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for the Week of June 19 to June 26, 2011
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Posted 2011-06-25:
- 'Orca ears' inspire researchers to develop ultrasensitive undersea microphone
- 'Quantum magic' without any 'spooky action at a distance'
- Tracing cancer back to its source using computer dissection
- New insights into the cohesive forces of crystal structures
- Astronomers reach for the stars to discover new cancer therapy
Posted 2011-06-25:
- Mantis shrimp eye could improve high-definition CDs, DVDs
- High technology, not low taxes, may drive US states' economic growth
- Optical circuit enables new approach to quantum technologies
- Genes at the flick of a light switch: Human cells fitted with synthetic signaling cascade
- Sun and planets constructed differently than thought, NASA mission suggests
- Next-generation gene sequencing brings personal genomics closer, IDs mutation in new syndrome
- Physicist's discovery alters conventional understanding of sight
- Brain-like computing a step closer to reality
- Building a better math teacher
- Physicists observe 'campfire effect' in blinking nanorod semiconductors
- Smaller companies hit hardest during emerging market crises
- When matter melts: Scientists map phase changes in quark-gluon plasma
- Computational software provides rapid identification of disease-causing gene variations
- Getting more innovative with Facebook?
Posted 2011-06-24:
- Flames of Betelgeuse: New image reveals vast nebula around famous supergiant star
- Smartphone app helps you find friends in a crowd
- Dawn spacecraft nears start of year-long stay at giant asteroid Vesta
- Model helps pinpoint cyanobacterial genes that capture the sun's energy
- Scientists a step closer to understanding 'natural antifreeze' molecules
- Youth cybercrime linked to friends' influence
- Properties of 'confined' water within single-walled carbon nanotube pores clarified
- Harnessing electron spin: Toward a new breed of computers that can process data using less power
- New technique yields troves of information from nanoscale bone samples
- 'Super sand' for better purification of drinking water
- Electrical water detection
- Pandora's cluster: A galactic crash investigation
- Driving a vehicle with one hand
- New physics research to deepen understanding of the universe
- Solar wind samples give insight into birth of solar system
- NASA Mars rover arrives in Florida after cross-country flight
- New application for iPhone may support monitoring and research on Parkinson's disease
- Neutrino oscillations caught in the act
- Cassini samples the icy spray of Enceladus water plumes
Posted 2011-06-23:
- Gold nanoparticles help earlier diagnosis of liver cancer
- Cassini captures Saturn's icy moon Helene
- Trigger to fatal neurodegenerative disease uncovered using computer simulation
- Caribou in Alberta's oil sands stressed by human activity, not wolves, research suggests
- Is Enceladus hiding saltwater ocean? Cassini captures ocean-like spray at Saturn's moon
- Researchers create tool to put the lid on solar power fluctuations
- Self-cleaning anodes could facilitate cost-effective coal-powered fuel cells
- Astronomers discover that galaxies are either asleep or awake
- How dense is a cell? Combining ancient principle with new technology, researchers devise new way to answer question
- Quantum leap: Magnetic properties of a single proton directly observed for the first time
- Strongest evidence yet indicates icy Saturn moon hiding saltwater ocean
- Radar for Mars gets flight tests at NASA Dryden
- New technology for improving FIFA refereeing
Posted 2011-06-22:
- Forklift trucks that run on a green charge
- Forensics: Lamps and spectrometers used to age bruises precisely
- Acrobatics for anyons: New test for elusive fundamental particle proposed
- Shipwrecks no more: Recycling old boats
- 'Smart materials' that make proteins form crystals to boost research into new drugs
- Keeping bugs out of software for self-driving cars: Analysis verifies safety of distributed car control system
- Scientists find simple way to produce graphene
- Quantum cryptography: Perfect eavesdropper illustrates overlooked loophole in secure communications technology
- Genius of Einstein, Fourier key to new computer vision that mimics how humans perceive 3-D shapes
- Mimicking nature at the nanoscale: Selective transport across a biomimetic nanopore
- New measurement into biological polymer networks
- Stretching old material yields new results for energy- and environment-related devices
Posted 2011-06-21:
- Young adults struggle with online political participation
- Lab-on-chip sensing: New compact microspectrometer design achieves high resolution and wide bandwidth
- Inconsistent math curricula hurting US students, study finds
- Diagnosed autism is more common in an IT-rich region, study finds
- Discovery of parathyroid glow promises to reduce endocrine surgery risk
- Improving LED lighting
- Self-assembling electronic nano-components
- Careless behaviour of cloud users leads to crucial security threats, experts find
- Team reports scalable fabrication of self-aligned graphene transistors, circuits
- Surroundings matter: Researchers engineer the environment for stem cell development to control differentiation
- New insights on an old material will enable design of better polymer batteries, water purification
- From seawater to freshwater with a nanotechnology filter
- Glimpsing the end of our solar system
- Finding reserves on the electrical grid
- Predicting future appearance: New computer-based technique ages photographic images of people's faces
- Johannes Kepler ATV cargo ferry undocks from International Space Station
- Hybrid lab combines technologies to make biorenewable fuels and products
Posted 2011-06-20:
- Green ring fit for a superhero: Spitzer Space Telescope spies powerful light of giant 'O' stars
- Observation of rare particles may shed light on why the universe has more matter than antimatter
- Intelligent onboard transportation systems to prevent car crashes?
