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'Standing on a comet': Rosetta mission will contribute to space weather research
A comet bound spacecraft that's been in sleep mode for more than two years is scheduled to wake up on the morning of Jan 20 beginning the home stretch of its decade long journey to ... - Read More2011 Draconid meteor shower deposited a ton of meteoritic material on Earth
Studying meteorites may reveal Mars' secrets of life
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Released 3 11 2013 5 00 AM EDTSource Newsroom National University of Singapore more news from this source Mar 11 2013 A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore NUS led by Professor ...
In the EU funded project MicroMilk European SMEs together with the University of Hohenheim and the Fraunhofer IGB have developed a novel method for pasteurization of milk with microwaves The system preserves the valuable components ...
All chefs know that you have to break some eggs to make an omelet and that includes engineers at Iowa State University who are using high frequency sound waves to break down plant materials in ...
Released 10 11 2013 9 35 AM EDTEmbargo expired 10 13 2013 1 00 PM EDTSource Newsroom McMaster University more news from this source Oct 15 2013 Hamilton ON Oct 13 2013 Researchers at McMaster ...
A natural shift to stronger warm El Niño events in the Pacific Ocean might be responsible for a substantial portion of the global warming recorded during the past 50 years according to new research at ...
Geochemistry analysis conducted by the U S Naval Research Laboratory of fossil sediment injection structures off the New Zealand coast in February and March reveal no presence of modern day expulsions of methane gas a ...
Materials Science
Thermoelectric generator on glass fabric for wearable electronic devicesWearable computers or devices have been hailed as the next generation of mobile electronic gadgets from smart watches to smart glasses to smart pacemakers For electronics to be worn by a user they must be ...
- New self-healing plastics developed
- Virus structure inspires novel understanding of onion-like carbon nanoparticles
- A modern twist on Young's slits
- Sneak a peek through the mist to technology of the future
- Engineers design 'living materials': Hybrid materials combine bacterial cells with nonliving elements that emit light
Agrochemistry
True value of cover crops to farmers, environmentPlanting cover crops in rotation between cash crops widely agreed to be ecologically beneficial is even more valuable than previously thought according to a team of agronomists entomologists agroecologists horticulturists and biogeochemists from Penn State's ...
- A gluttonous plant reveals how its cellular power plant devours foreign DNA
- Risk assessment for pesticides in EU unsuitable for use in field
- How scavenging fungi became a plant's best friend
- Lignin-feasting microbe holds promise for biofuels
- Defending food crops: Whitefly experimentation to prevent contamination of agriculture
Chemical Biology
Toward a faster, more accurate way to diagnose strokeWhen someone suffers from a stroke a silent countdown begins A fast diagnosis and treatment can mean the difference between life and death So scientists are working on a new blood test that one day ...
Geochemistry
Dust in the wind drove iron fertilization during ice ageResearchers from Princeton University and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have confirmed that during the last ice age iron fertilization caused plankton to thrive in a region of the Southern Ocean The ...
Sonochemistry
Unlocking the brain's secrets using soundThe brain is a reclusive organ Neurons the cells that make up the brain nerves and spinal cord communicate with each other using electrical pulses known as action potentials but their interactions are complicated and ...
Theoretical Chemistry
Bright future for protein nanoprobesThe term a brighter future might be a cliché but in the case of ultra small probes for lighting up individual proteins it is now most appropriate Researchers at the U S Department of Energy ...
- 'Ultracold' molecules promising for quantum computing, simulation
- Big data tackles tiny molecular machines
- A brake for spinning molecules: Precise control of rotational temperature of molecular ions for lab-based astrochemistry
- Ultra sensitive detection of radio waves with lasers
- Tulane Team Invents New Instrument to Study Complex Molecules
Astrochemistry
Fierce 2012 magnetic storm just missed us: Earth dodged huge magnetic bullet from the sunEarth dodged a huge magnetic bullet from the sun on July 23 2012. According to University of California Berkeley and Chinese researchers a rapid succession of coronal mass ejections the most intense eruptions on the ...
- An experiment recreates the crust of Jupiter's moon Europa
- A new renewable energy source? Device captures energy from Earth's infrared emissions to outer space
- Soil production breaks geologic speed record
- 'Standing on a comet': Rosetta mission will contribute to space weather research
- Noble gas molecule discovered in space
Spectroscopy
Switching an antibiotic on and off with lightScientists of the KIT and the University of Kiev have produced an antibiotic whose biological activity can be controlled with light Thanks to the robust diarylethene photoswitch the antimicrobial effect of the peptide mimetic can ...
