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• Lung Cancer
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  Oncology: Using Electrical Signature of Cancer Cells to Get Just the Right Treatment Dosage

  March 4, 2013 — Researchers have developed a tool for oncologists using the electrical signature of cancer cells to get just the right treatment dosage for each ... > full story
• Energy Issues
  Electricity
  Solar Energy
  Energy Technology
  Wind Energy
  Batteries
   

  Improved Synchronicity: Preventive Care for the Power Grid

  March 2, 2013 — As the U.S. national power-grid network becomes larger and more complex, achieving reliability across the network is increasingly difficult. Now scientists have identified conditions and properties ... > full story
• Nuclear Energy
  Energy Issues
  Weapons Technology
  Energy Policy
  Electricity
  Physics
   

  U.S. May Face Inevitable Nuclear Power Exit

  March 1, 2013 — In the third and final issue in a series focused on nuclear exits, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, published by SAGE, turns its attention to the United States and looks at whether the ... > full story
• Optics
  Graphene
  Spintronics
  Physics
  Inorganic Chemistry
  Chemistry
   
  

  Turbulence in a Crystal

  March 1, 2013 — When a crystal is hit by an intense ultrashort light pulse, its atomic structure is set in motion. Scientists can now observe how the configuration of electrons and atoms in titanium dioxide, a ... > full story
• Optics
  Physics
  Medical Technology
  Nuclear Energy
  Spintronics
  Detectors
   
  

  Physicists Demonstrate the Acceleration of Electrons by a Laser in a Vacuum

  February 28, 2013 — The acceleration of a free electron by a laser is a long-time goal of solid-state physicists. Physicists have established that an electron beam can be accelerated by a laser in free space. This has ... > full story
• Energy Technology
  Nature of Water
  Electricity
  Nuclear Energy
  Nanotechnology
  Solar Energy
   
  

  Renewable Energy: Nanotubes to Channel Osmotic Power

  February 28, 2013 — The salinity difference between fresh water and salt water could be a source of renewable energy. However, power yields from existing techniques are not high enough to make them viable. A solution to ... > full story
• Energy Technology
  Materials Science
  Batteries
  Organic Chemistry
  Nature of Water
  Chemistry
   
  

  Neutron Scattering Provides Data on Ion Adsorption

  February 27, 2013 — Researchers have demonstrated the use of a technique known as small angle neutron scattering (SANS) to study the effects of ions moving into nanoscale pores. The study is believed to be the first ... > full story
• Biology
  Biochemistry Research
  Mice
  Behavioral Science
  Developmental Biology
  Life Sciences
   
  

  Eyes Work Without Connection to Brain: Ectopic Eyes Function Without Natural Connection to Brain

  February 27, 2013 — For the first time, scientists have shown that transplanted eyes located far outside the head in a vertebrate animal model can confer vision without a direct neural connection to the brain. ... > full story
• Dementia
  Alzheimer's
  Alzheimer's Research
  Intelligence
  Healthy Aging
  Memory
   

  Possible Treatment Window for Memory Problems Identified

  February 27, 2013 — Researchers have identified a possible treatment window of several years for plaques in the brain that are thought to cause memory loss in diseases such as ... > full story
• Optics
  Nanotechnology
  Materials Science
  Spintronics
  Electronics
  Graphene
   

  Optical Materials: Light's Magnetism Shows Its True Colors

  February 27, 2013 — Researchers in Singapore have created tiny spheres of silicon that can strongly interact with the magnetic field of visible-wavelength light. These engineered 'magnetic materials' enable new ways of ... > full story

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