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Breakthrough Could Lead to Cheaper, More Sustainable Chemical Production
March 21, 2013 — A new advance could enable the production of an important commodity chemical using carbon dioxide as a carbon source instead of petroleum. Carbon dioxide is basically free, and something the planet ... > full story -
Enzymes Allow DNA to Swap Information With Exotic Molecules
March 21, 2013 — Scientists have been hunting for a biological Rosetta Stone -- an enzyme allowing DNA's four-letter language to be written into a simpler (and potentially more ancient) molecule that may have existed ... > full story -
Quantum Computers Coming Soon? Metamaterials Used to Observe Giant Photonic Spin Hall Effect
March 21, 2013 — Engineering a unique metamaterial of gold nanoantennas, researchers were able to obtain the strongest signal yet of the photonic spin Hall effect, an optical phenomenon of quantum mechanics that ... > full story -
Quantum Computers Counting on Carbon Nanotubes
March 21, 2013 — Carbon nanotubes can be used as quantum bits for quantum computers. A study by physicists has shown how nanotubes can store information in the form of vibrations. Up to now, researchers have ... > full story -
Scientists Develop Innovative Twists to DNA Nanotechnology
March 21, 2013 — In a new discovery that represents a major step in solving a critical design challenge, scientists have produced a wide variety of 2-D and 3-D structures that push the boundaries of the burgeoning ... > full story -
Terradynamics: Technique Could Help Designers Predict How Legged Robots Will Move on Granular Surfaces
March 21, 2013 — Using a combination of theory and experiment, researchers have developed a new approach for understanding and predicting how small legged robots -- and potentially also animals -- move on and ... > full story -
'Sideline Quasars' Helped to Stifle Early Galaxy Formation
March 21, 2013 — Astronomers targeting one of the brightest quasars glowing in the universe some 11 billion years ago say "sideline quasars" likely teamed up with it to heat abundant helium gas billions of years ago, ... > full story -
New Method May Sharpen Microscopic Images
March 21, 2013 — UT Dallas researchers are developing a new low-light imaging method that could improve a number of scientific applications, including the microscopic imaging of molecules in cancer ... > full story -
Best Map Ever Made of Universe's Oldest Light: Planck Mission Brings Universe Into Sharp Focus
March 21, 2013 — The Planck space mission has released the most accurate and detailed map ever made of the oldest light in the universe, revealing new information about its age, contents and ... > full storyMore: -
Molecular Geometry, New Field in the Making
March 21, 2013 — Scientists are working towards creating a new field called Molecular Geometry which provides geometrical solutions within the study of ... > full story
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