Posted 2011-06-19:
- Chirality: New method to consistently make left-handed or right-handed molecules
- 'Ultrawideband' could be future of medical monitoring
- Phobos slips past Jupiter
Posted 2011-06-18:
- Spectacular Hubble view of Centaurus A
- Coming to TV screens of the future: A sense of smell
- ATV preparing for fiery destruction
- Poor 'gut sense' of numbers contributes to persistent math difficulties
- Stretchable electronics: Wireless sensor measures and inputs intense body movements to computer
- Graphene may gain an on-off switch, adding semiconductor to long list of material's achievements
- Noninvasive brain implant could someday translate thoughts into movement
- Taking the 3-D measure of macromolecules
- New sensor to measure structural stresses can heal itself when broken
- Firefighters' communications: Wireless 'breadcrumbs' that won’t become toast when baked ... or soggy when hosed
- Mercury: Messenger orbital data confirm theories, reveal surprises
- Landsat 5 satellite helps emergency managers fight largest fire in Arizona history
- Roadmap published for dynamic mapping of estrogen signaling in breast cancer
- Scientists analyzs nucleus of comet Hartley 2
- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope completes first round of cryogenic mirror test
- European endorsement for ESA's space hazards programme
- Large Hadron Collider achieves 2011 data milestone
- Simulation models offer clarity with regard to energy transition decisions
Posted 2011-06-17:
- Comet Hartley 2 in hyperactive class of its own: CO<sub>2</sub> jets confirmed, new insight into composition, 'excited' rotation
- Metallic glass: A crystal at heart
- Neutrons, simulations reveal details of molecule that complicates next-generation biofuels
- Gamma-ray flash came from star being eaten by massive black hole
- First self-powered device with wireless data transmission
- Using living cells as an 'invisibility cloak' to hide drugs
- Scientists prove existence of 'magnetic ropes' that cause solar storms
- 'Glowing hands' in the waiting room improves kids' handwashing
- Indication of a new type of neutrino oscillation at the T2K experiment
- EPOXI finds Hartley 2 is a hyperactive comet
- Searching for the 'perfect glass'
- Black hole kills star and blasts 3.8 billion light year beam at Earth
- Neutrinos can change 'flavors', scientists discover
- Don't stop anonymizing data: Report dispels myths of de-identification
- New supercomputer will chase novel genes
Posted 2011-06-16:
- Recalculating the distance to interstellar space
- When size matters: Nanotechnology for energy efficiency
- Researchers break light-matter coupling strength limit in nanoscale semiconductors
- NASA's Chandra finds massive black holes common in early universe
- European experts propose method to harmonize nuclear emergency plans
- Internet could be 10 times faster than it currently is, researchers say
- What gamers want: Researchers develop tool to predict player behavior
- Neutrinos change flavors while crossing Japan: Findings shed light on why universe is made of matter instead of anti-matter
- Using recycled cardboard in food packaging risks contaminating food with mineral oils, study finds
- Protecting medical implants from attack
- Baby stars born to 'napping' parents
- 3-D tracking of single molecules inside cells using new multifocal plane microscopy method
- Rainwater harvest study finds roofing material affects water quality
- X-ray telescope finds new voracious black holes in early universe
- Researchers discover new type of neutrino oscillation
- X-ray analysis technique helps scientists determine that black holes grew voraciously in young galaxies
- Astronomers discover earliest black holes at dawn of universe
- A grid approach to pandemic disease control
- UK first use of 3-D imaging derived from post-mortem computed tomography imaging in UK trial
Posted 2011-06-15:
- Two-state dynamics recorded in glassy silicon
- 'Hidden' galaxies of the universe have lower amounts of heavier elements
- 'Catch and release' program could improve nanoparticle safety assessment
- New insights on how solar minimums affect Earth
- Nanotubes could pose health risk to production line staff, study suggests
- First telecommunications wavelength quantum dot laser grown on a silicon substrate
- New software 'hearing dummies' pave the way for tailor-made hearing aids
- NASA spacecraft captures video of asteroid approach
- Ten-fold increase in open access scientific publishing during the last decade
- Forecast: Tough times ahead for daily deal sites
- Palm oil insulation could transform transformers
Posted 2011-06-14:
- Under pressure, sodium, hydrogen could undergo a metamorphosis, emerging as superconductor
- Entry, descent and surface science for 2016 Mars mission
