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Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry: Using the Sun to Illuminate a Basic Mystery of Matter
July 8, 2013 Antimatter has been detected in solar flares via microwave and magnetic-field data, according to researchers. The finding sheds light on the puzzling strong asymmetry between matter and antimatter by ... > full story -
Designer Droplets Open New Possibilities
July 5, 2013 By designing droplets using electricity, researchers have created a technique that could possibly be used for everything from extracting oil from wells to creating makeup and ... > full story -
Radically Better Smarphones May Be Possible Using System Inspired by Bird Migration: Molecular Chains Hypersensitive to Magnetic Fields
July 5, 2013 Researchers have for the first time created perfect one-dimensional molecular wires of which the electrical conductivity can almost entirely be suppressed by a weak magnetic field at room ... > full story -
New Concept for Biofuel Cells: Tree Fungus Lets Current Flow
July 5, 2013 Scientists have found a way to make a species of tree fungus useful for the production of ... > full story -
Spider Webs More Effective at Ensnaring Charged Insects
July 4, 2013 Flapping bees build up a charge of several hundred volts, enough to electrostatically draw pollen from a flower. But researchers have discovered a downside to being charged: it attracts spider silk ... > full story -
Alternative Energy: A Cooler Way to Clean Hydrogen
July 3, 2013 Converting bioethanol into hydrogen for fuel cells becomes significantly simpler with innovative metal ... > full story -
Surviving Fasting in the Cold
July 2, 2013 King penguin chicks survive harsh winters with almost no food by minimizing the cost of energy production. A new study shows that the efficiency of the mitochondria, the power house of the cell, is ... > full story -
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New System to Harness Energy from Ocean Currents
July 2, 2013 Researchers have created and are testing a prototype of a device to harness energy from ocean ... > full story -
Biomedical Research Revealing Secrets of Cell Behavior
July 1, 2013 Scientists are using mathematical modeling and synthetic biology techniques to gain a closer look at what determines transitions of the body's cells from one state to another. For example how ... > full story -
Superconductor Created from Solvent
July 1, 2013 Researchers have turned a fairly common non-metallic solvent into a superconductor capable of transmitting electrical current with none of the resistance seen in conventional ... > full story
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