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Researchers Produce Two Bio-Fuels from a Single Algae
Jan. 28, 2015 — A common algae commercially grown to make fish food holds promise as a source for both biodiesel and jet fuel, according to a new ... full story -
Some Potentially Habitable Planets Began as Gaseous, Neptune-Like Worlds
Jan. 28, 2015 — Two phenomena known to inhibit the potential habitability of planets -- tidal forces and vigorous stellar activity -- might instead help chances for life on certain planets orbiting low-mass stars, ... full story -
Engineer Advances New Daytime Star Tracker
Jan. 28, 2015 — NASA is developing a precision attitude sensor or star tracker that would be able to locate points of reference, or in other words, stars, during daylight ... full story -
Gully Patterns Document Martian Climate Cycles
Jan. 28, 2015 — Gullies carved into impact craters on Mars provide a window into climate change on the Red Planet. A new analysis suggests Mars has undergone several ice ages in the last several million years. The ... full story -
To Reassure Electric Car Buyers, Combine Battery Leasing With Better Charging
Jan. 28, 2015 — A proper choice of business model plays a critical role in electric vehicle industry where many consumers are subject to range and resale anxieties. In particular, a combination of owning or leasing ... full story -
Quantum Computer as Detector Shows Space Is Not Squeezed
Jan. 28, 2015 — Ever since Einstein proposed his special theory of relativity in 1905, physics and cosmology have been based on the assumption that space looks the same in all directions -- that it's not ... full story -
Missing Link in Metal Physics Explains Earth's Magnetic Field
Jan. 28, 2015 — Earth's magnetic field shields the life on our planet's surface from cosmic rays. It is generated by turbulent motions of liquid iron in Earth's core. Iron is a metal, which means it ... full story -
Spiky 'Hedgehog Particles' for Safer Paints, Fewer VOC Emissions
Jan. 28, 2015 — A new process that can sprout microscopic spikes on nearly any type of particle may lead to more environmentally friendly paints and a variety of other ... full story -
Holes in Valence Bands of Nanodiamonds Discovered: Potential Catalysts for Splitting Water
Jan. 28, 2015 — Nanodiamonds are tiny crystals only a few nanometers in size. While they possess the crystalline structure of diamonds, their properties diverge considerably from those of their big brothers, because ... full story -
Mobile Apps Take Students Into the Laboratory
Jan. 28, 2015 — Mobile apps have proved to be valuable educational tools, but laboratory instructors thus far have been limited to using mobile devices only for virtual laboratories with simulated experiments. Now, ... full story -
Demystifying Nanocrystal Solar Cells
Jan. 28, 2015 — Researchers have developed a comprehensive model to explain how electrons flow inside new types of solar cells made of tiny crystals. The model allows for a better understanding of such cells and may ... full story -
The Two Faces of Mars: Moon-Sized Celestial Object Crashed Into South Pole
Jan. 28, 2015 — The two hemispheres of Mars are more different from any other planet in our solar system. Non-volcanic, flat lowlands characterize the northern hemisphere, while highlands punctuated by countless ... full story -
Breakthrough in Terahertz Spectroscopy
Jan. 28, 2015 — Although terahertz spectroscopy has great potential, especially for environmental monitoring and security screening applications, it previously could not be used effectively to study nanocrystals or ... full story -
Detecting Chemical Weapons Quickly With a Color-Changing Film
Jan. 28, 2015 — In today's world, in which the threat of terrorism looms, there is an urgent need for fast, reliable tools to detect the release of deadly chemical warfare agents (CWAs). Scientists are ... full story -
Eyeglasses That Turn Into Sunglasses -- At Your Command
Jan. 28, 2015 — Imagine eyeglasses that can go quickly from clear to shaded and back again when you want them to, rather than passively in response to changes in light. Scientists report a major step toward that ... full story -
Bike-to-Work Events Offer Chance to Explore Barriers to Cycling
Jan. 28, 2015 — Cities that host bike-to-work events as their sole effort to increase commuter travel by bicycle may be missing a larger -- perhaps more valuable -- opportunity, according to a study. Local ... full story -
Pacemakers With Internet Connection, a Not-So-Distant Goal
Jan. 28, 2015 — An efficient security protocol has been designed to protect the information provided by pacemakers and similar medical devices connected to the Internet. Thanks to the latest advances in ... full story -
A Robot to Help Improve Agriculture and Wine Production
Jan. 28, 2015 — Agricultural researchers and computer scientists are working on the development of an unmanned robot, equipped with non-invasive advanced sensors and artificial intelligence systems, which will help ... full story -
New Instrument to Study the Extreme Universe -- The X-Ray Polarimeter X-Calibur
Jan. 28, 2015 — X-ray polarimetry promises to give qualitatively new information about high-energy astrophysical sources, such as black hole systems, the bright and active centers of galaxies, compact neutron stars, ... full story -
Researchers Use Sound to Slow Down, Speed Up, and Block Light
Jan. 28, 2015 — How do you make an optical fiber transmit light only one way? Researchers have experimentally demonstrated, for the first time, the phenomenon of Brillouin Scattering Induced Transparency (BSIT), ... full story
- Researchers produce two bio-fuels from a single algae
- Some potentially habitable planets began as gaseous, Neptune-like worlds
- Engineer advances new daytime star tracker
- Gully patterns document Martian climate cycles
- To reassure electric car buyers, combine battery leasing with better charging
- Quantum computer as detector shows space is not squeezed
- Missing link in metal physics explains Earth's magnetic field
- Spiky 'hedgehog particles' for safer paints, fewer VOC emissions
- Holes in valence bands of nanodiamonds discovered: Potential catalysts for splitting water
