New Phased Array Programs May Save Billions, Years Off Development

Feb 28, 2013 (SPX)

Phased radio frequency (RF) arrays use numerous small antennas to steer RF beams without mechanical movement (think radar without a spinning dish). These electr...

Tungstenite triangles emit light

Feb 28, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers in the US have succeeded in growing single atomic layers of the naturally occurring mineral tungstenite for the first time. The sheets appear to hav...

Creating More Efficient High-Density Ceramics

Feb 28, 2013 (SPX)

A researcher from North Carolina State University has developed a technique for creating high-density ceramic materials that requires far lower temperatures tha...

A New Anti-Frost And Anti-Fog Coating For Glass

Feb 28, 2013 (SPX)

In an advance toward glass that remains clear under the harshest of conditions, scientists are reporting development of a new water-repellant coating that resis...

Glasses.com turns heads with 3-D iPad app

Feb 27, 2013 (AFP)

Jonathan Coon turned heads Wednesday with iPad software that lets people try on sunglasses by manipulating 3-D images of themselves from the neck up. The founde...

Tokyo hotel shrinks in new-style urban demolition

Feb 27, 2013 (AFP)

Passers-by in Tokyo's busy Akasaka district have started to notice something odd about a 40-floor hotel -- it has shrunk to about half its original height. Slow...

China overtakes Japan on IT spending: German trade body

Feb 27, 2013 (AFP)

China has overtaken Japan in terms of its share of global IT spending, German IT industry organisation BITKOM said Wednesday, ahead of the CeBIT, the world's bi...

Sustainable new catalysts fueled by a single proton

Feb 26, 2013 (SPX)

Chemists at Boston College have designed a new class of catalysts triggered by the charge of a single proton, the team reports in the most recent edition of the...

The world's most sensitive plasmon resonance sensor inspired by ancient Roman cup

Feb 26, 2013 (SPX)

Utilizing optical characteristics first demonstrated by the ancient Romans, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created a novel, ...

Acoustic-assisted magnetic information storage

Feb 25, 2013 (SPX)

Electrical engineers at Oregon State University have discovered a way to use high- frequency sound waves to enhance the magnetic storage of data, offering a new...

That's the way the droplets adhere

Feb 25, 2013 (SPX)

Understanding exactly how droplets and bubbles stick to surfaces - everything from dew on blades of grass to the water droplets that form on condensing coils af...

A Semiconductor 'Nano-Shish-Kebabs' With 3-D Potential

Feb 25, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new type of nanoscale structure that resembles a "nano-shish-kebab," consisting of multiple two-...

Fluids in Space, Shaken Not Stirred

Feb 25, 2013 (SPX)

James Bond might be the first to tell you that a well-shaken martini is a vast improvement over one that has settled and separated. A good mixture depends on un...

Simulation systems are key assets

Feb 25, 2013 (UPI)

Personnel training systems using simulation technology remain a key aerospace and defense market as governments try to balance costs and operational needs. Majo...

DARPA Seeks to Defuse the Threat of Ionizing Radiation

Feb 22, 2013 (SPX)

Ionizing radiation can be a silent killer. While scientists have made some strides in preventing immediate death from exposure, there are currently few interven...