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Fri, 9 May 2008 13:42:00 GMT

Australia 'drowning' in electronic waste

The federal government is being pressed to fast-track a national scheme for recycling Australia's growing pile of electronic waste. Major consumer electronics manufacturer Panasonic is concerned the problem is spiralling out of control without a
Fri, 9 May 2008 13:42:00 GMT

Magnet Lab researchers make observing cell functions easier

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Now that the genome (DNA) of humans and many other organisms have been sequenced, biologists are turning their attention to discovering how the many thousands of structural and control genes -- the "worker bees" of living cells that
Fri, 9 May 2008 13:00:00 GMT

Nanochemistry inside carbon nanotubes

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Fri, 9 May 2008 12:10:00 GMT

[REPORTS] Conditional Dynamics of Interacting Quantum Dots

Conditional Dynamics of Interacting Quantum Dots Robledo et al.Science 9 May 2008: 772-775DOI: 10.1126/science.1155374 Need ? How Do I Get Access? Sign In Registered Users and Subscribers User Name: Password: Auto Sign-In: Save my user name & password
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:37:00 GMT

[REPORTS] Subnanometer Motion of Cargoes Driven by Thermal Gradients Along Carbon Nanotubes

Subnanometer Motion of Cargoes Driven by Thermal Gradients Along Carbon Nano... Barreiro et al.Science 9 May 2008: 775-778DOI: 10.1126/science.1155559 Need ? How Do I Get Access? Sign In Registered Users and Subscribers User Name: Password: Auto
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:38:00 GMT

[REPORTS] Controlled Phase Shifts with a Single Quantum Dot

Controlled Phase Shifts with a Single Quantum Dot Fushman et al.Science 9 May 2008: 769-772DOI: 10.1126/science.1154643 Need ? How Do I Get Access? Sign In Registered Users and Subscribers User Name: Password: Auto Sign-In: Save my user name &
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:37:00 GMT

[PERSPECTIVES] PHYSICS: Designer Atomic Nuclei

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Fri, 9 May 2008 10:36:00 GMT

The Particle Whisperers: Mathematics Explains Why A Gentle Touch Works

What's more, they speculate that many microscopic systems, macroscopic ecosystems, and human social systems may respond to a gentle touch for the very same mathematical reasons. In order to test their hypothesis that heavy handedness can lead to loss of
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:31:00 GMT

Quantum Mechanical Con Game: Winning Every Time

A pair of physicists at Tel-Aviv University in Israel came up with the quantum cheat by imagining two people betting on the location of a particle hidden among a set of boxes. In the game, a quantum mechanical con artist named Alice turns away as her
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:30:00 GMT

'Crispy Noodle' Chemistry Could Reduce Carbon Emissions

Dr Peter Budd, a materials chemist working in the Organic Materials Innovation Centre (OMIC) at The , has won 150,000 worth of new funding to explore the use of a special polymer to effectively remove CO2 as its belched from fossil fuel power stations
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:29:00 GMT

New Technique Measures Ultrashort Laser Pulses At Focus

To better understand the distortions, researchers at the developed the first device to directly measure complex ultrashort light pulses in space and time at and near the focus. Measuring the pulse at the focus is important because that's where the beam
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:27:00 GMT

Warming Up For Magnetic Resonance Imaging

The key to the new technique is called 'temperature-controlled molecular depolarization gates.' It builds on a series of previous developments in MRI and the closely related field of nuclear magnetic resonance, NMR (which instead of an image yields a
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:27:00 GMT

Tiny Electronics: Contact Through Silver Particles In Ink

Modern cars are full of sensors. The optimum quantity of air in the intake tract of a combustion engine is regulated by thermoelectric flow sensors, for instance. They measure which quantities of a gas or a liquid flow in a particular direction. Another
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:26:00 GMT

Warming up for Magnetic Resonance Imaging

The key to the new technique is called 'temperature-controlled molecular depolarization gates.' It builds on a series of previous developments in MRI and the closely related field of nuclear magnetic resonance, NMR (which instead of an image yields a
Fri, 9 May 2008 09:57:00 GMT

Contact through silver particles in ink

Modern cars are full of sensors. The optimum quantity of air in the intake tract of a combustion engine is regulated by thermoelectric flow sensors, for instance.They measure which quantities of a gas or a liquid flow in a particular direction. Another
Fri, 9 May 2008 08:57:00 GMT

