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1. Computer Models Explain Patterns in Bent Crystals
Listed on: Friday, September 03, 2010
Blacksmiths make horseshoes by heating, beating and bending iron, but what's happening to the metal's individual atoms during such a process? Cornell researchers, using computational modeling, are providing new insight into how atoms in crystals rearrange as the material is bent and shaped....
Cornell University
2. Caltech Chemists Develop Simple Technique to Visualize Atomic-Scale Structures
Listed on: Friday, September 03, 2010
PASADENA, Calif.—Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have devised a new technique—using a sheet of carbon just one atom thick—to visualize the structure of molecules....
California Institute of Technology
3. Hot Water Discovered Around a Carbon Star
Listed on: Friday, September 03, 2010
Astronomers at UCL, using the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory, have observed water vapour being formed somewhere it was previously thought to be impossible: in the atmosphere of a red giant carbon star....
University College London
4. Caltech Mineral Physicists Find New Scenery at Earth's Core-Mantle Boundary
Listed on: Friday, September 03, 2010
PASADENA, Calif.—Using a diamond-anvil cell to recreate the high pressures deep within the earth, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have found unusual properties in an iron-rich magnesium- and iron-oxide mineral that may explain the existence of several ultra-low velocity zones (ULVZs) at the core-mantle boundary....
California Institute of Technology
5. Computer Scientists Leverage Dark Silicon to Improve Smartphone Battery Life (GreenDroid Chip Prototype Will Deliver Improved Performance Through Specialized Processors)
Listed on: Friday, September 03, 2010
A new smartphone chip prototype under development at the University of California, San Diego will improve smartphone efficiency by making use of "dark silicon" – the underused transistors in modern microprocessors....
University of California, San Diego
6. Fuel-efficiency Formula Needs Cars Wired with Better Brainpower, Less Vroom
Listed on: Friday, September 03, 2010
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—A University of Michigan researcher says it's possible to triple fuel economy in gasoline-powered cars by 2035, but it'll mean getting our automotive kicks from smart electronic technology and other forms of virtual performance rather than horsepower....
University of Michigan
7. A Single Interaction Affects the Way a Child Trusts and Seeks Information, Queen's University Study Finds
Listed on: Friday, September 03, 2010
Seven-year-old children only need to interact with a person once to learn who to trust and seek information from, according to a study by Queen's University researchers....
Queen's University
8. Biochemical Pathway May Link Addiction, Compulsive Eating
Listed on: Friday, September 03, 2010
Ezlopitant, a compound known to suppress craving for alcohol in humans, was shown to decrease consumption of sweetened water by rodents in a study by researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center, which is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco....
University of California, San Francisco
9. Preventive Surgeries Linked to Lower Risk of Cancer for Women with BRCA1/2 Gene Mutations
Listed on: Friday, September 03, 2010
Women who have inherited mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) genes have substantially elevated risks of developing breast and ovarian cancer....
School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System
10. Multiple Planets Transiting Same Star Discovered by NASA's Kepler Mission
Listed on: Friday, September 03, 2010
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– NASA has announced the discovery of two Saturn-size planets, as well as one likely Earth-size planet, all transiting a star called Kepler 9. This is the first confirmed planetary system with more than one planet transiting the same star....
University of California, Santa Barbara
11. Toward Greener Chemistry (Breaking Up Phosphorus with Ultraviolet Light May Offer a Safer, Simpler Way to Build Many Industrial and Household Chemicals)
Listed on: Thursday, September 02, 2010
Phosphorus, a mineral element found in rocks and bone, is a critical ingredient in fertilizers, pesticides, detergents and other industrial and household chemicals. Once phosphorus is mined from rocks, getting it into these products is hazardous and expensive, and chemists have been trying to streamline the process for decades....
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
12. Supercomputing on a Cell Phone (For Complex Problems Whose Form Can be Anticipated But Whose Particulars Can't, New Software Can Offer Approximate Solutions in Seconds.)
Listed on: Thursday, September 02, 2010
Many engineering disciplines rely on supercomputers to simulate complicated physical phenomena — how cracks form in building materials, for instance, or fluids flow through irregular channels. Now, researchers in MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering have developed software that can perform such simulations on an ordinary smart phone....