- Thermal vision: Graphene light detector first to span infrared spectrum
- Tweaking MRI to track creatine may spot heart problems earlier, study suggests
- Understanding secondary light emission by plasmonic nanostructures may improve medical imaging
- Researchers create nonlinear light-generating zero-index metamaterial
- Amplifying Our Vision of the Infinitely Small
Nuclear Chemistry
Researcher: Study on Element Could Change Ballgame on Radioactive Wasteand it’s what Florida State Professor Thomas Albrecht Schmitt the lead researcher on the project calls “wicked stuff ” In carefully choreographed experiments Albrecht Schmitt and his colleagues found that californium had amazing abilities to ...
- Seal teeth offer glimpse into the environmental past of Russia's Lake Baikal
- Tiny transistors for extreme environs: Engineers shrink plasma devices to resist radiation
- Magnetic behavior discovery could advance nuclear fusion
- Radiation damage at the root of Chernobyl's ecosystems
- Shale could be long-term home for problematic nuclear waste
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- Refrigerant in car air conditioners: Refreshingly cool, potentially toxic?
- Toward a faster, more accurate way to diagnose stroke
- Recycling astronaut urine for energy and drinking water
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- Thermoelectric generator on glass fabric for wearable electronic devices
- New self-healing plastics developed
- Virus structure inspires novel understanding of onion-like carbon nanoparticles
- Researchers bolster development of programmable quantum computers
- Bioanalysis: Microbeads are easily fixed
- Fruit flies, fighter jets use similar nimble tactics when under attack
- A modern twist on Young's slits
- Sneak a peek through the mist to technology of the future
- Enzyme 'Wrench' Could Be Key to Stronger, More Effective Antibiotics
- Most Hospital Pregnancy Tests Found to Be Unreliable After First Few Weeks of Pregnancy
- A New Approach to Huntington's Disease?
- Bamboo-Loving Giant Pandas Also Have a Sweet Tooth
- Engineers design 'living materials': Hybrid materials combine bacterial cells with nonliving elements that emit light
- Shifting evolution into reverse promises cheaper, greener way to make new drugs
- Shifting Evolution Into Reverse Promises Cheaper, Greener Way to Make New Drugs
- Researcher: Study on Element Could Change Ballgame on Radioactive Waste
- Forests crucial to green growth
- Seal teeth offer glimpse into the environmental past of Russia's Lake Baikal
- Permafrost thaw exacerbates climate change
- Deep ocean current may slow due to climate change
- Making synthetic diamond crystals in plasma reactor
- Dust in the wind drove iron fertilization during ice age
- Emerging carbon trading markets offer lessons
- It looks like rubber but isn't: What goes on in a concentrated solution of circular polymers?
- Switching an antibiotic on and off with light
- Mathematical equation that explains the behavior of nanofoams
- Dartmouth Cancer Researcher on Genetic-Based Testing and Treatment for Breast Cancer
- True value of cover crops to farmers, environment
- Ocean's carbon budget balanced: Supply of food to midwater organisms balanced with demands for food
- Goldilocks principle: Earth's continued habitability due to geologic cycles that act as climate control
- Nanoparticle-based coating for aircraft engines may triple service life and reduce fuel consumption
- Tiny transistors for extreme environs: Engineers shrink plasma devices to resist radiation
- Algae may be a potential source of biofuels and biochemicals even in cool climate
- Real-time simulation of textiles with new software
- Important and complex systems, from the global financial market to groups of friends, may be highly controllable
- Fierce 2012 magnetic storm just missed us: Earth dodged huge magnetic bullet from the sun
- Planting cotton early may mean less stink bug damage
- Magnetic behavior discovery could advance nuclear fusion
- Nanotube composites greatly increase efficiency of next generation of solar cells
- High-strength materials from the pressure cooker: New materials made quickly and in eco-friendly manner
- Pocket diagnosis: App turns any smartphone into a portable medical diagnostic device
- New technique makes LEDs brighter, more resilient
- Radiation damage at the root of Chernobyl's ecosystems
- Fast synthesis could boost drug development
- New biotechnology product to make waterproof paper using natural enzymes
- Rewrite the textbooks on water's surface tension: Air-water interface is negatively charged by the adsorption of hydroxide ions
- Vaccination: No-refrigeration, spray vaccine could curb diseases in remote areas
- Thermal conductance can be controlled like waves using nanostructures
- Building Heart Tissue That Beats
- New Method Is a Thousand Times More Sensitive to Performance-Enhancing Drugs
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