Chemists Measure Chilli Sauce Hotness With Nanotubes

? If you can?t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen and into the lab ? chemists can now use carbon nanotubes to judge the heat of chilli sauces. The technology might soon be available commercially as a cheap, disposable sensor for use in the
Fri, 9 May 2008 08:23:00 GMT

Indiana ready to flex subatomic muscles with nanotechnology advances

(Nanowerk News) A cure for cancer, a solution to rising fuel prices or a whole new generation of super-strong materials coming out of the Hoosier state? This and much more possibly lies within the emerging realm of nanotechnology, according to a covey of
Fri, 9 May 2008 08:22:00 GMT

New technique measures ultrashort laser pulses at focus

(Nanowerk News) Lasers that emit ultrashort pulses of light are used for numerous applications including micromachining, microscopy, laser eye surgery, spectroscopy and controlling chemical reactions. But the quality of the results is limited by
Fri, 9 May 2008 08:21:00 GMT

A Unified Perspective on the Hydrogen Atom Transfer and Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Mechanisms in Terms of Topographic Features of the Ground and Excited Potential Energy Surfaces As Exemplified by the Reaction between Phenol and Radicals

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Fri, 9 May 2008 07:26:00 GMT

X-ray Diffraction Analysis of Photochromic Reaction of Fulgides: Crystalline State Reaction Induced by Two-Photon Excitation

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Fri, 9 May 2008 07:26:00 GMT

Hierarchical Structure of Carbon Nanotube Networks

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Fri, 9 May 2008 05:24:00 GMT

Autonomous 3D Robot Doc Gets X-Ray Powers With DIY A.I.

Looks like the robotic uprising could be : Bots can now see through your flesh in three dimensions, pinpoint the exact location of a buried cyst and, without a , direct a mechanical arm to perform a biopsy. That's the conclusion of a new feasibility
Fri, 9 May 2008 05:22:00 GMT

Western States Rebuff Plan For Italian Nuclear Waste In Utah

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Fri, 9 May 2008 05:08:00 GMT

Western states rebuff plan for Italian nuclear waste in Utah

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Eight Western states on Thursday rejected a company's plan to ship tons of radioactive waste from Italy for disposal in Utah, saying importing foreign loads would violate the group's rules. EnergySolutions Inc. is applying for a
Fri, 9 May 2008 05:05:00 GMT

New carbon nanotube technology reported

COVENTRY, England, May 8 (UPI) -- British scientists say they've created a technology that can produce carbon nanotubes that instantly form a highly sensitive, ready-made electric circuit. The University of Warwick researchers said they used a form of
Thu, 8 May 2008 23:26:00 GMT

Magnetic rocks may reveal Martian life

A miniature detector could pick out magnetic rocks on Mars that might harbour telltale signs of ancient life. The instrument could select rocks that contain a magnetic compound - magnetite - that is also produced by bacteria on Earth. The rocks could
Thu, 8 May 2008 21:53:00 GMT

Polish priest-cosmologist receives Templeton Prize

London, May. 8, 2008 (CWNews.com) - Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, presented the Templeton Prize to Father Michal Heller at a private ceremony on May 7 in Buckingham Palace. Father Heller, a Polish cosmologist, was named in April to receive the
Thu, 8 May 2008 20:38:00 GMT

EPA Provides Further Direction on Implementing Fine Particle Pollution Air Quality Standard

Contact Information: Cathy Milbourn, (202) 564-4355 / milbourn.cathyr@epa.gov (5/8/08) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule further outlining steps that state, local and tribal governments must take to reduce fine particle
Thu, 8 May 2008 17:55:00 GMT

NanoMarkets Announces New Printed Electronics Materials Database Offering

About the Database:Derived from NanoMarkets' on-going research and analysis program, the Printed Electronics Materials Database offers users detailed information and analysis of over 180 firms active in the printable electronics materials business along
Thu, 8 May 2008 12:52:00 GMT

SRC-NRI Announces New Awards for Nanoelectronics Research at U.S. Universities to Extend the Roadmap for Semiconductor Chips

Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), the world's leading university-research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies, today announced the latest round of awards for the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (NRI), a public-private
Thu, 8 May 2008 12:51:00 GMT