- Faster computer graphics: Digitally mimicking photographic blur caused by moving objects
- First X-ray lasing of SACLA: Next-generation facility up and running with powerful new X-ray laser
- Single GFP-expressing cell is basis of living laser device
- In very narrow spaces, liquids behave more like gels
- New computer algorithm improves method for finding genetic mistakes that fuel cancer
- New 3-D tumor model: Step toward speeding cancer drug research
- Digital democracy? Study finds elite viewpoints dominate online content
- A molecule that switches on and off
- What happens in the brain as it loses consciousness: 3-D movie constructed
- Tuning 'metasurface' with fluid in new concept for sensing and chemistry
- New supernova remnant lights up: SN1987A shines again
- Raising the International Space Station: ATV Johannes Kepler conducts the 'Big Boost'
- Walking microdroplets collect viruses and bacteria
- 'Networking' turns up flu viruses with close ties to pandemic of 2009
- Glowing 'Cornell Dots': Potential cancer diagnostic tool set for human trials
Posted 2011-06-13:
- Chemistry with sunlight: Combining electrochemistry and photovoltaics to clean up oxidation reactions
- Using waste heat from automobile exhaust
- Chasing EHEC via computer: Scientists in Germany provide free access to enteric pathogen's genetic regulation data
- An egalitarian Internet? Not so, study finds
Posted 2011-06-12:
- Physicists apply Einstein's general theory of relativity to superconducting circuits
- Photosynthesis mechanics: Tapping into plants is the key to combat climate change, says scientist
- Nearby galaxy boasts two monster black holes, both active
- Ultrathin copper-oxide layers behave like quantum spin liquid
- Communicating in a crisis: Researchers devise new technique to help rescuers communicate after terrorist attacks
- Nanotechnology circuits for wireless devices: First wafer-scale graphene integrated circuit smaller than a pinhead
Posted 2011-06-11:
- Physicists hit on mathematical description of superfluid dynamics
- NASA's Dawn spacecraft approaches protoplanet Vesta
- Fighting oil-spills with air-bubbles
- New parallelization technique boosts computers' ability to model biological systems
- Engineers envision 'two-dimensional' graphene metamaterials and one-atom-thick optical devices
- Meteorite holds clues to organic chemistry of early Earth
- New imaging technology promising for diagnosing cardiovascular disease, diabetes
- Temperature tracking device for packages may have climate metrology applications
- New way to make lighter, stronger steel -- in a flash
- Chemists devise better way to prepare workhorse molecules
- Mars Exploration Rover heads toward 'Spirit Point'
- The downside -- and surprising upside –- of microcredit
- European Union's 'DemoCLOCK' project to cut cost of capturing CO<sub>2</sub>
Posted 2011-06-10:
- New driving force for chemical reactions
- Unique 'portrait' of shuttle and International Space Station released
- Magnetic bubbles reside at solar system edge, NASA probes suggest
- 'Biological circuit' components developed; New microscope technique for measuring them
- Historic first images of rod photoreceptors in the living human eye
- Researchers discover superatoms with magnetic shells
- First Images from the VLT Survey Telescope with with huge 268-megapixel camera
- Aircraft systems in the environmental chamber
- Water's surface not all wet: Some water molecules split the difference between gas and liquid
- Rosetta comet probe starts years-long space hibernation
- Asteroid served up 'custom orders' of life's ingredients
- New superstrate material enables flexible, lightweight and efficient thin film solar modules
- Ultracold neutrons to help solve mysteries of physics
Posted 2011-06-09:
- Astronomers find a new class of stellar explosions
- New method to make sodium ion-based battery cells could lead to better, cheaper batteries for the electrical grid
- Ordered fear plays a strong role in market chaos
- Research creates nanoparticles perfectly formed to tackle cancer
- Using magnets to help prevent heart attacks: Magnetic field can reduce blood viscosity, physicist discovers
- GPS stations can detect clandestine nuclear tests
- Finding answers century-old questions about platinum's catalytic properties
- Near infrared fluorescence lights up hidden blood clots
- NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory catches 'surfer' waves on the sun
- Greater cancer detection is possible with 4-D PET image reconstruction
- New data still have scientists in dark over dark matter
- Protein folding made easy
- Desktop genome analyzer and browser lets biologists easily analyze and process high-throughput data
Posted 2011-06-08:
- NASA sees the sun having a solar blast
- Radio waves making a comeback?
