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Chaos Proves Superior to Order
May 7, 2013 — Physicists have demonstrated that chaos can beat order - at least as far as light storage is ... > full story -
Scientists Build a Living Patch for Damaged Hearts
May 6, 2013 — Biomedical engineers have grown three-dimensional human heart muscle that acts just like natural tissue. This advancement could be important in treating heart attack patients or in serving as a ... > full story -
Microwave Oven Cooks Up Solar Cell Material
May 6, 2013 — Metallurgists used an old microwave oven to produce a nanocrystal semiconductor rapidly using cheap, abundant and less toxic metals than other semiconductors. They hope it will be used for more ... > full story -
Improving Materials That Convert Heat to Electricity and Vice-Versa: Turning Waste Heat Into Electricity
May 5, 2013 — Thermoelectric materials can be used to turn waste heat into electricity or to provide refrigeration without any liquid coolants, and new study has found a way to nearly double the efficiency of a ... > full story -
Researchers Estimate a Cost for Universal Access to Energy
May 2, 2013 — Universal access to modern energy could be achieved with an investment of between 65 and 86 billion US dollars a year up until 2030, new research has shown. The proposed investments are higher than ... > full story -
Robotic Insects Make First Controlled Flight
May 2, 2013 — In the very early hours of the morning, in a Harvard robotics laboratory last summer, an insect took flight. Half the size of a paperclip, weighing less than a tenth of a gram, it leaped a few ... > full story -
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Understanding Student Weaknesses
May 2, 2013 — As part of a unique study that surveyed 181 middle school physical science teachers and nearly 10,000 students, researchers showed the science teachers were most successful when they could predict ... > full story -
Some 'Green' Hot Water Systems Fail to Deliver on Promises, Study Shows
May 1, 2013 — A new research paper reports that hot water recirculating systems touted as "green" actually use both more energy and water than their standard ... > full story -
Electron-Beam Pasteurization of Raw Oysters May Reduce Viral Food Poisoning
April 30, 2013 — Researchers have studied how electron-beam pasteurization of raw oysters may reduce the possibility of food poisoning through ... > full story -
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Charging Electric Vehicles Cheaper and Faster
April 30, 2013 — Researchers have developed a unique integrated motor drive and battery charger for electric vehicles. Compared to today's electric vehicle chargers, they have managed to shorten the charging time ... > full story
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