- Mobile apps take students into the laboratory
- Demystifying nanocrystal solar cells
- The two faces of Mars: Moon-sized celestial object crashed into south pole
- Breakthrough in terahertz spectroscopy
- Detecting chemical weapons quickly with a color-changing film
- Eyeglasses that turn into sunglasses -- at your command
- Bike-to-work events offer chance to explore barriers to cycling
- Pacemakers with Internet connection, a not-so-distant goal
- A robot to help improve agriculture and wine production
- New instrument to study the extreme universe -- the X-Ray polarimeter X-Calibur
- Researchers use sound to slow down, speed up, and block light
- Ballooning offers platform for performing research in a space-like environment
- The mouth of the beast: VLT images cometary globule CG4
- Game theory explains social interactions of cancer cells
- Nanoscale mirrored cavities amplify, connect quantum memories
- Spider electro-combs its sticky nano-filaments
- Crude oil conspiracy theories could be right: Oil is often the reason for interfering in another country's war
- Researchers tune friction in ionic solids at the nanoscale
- NASA's Dawn spacecraft captures best-ever view of dwarf planet Ceres
- Stomach acid-powered micromotors get their first test in a living animal
- New mechanism unlocked for evolution of green fluorescent protein
- 'Knobby terrain' a sign of Mars's explosive past
- Asteroid that flew past Earth has moon
- 'Yellowballs' are part of the development of massive star
- New pathway to valleytronics: Femtosecond laser used to manipulate valley excitons
- Targeted MRI/ultrasound beats standard biopsy to detect high-risk prostate cancer
- Bubbles from the galactic center: A key to understanding dark matter and our galaxy's past?
- Ancient star system reveals Earth-sized planets forming near start of universe
- The origin of life: Labyrinths as crucibles of life
- The laser pulse that gets shorter all by itself
- Web surfing to weigh up bariatric surgery options
- Economic trade-offs of owning versus leasing a solar photovoltaic system
- New search engine lets users look for relevant results faster
- Novel radioguided brain surgery technique could help pinpoint cancerous tissue
- Bad weather warnings most effective if probability included, new research suggests
- Carbon nanoballs can greatly contribute to sustainable energy supply
- Do green roofs, solar panels work well together?
- 'Bulletproof' Battery: Kevlar Membrane for Safer, Thinner Lithium Rechargeables
- Chromium-centered cycloparaphenylene rings as new tools for making functionalized nanocarbons
- Making a tiny rainbow: 300 colors about as wide as a human hair
- Maximizing access to mobile networks by seamlessly 'offloading' some traffic
- Programmed synthesis towards multi-substituted benzene derivatives
- NOAA's DSCOVR going to a 'far out' orbit
- Pilotless aircraft will play critical roles in precision agriculture
- Researchers use oxides to flip graphene conductivity
- Students master math through movement using Kinect for Windows
- Gigantic ring system around J1407b much larger, heavier than Saturn's
- Business: Experts urge audit transparency: Many firms outsource audit work
- Electronic circuits with reconfigurable pathways closer to reality
- Cell imaging gets colorful
- Largest-ever autism genome study finds most siblings have different autism-risk genes
- Cochlear implant users can hear, feel the beat in music
- Researchers identify materials to improve biofuel, petroleum processing
- Swarm of microprobes to head for Jupiter
- Meteosat-7 becomes EUMETSAT's longest-serving operational satellite
- Device for guided surgery of deviations in long bones patented
- Researchers develop a new technology that will enable the universalization of HD television
- Shell growth observed thanks to 'ion sponge'
- Nanoshuttle wear and tear: It’s the mileage, not the age
- Hilltop panorama marks Mars rover's 11th anniversary
- Helicopter could be 'scout' for Mars rovers
- Researchers make magnetic graphene
- Stock market changes: Patents provide insight into Wall Street 'technology arms race'
- Visualizing interacting electrons in a molecule
- Chemists find a way to unboil egg whites: Ability to quickly restore molecular proteins could slash biotechnology costs
- Chemists control structure to unlock magnetization and polarization simultaneously
- Towards a scientific process freed from systemic bias
- How cancer turns good cells to the dark side
- Entanglement on a chip: Breakthrough promises secure communications and faster computers
- A simulation model to find out the effect of electromagnetic waves on the human body is developed
- Faster annotation system for prokaryotic genomes unveiled
- Majority of primary care physicians find that medical imaging improves patient care
- Medical radiation may be reduced to one-sixth with new mathematical discovery
- New programming language for fast simulations
- Algorithm reveals the electricity consumption of individual appliances
- Digital storytelling promotes HIV/AIDS education in Africa
- Converting olive mash into cash
- Nanodiamonds: Promising use for delivering cancer drug to kill chemoresistant cancer stem cells more effectively
- Infrared imaging technique operates at high temperatures
- The latest fashion: Graphene edges can be tailor-made
- Cherenkov emissions provide investigators real-time tool for quality assurance in radiation therapy
- Scientists slow down the speed of light travelling in free space
- 3-D view of Greenland Ice Sheet opens window on ice history
- More light shed on on biomass breakdown
- Boston's leaky pipes release high levels of heat-trapping methane
- Silver nanowires demonstrate unexpected self-healing mechanism: Potential for flexible electronics
- Calculating the future of solar-fuel refineries
- New technique helps probe performance of organic solar cell materials
- New technique for producing cheaper solar energy suggested by research
- Stalking versus cyberstalking: Effects on victims, their responses compared
- Alamo impact crater: New study could double its size
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