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Low Carbon Straw House Passes Fire Safety Test
A newly designed straw house
-- built of pre-fabricated
straw-bale and hemp panels
-- has fire resistance as
good as houses built of
conventional building
... > full story
Scientists Watch as Peptides Control Crystal Growth With 'Switches, Throttles and Brakes'
By producing some of the
highest resolution images of
peptides attaching to
mineral surfaces, scientists
have a deeper understanding
... > full story
Computational Microscope Peers Into the Working Ribosome
Two new studies reveal in
unprecedented detail how the
ribosome interacts with
other molecules to assemble
new proteins and guide them
toward their destination in
... > full story
Small Nanoparticles Bring Big Improvement to Medical Imaging
Scientists have discovered a
method of using
nanoparticles to illuminate
the cellular interior to
reveal the slow, complex
processes taking place in a
... > full story
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Adding One Single Gene to Yeast Dramatically Improves Bioethanol Production from Agricultural Waste
November 23, 2009 — With the introduction of a single bacterial gene into yeast, researchers have achieved three improvements in bioethanol production from agricultural waste material: 'More ethanol, less acetate and ... > full story -
High-Tech Origami: Water Droplets Direct Self-Assembly Process in Thin-Film Materials
November 23, 2009 — Researchers have developed a technique for fabricating 3-D, single-crystalline silicon structures from thin films by coupling photolithography and a self-folding process driven by capillary ... > full story -
Bioengineers Succeed in Producing Plastic Without the Use of Fossil Fuels
November 22, 2009 — Scientists have succeeded in producing the polymers used for everyday plastics through bioengineering, rather than through the use of fossil fuel based chemicals, heralding the creation of ... > full story -
Hydrogen-Economy on the Way? New Hydrogen-Storage Method Discovered
November 22, 2009 — Scientists have found for the first time that high pressure can be used to make a unique hydrogen-storage material. The discovery paves the way for a new approach to the hydrogen-storage problem. The ... > full story -
Large Hadron Collider: Beams Are Back on at World's Most Powerful Particle Accelerator
November 20, 2009 — Particle beams are once again zooming around the world's most powerful particle accelerator -- the Large Hadron Collider -- located at the CERN laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland. After more than ... > full story -
Braking News: Particles from Car Brakes Harm Lung Cells
November 20, 2009 — Real-life particles released by car brake pads can harm lung cells in vitro. Researchers found that heavy braking, as in an emergency stop, caused the most damage, but normal breaking and even close ... > full story -
Defects in Carbon Nanotubes Could Lead to Improved Charge and Energy Storage Systems
November 20, 2009 — Most people would like to be able to charge their cell phones and other personal electronics quickly and not too often. A recent discovery made by engineers could lead to carbon nanotube-based ... > full story -
New Nanomethod Paves the Way for New Measuring Technology and Hypersensitive Sensors
November 20, 2009 — Researchers have developed a new measurement technology that makes use of optical resonances in nanoparticles. The method, which opens new possibilities in the field of ... > full story -
Polymer With Honeycomb Structure: Scientists Synthesize Graphene-Like Material
November 20, 2009 — Two-dimensional carbon layers, so-called graphenes, are regarded as a possible substitute for silicon in the semiconductor industry. The electronic properties of these layers can be varied by ... > full story -
'Fly Paper' Created to Capture Circulating Cancer Cells
November 19, 2009 — Just as fly paper captures insects, an innovative new device with nano-sized features is able to grab cancer cells in the blood that have broken off from a tumor. These cells, known as circulating ... > full story
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