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Why Is the Sun's Atmosphere So Much Hotter Than Its Surface? Nanoflares
Aug. 1, 2014 — Scientists have recently gathered some of the strongest evidence to date to explain what makes the sun's outer atmosphere so much hotter than its surface. The new observations of the small-scale ... full story -
On-Chip Topological Light: First Measurements of Transmission and Delay
Aug. 1, 2014 — First came the concept of topological light. Then came images of topological light moving around a microchip. Now full measurements of the transmission of light around and through the ... full story -
Heavy Metals and Hydroelectricity
Aug. 1, 2014 — Hydraulic engineering is increasingly relied on for hydroelectricity generation. However, redirecting stream flow can yield unintended consequences. Researchers from the U.S. and Peru have documented ... full story -
'Active' Surfaces Control What's on Them: Scientists Develop Treated Surfaces That Can Actively Control How Fluids or Particles Move
Aug. 1, 2014 — Researchers have developed a new way of making surfaces that can actively control how fluids or particles move across them. The work might enable new kinds of biomedical or microfluidic devices, or ... full story -
Explaining the Fascinating Shape of Freezing Droplets
Aug. 1, 2014 — A water droplet deposited onto an icecold surface clearly has more effect than a drop in the ocean: the droplet will freeze in a peculiar way, forming a pointy tip. Scientists have found an ... full story -
'Wetting' a Battery's Appetite for Renewable Energy Storage: New Liquid Alloy Electrode Improves Sodium-Beta Battery Performance
Aug. 1, 2014 — A new liquid metal alloy enables sodium-beta batteries to operate at lower temperatures, which could help the batteries store more renewable energy and strengthen the power ... full story -
Companion Planets Can Increase Old Worlds' Chance at Life
Aug. 1, 2014 — Having a companion in old age is good for people -- and, it turns out, might extend the chance for life on certain Earth-sized planets in the cosmos as well. Planets cool as they age. Over time their ... full story -
Light Pulses Control Graphene's Electrical Behavior
Aug. 1, 2014 — Graphene, an ultrathin form of carbon with exceptional electrical, optical, and mechanical properties, has become a focus of research on a variety of potential uses. Now researchers have found a way ... full story -
Preterm Children Do Not Have an Increased Risk for Dyscalculia, New Research Suggests
Aug. 1, 2014 — Preterm children do not suffer from dyscalculia more often than healthy full-term children, experts say, contrary to previous studies. Unlike most other studies, the researchers took the children’s ... full story -
Rosetta's Comet: Imaging the Coma
Aug. 1, 2014 — Less than a week before Rosetta's rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, images obtained by OSIRIS, the spacecraft's onboard scientific imaging system, show clear signs of a coma ... full story -
NASA Announces Mars 2020 Rover Payload to Explore the Red Planet as Never Before
Aug. 1, 2014 — The next rover NASA will send to Mars in 2020 will carry seven carefully-selected instruments to conduct unprecedented science and exploration technology investigations on the Red ... full story -
Superconductors: Physical Link to Strange Electronic Behavior
July 31, 2014 — Scientists have new clues this week about one of the baffling electronic properties of the iron-based high-temperature superconductor barium iron nickel arsenide. Scientists have the first evidence, ... full storyMore: -
Corrosion Lab Tests Suggest Need for Underground Gas Tank Retrofits
July 31, 2014 — A hidden hazard lurks beneath many of the roughly 156,000 gas stations across the United States. The hazard is corrosion in parts of underground gas storage tanks -- corrosion that could result in ... full story -
Chemists Create Nanofibers Using Unprecedented New Method, Reminiscent of Fibers Found in Living Cells
July 31, 2014 — Researchers have developed a novel method for creating self-assembled protein/polymer nanostructures that are reminiscent of fibers found in living cells. The work offers a promising new way to ... full story -
Asteroid Impacts Significantly Altered Ancient Earth
July 31, 2014 — New research shows that more than four billion years ago, the surface of Earth was heavily reprocessed as a result of giant asteroid impacts. A new model based on existing lunar and terrestrial data ... full story -
