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Updating Satellite Data on Seas Could Dramatically Reduce Search and Rescue Times for Lost Planes, Ships
Jan. 30, 2015 — A new satellite imaging concept could significantly reduce search areas for missing boats and planes. Researchers have been trialling a concept for using satellite imagery to significantly improve ... full story -
Water Purification: Running Fuel Cells on Bacteria
Jan. 30, 2015 — Researchers in Norway have succeeded in getting bacteria to power a fuel cell. The "fuel" used is wastewater, and the products of the process are purified water droplets and electricity. ... full story -
Pinholes Are Pitfalls for High Performance Solar Cells
Jan. 30, 2015 — The most popular next-generation solar cells under development may have a problem – the top layer is full of tiny pinholes, researchers have ... full story -
Building Trustworthy Big Data Algorithms
Jan. 29, 2015 — Much of our reams of data sit in large databases of unstructured text. Finding insights among emails, text documents, and websites is extremely difficult unless we can search, characterize, and ... full story -
Crystal Light: New Family of Light-Converting Materials Points to Cheaper, More Efficient Solar Power and LEDs
Jan. 29, 2015 — Engineers have shone new light on an emerging family of solar-absorbing materials that could clear the way for cheaper and more efficient solar panels and LEDs. The materials, called perovskites, are ... full story -
Complex Environments Push 'Brain' Evolution
Jan. 29, 2015 — Little animations trying to master a computer game are teaching neuroscience researchers how the brain evolves when faced with difficult tasks. Neuroscientists have programmed animated critters that ... full story -
Privacy Challenges: Just Four Vague Pieces of Info Can Identify You, and Your Credit Card
Jan. 29, 2015 — Just four fairly vague pieces of information -- the dates and locations of four purchases -- are enough to identify 90 percent of the people in a data set recording three months of credit-card ... full story -
Generating Mobius Strips of Light
Jan. 29, 2015 — Physicists have experimentally produced Möbius strips from the polarization of light, confirming a theoretical prediction that it is possible for light's electromagnetic field to assume this ... full story -
New Technique for Growing High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells
Jan. 29, 2015 — Researchers have revealed a new solution-based hot-casting technique that allows growth of highly efficient and reproducible solar cells from large-area perovskite crystals. The researchers ... full story -
Powerful Tool Promises to Change the Way Scientists View Proteins
Jan. 29, 2015 — Life scientists now have access to a publicly available web resource that streamlines and simplifies the process of gleaning insight from 3-D protein structures. Aquaria, as it's known, is fast, ... full story -
Where Did the Missing Oil Go? New Study Says Some Is Sitting on the Gulf Floor
Jan. 29, 2015 — Some 6 million to 10 million gallons of oil from the BP oil spill are buried in the sediment on the Gulf floor, about 62 miles southeast of the Mississippi Delta, researchers have ... full story -
CAT Scan of Nearby Supernova Remnant Reveals Frothy Interior
Jan. 29, 2015 — Cassiopeia A, or Cas A for short, is one of the most well studied supernova remnants in our galaxy. But it still holds major surprises. Astronomers have now generated a new 3-D map of its interior ... full story -
Individuals May Fail to Navigate Complex Tradeoffs in Privacy Decision-Making
Jan. 29, 2015 — Researchers have detailed the privacy hurdles people face while navigating in the information age, and what should be done about privacy at a policy level, in a new ... full story -
Public and Scientists Express Strikingly Different Views About Science-Related Issues
Jan. 29, 2015 — Despite similar views about the overall place of science in America, the general public and scientists often see science-related issues through a different lens, according to a new pair of ... full story -
Texting May Be More Suitable Than Apps in Treatment of Mental Illness
Jan. 29, 2015 — Texting may be a more suitable treatment aid for those with mental illness than mobile applications.This is the key finding of a new study led by researchers from Clemson University in collaboration ... full story -
Understanding Portable Biodetection Technology for Identifying Suspcious Substances
Jan. 29, 2015 — The number of portable biodetectors has grown exponentially in the last decade. During this time, first responders could try different devices, but they didn’t have independent, standardized ... full story -
Satellites Can Improve Regional Air Quality Forecasting
Jan. 29, 2015 — Researchers found that data gathered from geo-stationary satellites -- satellites orbiting Earth at about 22,000 miles above the equator and commonly used for telecommunications and weather imaging ... full story -
The Tell-Tale Signs of a Galactic Merger
Jan. 29, 2015 — Astronomers have captured a striking view of spiral galaxy NGC 7714. This galaxy has drifted too close to another nearby galaxy and the dramatic interaction has twisted its spiral arms out of shape, ... full storyMore: -
Rapid Test Kit Detects Dengue Antibodies from Saliva
Jan. 29, 2015 — Finding out whether you have been infected with dengue may soon be as easy as spitting into a rapid test kit. Researchers have developed a paper-based disposable device that will allow ... full story -
Forecasting the Flu Better
Jan. 29, 2015 — Researchers say they can predict the spread of flu a week into the future with as much accuracy as Google Flu Trends can display levels of infection right now. The study uses social network analysis ... full story
- Updating satellite data on seas could dramatically reduce search and rescue times for lost planes, ships
- Water purification: Running fuel cells on bacteria
- Pinholes are pitfalls for high performance solar cells
- Building trustworthy big data algorithms
- Crystal light: New family of light-converting materials points to cheaper, more efficient solar power and LEDs
- Complex environments push 'brain' evolution
- Privacy challenges: Just four vague pieces of info can identify you, and your credit card
- Generating Mobius strips of light
- New technique for growing high-efficiency perovskite solar cells
- Powerful tool promises to change the way scientists view proteins
- Where did the missing oil go? New study says some is sitting on the Gulf floor
- CAT scan of nearby supernova remnant reveals frothy interior
- Individuals may fail to navigate complex tradeoffs in privacy decision-making
- Public and scientists express strikingly different views about science-related issues
- Texting may be more suitable than apps in treatment of mental illness
- Understanding portable biodetection technology for identifying suspcious substances
- Satellites can improve regional air quality forecasting
- The tell-tale signs of a galactic merger
- Rapid test kit detects dengue antibodies from saliva
- Forecasting the flu better
- Novel eye-tracking technology detects concussions, head injury severity
- Vehicle body made from cotton, hemp, and wood
- Ultrasound technology made to measure
- Solar chip monitors windows
- School failure linked to higher use of computers at home, Spanish study shows
- Nanomedicines of the future will build on quantum chemistry
- Could a new proposed particle help to detect Dark Matter?
- Astronomers gain a new view of galaxy M 82
- 3D printing makes heart surgery safer for children
- Cassini catches Saturn's moon Titan naked in the solar wind
- 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
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