- Engineers look to the birds for the future of unmanned aerial vehicles
- Quantum simulator prototype: Toward new class of semiconductor nanostructures that probe quantum world
- Novel geothermal technology packs a one-two punch against climate change
- Neutron analysis explains dynamics behind best thermoelectric materials
- Astrophysicists use X-ray fingerprints to study eating habits of giant black holes
- Scanning the skies for debris hazards
- Compaction bands in sandstone are permeable: Findings could aid hydraulic fracturing, other fluid extraction techniques
- Scientists use super microscope to pinpoint body’s immunity 'switch'
- Virtual water cannot remedy freshwater shortage
- European project applies the social networking principle to scientific research
Posted 2011-06-07:
- Nanotechnologists must take lessons from nature
- Low-cost wireless sensor networks open new horizons for the Internet of things
- New supernova shows signs of atypical composition
- Tiny talk on a barnacle's back: Scientists use new imaging technique to reveal complex microbial interactions
- Perfect welds for car bodies
- Kinder, gentler video games may actually be good for players
- Material turns hard or soft at the touch of a button
- Applying conductive nanocoatings to textiles
- New solar system formation models indicate that Jupiter's foray robbed Mars of mass
- First polymer solar-thermal device heats home, saves money
- New communication systems to bring order to air traffic chaos
- Wikipedia improves students' work: Students become much more concerned with accuracy when their research is posted online, study finds
- Major step in improving forecasts of weather extremes such as floods and droughts
- It all depends on the coffee: The eco-balance of coffee capsules
- Optical control of magnetic effects at the nanoscale
- Jupiter's youthful travels redefined solar system
- Graphene-based polarizer can broaden bandwidth of optical fiber-based telecommunications
- No significant difference in car fuel consumption between E10 and E5 petrol grades, Finnish study finds
Posted 2011-06-06:
- Robotic mine vehicles successfully reanimated by engineering students using industry support
- Physicists store antimatter atoms for 1,000 seconds -- and still counting
- Noise research to combat 'wind turbine syndrome'
- Developing advanced biofuels: Researchers counteract biofuel toxicity in microbes
- CERN experiment traps antimatter atoms for 1000 seconds
- CERN group traps antihydrogen atoms for more than 16 minutes
- Upping the anti: Canadian researchers instrumental in game-changing antimatter study
Posted 2011-06-05:
- DNA can discern between two quantum states, research shows
- Building a better dam map: New database of reservoirs and dams for sustainable river-flow management
Posted 2011-06-04:
- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity passes small crater and big milestone
- Weight loss success in a 3-D virtual world
- New sound synchronization technology holds the key to earlier diagnosis of heart disease
- Lasers used to form 3-D crystals made of nanoparticles
- Quantum physics first: Physicists measure without distorting
- Researchers build largest biochemical circuit out of small synthetic DNA molecules
- Researchers map, measure brain's neural connections
- Phase change memory-based 'Moneta' system points to the future of computer storage
- Mathematical models provide insights into cholera vaccination strategies for Zimbabwe
- Examining the brain as a neural information super-highway
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