Fermi Satellite Detects Gamma-Rays from Exploding Novae: Surprising Discovery Dispels Long-Held Idea
July 31, 2014 — Astronomers have discover very high energy gamma rays being emitted by an exploding star. The surprising discovery dispels the long-held idea that classical nova explosions are not powerful enough to ... full story -
Pressure Probing Potential Photoelectronic Manufacturing Compound
July 31, 2014 — Molybdenum disulfide is a compound often used in dry lubricants. Its semiconducting ability and similarity to the carbon-based graphene makes molybdenum disulfide of interest to scientists as a ... full story -
A Mathematical Theory Proposed by Alan Turing in 1952 Can Explain the Formation of Fingers
July 31, 2014 — Researchers have shown that BMP and WNT proteins are the so-called 'Turing molecules' for creating embryonic fingers. Findings explain why polydactyly -- the development of extra fingers or ... full story -
In High-Stakes Soccer, Goalkeepers Exhibit 'Gambler's Fallacy'
July 31, 2014 — When goalkeepers are pitted against multiple kickers in tense penalty shootouts, their attempts to dive for the ball show a predictable pattern that kickers would do well to exploit. After kickers ... full story -
Hubble Shows Farthest Lensing Galaxy Yields Clues to Early Universe
July 31, 2014 — Astronomers have unexpectedly discovered the most distant galaxy that acts as a cosmic magnifying glass. Seen in a new image as it looked 9.6 billion years ago, this monster elliptical galaxy breaks ... full story
- Why is the Sun's atmosphere so much hotter than its surface? Nanoflares
- On-chip topological light: First measurements of transmission and delay
- Heavy metals and hydroelectricity
- 'Active' surfaces control what's on them: Scientists develop treated surfaces that can actively control how fluids or particles move
- Explaining the fascinating shape of freezing droplets
- 'Wetting' a battery's appetite for renewable energy storage: New liquid alloy electrode improves sodium-beta battery performance
- Companion planets can increase old worlds' chance at life
- Light pulses control graphene's electrical behavior
- Preterm children do not have an increased risk for dyscalculia, new research suggests
- Rosetta's comet: Imaging the coma
- NASA announces Mars 2020 rover payload to explore the Red Planet as never before
- Superconductors: Physical link to strange electronic behavior
- Corrosion lab tests suggest need for underground gas tank retrofits
- Chemists create nanofibers using unprecedented new method, reminiscent of fibers found in living cells
- Asteroid impacts significantly altered ancient Earth
- Fermi satellite detects gamma-rays from exploding novae: Surprising discovery dispels long-held idea
- Pressure probing potential photoelectronic manufacturing compound
- A mathematical theory proposed by Alan Turing in 1952 can explain the formation of fingers
- In high-stakes soccer, goalkeepers exhibit 'gambler's fallacy'
- Hubble shows farthest lensing galaxy yields clues to early universe
- Fossils could be discovered on the moon: Signs of ancient life may be littered across the moon
- Numerous unknown jets from young stars and planetary nebulae discovered
- Singing the same tune: Scientists develop novel ways of separating birdsong sources
- Chemists demonstrate 'brick-and-mortar' assembly of new molecular structures
- Consumers can save money on their electricity bills and negotiate better deals by joining forces
- Comfortable climate indoors with porous glass incorporated into plaster
- Charging electric cars efficiently with inductive method
- Giving emotions to virtual characters
- Fear of losing money, not spending habits, affects investor risk tolerance
- Barnacles: Marine 'pest' provides advances in maritime anti-fouling and biomedicine
- Tidal forces gave moon its shape early in its history, new analysis finds
- Double star with weird and wild planet-forming discs
- Dissolvable fabric loaded with medicine might offer faster protection against HIV
- Innovative scientists update old-school pipetting with new-age technology
- Finding quantum 'lines of desire': Physicists track quantum system's wanderings through quantum state space
- Money talks when it comes to acceptability of 'sin' companies, study reveals
- Nature inspires a greener way to make colorful plastics
- Exploring 3-D printing to make organs for transplants
- Solar energy: Dyes help harvest light