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
13. Researchers Discover how to Conduct First Test of 'Untestable' String Theory
Listed on: Thursday, September 02, 2010
String theory was originally developed to describe the fundamental particles and forces that make up our universe. The new research, led by a team from Imperial College London, describes the unexpected discovery that string theory also seems to predict the behaviour of entangled quantum particles....
Imperial College London
14. Atmospheres of Distant Worlds Probed with New Technique
Listed on: Thursday, September 02, 2010
Astronomers on two research teams, including an astronomer at Penn State, have demonstrated the power of a new technique to determine the chemical composition of planets far outside our solar system....
Pennsylvania State University
15. New Process Promises to Revolutionize Manufacturing of Products
Listed on: Thursday, September 02, 2010
WATERLOO, Ont. (Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010) - A new "smart materials" process - Multiple Memory Material Technology - developed by University of Waterloo engineering researchers promises to revolutionize the manufacture of diverse products such as medical devices, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), printers, hard drives, automotive components, valves and actuators....
University of Waterloo
16. Clothing to Power Personal Computers
Listed on: Thursday, September 02, 2010
Scientists at the University of Southampton are developing technology that may enable people to power MP3 players and other devices through their clothes and the carpets they walk on....
University of Southampton
17. With New Technique, UF Astronomers Find Potassium in Giant Planet's Atmosphere
Listed on: Thursday, September 02, 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Any driver who's seen deer silhouetted by the headlights of an oncoming car knows that vital information can be conveyed by the outlines of objects....
University of Florida
18. NIST Researchers Create 'Quantum Cats' Made of Light
Listed on: Thursday, September 02, 2010
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created "quantum cats" made of photons (particles of light), boosting prospects for manipulating light in new ways to enhance precision measurements as well as computing and communications based on quantum physics....
National Institute of Standards and Technology
19. High-speed Filter Uses Electrified Nanostructures to Purify Water at Low Cost
Listed on: Thursday, September 02, 2010
By dipping plain cotton cloth in a high-tech broth full of silver nanowires and carbon nanotubes, Stanford researchers have developed a new high-speed, low-cost filter that could easily be implemented to purify water in the developing world....
Stanford University
20. Radiation After Surgery Improves Survival for Rare Type of Breast Cancer
Listed on: Thursday, September 02, 2010
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Radiation therapy following surgery for a rare type of breast cancer improves patient survival, according to a study by a team of surgical oncologists at UC Davis Cancer Center....
UC Davis Health System
21. New Material May Reveal Inner Workings of Hi-temp Superconductors
Listed on: Thursday, September 02, 2010
Measurements taken* at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may help physicists develop a clearer understanding of high-temperature superconductors, whose behavior remains in many ways mysterious decades after their discovery....
Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology
22. Impact Hypothesis Loses its Sparkle (Shock-synthesized Diamonds Said to Prove a Catastrophic Impact Killed Off North American Megafauna Can't be Found)
Listed on: Thursday, September 02, 2010
About 12,900 years ago, a sudden cold snap interrupted the gradual warming that had followed the last Ice Age. The cold lasted for the 1,300-year interval known as the Younger Dryas (YD) before the climate began to warm again....
Washington University in St. Louis
23. Blood Pressure-Lowering Diet May Also Reduce Risk of Heart Disease, Especially in African Americans (Johns Hopkins Study Suggests Long-Term Benefits to Eating Fruits, Veggies, Foods Low in Saturated Fat)
Listed on: Thursday, September 02, 2010
A new study suggests yet another reason for Americans to abandon their current fatty diets in favor of one rich in fruits and vegetables and low in saturated fat. Choosing these healthier options appears to significantly reduce the long-term risk of heart disease in patients with mildly elevated blood pressure, particularly African Americans....
Johns Hopkins Medicine
24. Archaeological Study Shows Human Activity May Have Boosted Shellfish Size
Listed on: Wednesday, September 01, 2010
In a counter-intuitive finding, new research from North Carolina State University shows that a species of shellfish widely consumed in the Pacific over the past 3,000 years has actually increased in size, despite – and possibly because of – increased human activity in the area....
North Carolina State University
25. Hourly Workforce Carries Burden During Recession, Study Finds
Listed on: Wednesday, September 01, 2010
The United States workforce, battered by an economic slowdown, now includes a record number of workers who are involuntarily working part–time due to reduced hours or the inability to find a full–time job....
University of Chicago
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