- Heat-responsive polymers that do not breakdown in water may lead to new antifouling coatings and enhanced oil recovery
- Electric vehicles: Recharging in private
- Mercury's bizzare magnetic field tells scientists how its interior is different from Earth's
- Toward a home test for detecting potentially dangerous levels of caffeine
- Spin-based electronics: New material successfully tested
- New catalyst converts carbon dioxide to fuel
- Numerical learning disability: Dyscalculia linked to difficulties in reading and spelling
- Superman's solar-powered feats break a fundamental law of physics
- All-in-one energy system offers greener power for off–grid homes, farms and businesses
- Good news for couch potatoes: 3-D TV may be the victim of negative preconceptions
- Revolutionary microshutter technology hurdles significant challenges
- NASA-funded X-ray instrument settles interstellar debate
- Weighing the Milky Way: Researchers devise precise method for calculating the mass of galaxies
- Short sellers not to blame for 2008 financial crisis
- World's smallest propeller could be used for microscopic medicine
- Vision-correcting display makes reading glasses so yesterday
- Mysterious molecules in space: Silicon-capped hydrocarbons may be source of 'diffuse interstellar bands'
- A new way to make microstructured surfaces: Method can produce strong, lightweight materials with specific surface properties
- Tough foam from tiny sheets: Lab uses atom-thick materials to make ultralight foam
- The Quantum Cheshire Cat: Can neutrons be located at a different place than their own spin?
- Optimum inertial self-propulsion design for snowman-like nanorobot
- Beyond invisibility cloaks? Flexible metamaterial absorbers developed
- Kill switch in cell phones could save consumers more than $3.4 billion annually
- From finding Nemo to minerals: What riches lie in the deep sea?
- Vaccine website could increase uptake
- Worldwide water shortage by 2040
- Using TV, videos or a computer game as a stress reducer after a tough day at work can lead to feelings of guilt and failure
- NASA long-lived Mars Opportunity rover passes 25 miles of driving
- Printing the metals of the future
- Cassini spacecraft reveals 101 geysers and more on icy Saturn moon
- Mineral magic? Common mineral capable of making and breaking bonds
- Electronic screening tool to triage teenagers and risk of substance misuse
- Physicists unlock nature of high-temperature superconductivity
- Researchers produce record-length mirror-image protein
- Cool-burning flames in space, could lead to better engines on Earth
- Booming mobile health app market needs more FDA oversight for consumer safety, confidence
- How sweet it is: Bioenergy advanced by new tool
- Models for polymer macromolecules using magnets and DNA 'springs'
- Next-generation thirty meter telescope begins construction in Hawaii
- New meaning to refrigerator magnets: Magnets may act as wireless cooling agents
- Google searches may hold key to future market crashes, researchers find
- Wearable device for early detection of common diabetes-related neurological condition
- Glow in space is evidence of a hot bubble in our galaxy
- Measuring the smallest magnets: Physicists measure magnetic interactions between single electrons
- A transistor-like amplifier for single photons
- Building 'invisible' materials with light
- Superconductivity could form at high temperatures in layered 2-D crystals
- Internet search engines as both aid, danger for people at risk of suicide
- Simulating the invisible: How palladium nanoparticles interact
- New tools help neuroscientists analyze 'big data'
- 'Holy grail' of battery design achieved: Stable lithium anode
- Scalping can raise ticket prices
- Primary texting bans associated with lower traffic fatalities, study finds
- Collecting just the right data: Algorithm helps identify which data to target
- Magnets for fusion energy: High-temperature superconductor achieves new world record for electrical current
- New system to detect mercury in water systems
- Nanoparticle 'alarm clock' tested to awaken immune systems put to sleep by cancer
- Computerized ADHD testing: Innovative tool helps with diagnosis/tracking in both children and adults
- Smartphone experiment tracks whether our life story is written in our gut bacteria
- Breakthrough laser experiment reveals liquid-like motion of atoms within an ultra-cold cluster
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