Researchers suggest magicians' mirror tricks could be used as large scale...
(Phys.org) —John Howell, a Professor of Physics at the University of Rochester, and his teenage son, have uploaded a paper to the preprint server arXiv in which they suggest that some common magicians'...
View ArticleStudy reveals leakage of carbon from land to rivers, lakes, estuaries and...
When carbon is emitted by human activities into the atmosphere it is generally thought that about half remains in the atmosphere and the remainder is stored in the oceans and on land. New research...
View ArticleZSW engineers build lithium-ion battery able to last for 27 years
(Phys.org) —Officials at Germany's Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg, (ZSW) have issued a press release describing improvements they've made to lithium-ion batteries. They...
View ArticleResearch team proposes lumpy crust of X-ray pulsars responsible for arrest of...
(Phys.org) —A trio of researchers working in Spain suggests in a paper published in the journal Nature Physics that the surface of some neutron stars might be "lumpy." Stars with such a surface might...
View ArticleEPFL presents a modular aircraft at Paris Air Show (w/ Video)
Go to the train station to take the plane. Board on a capsule to reach the airport by rail, and then - without leaving your seat - fly to another city. The Clip-Air project, being developed at EPFL...
View ArticleLinguists, computer scientists use supercomputers to improve natural language...
It's not hard to tell the difference between the "charge" of a battery and criminal "charges." But for computers, distinguishing between the various meanings of a word is difficult.
View ArticleMysterious monument found beneath the Sea of Galilee
The shores of the Sea of Galilee, located in the North of Israel, are home to a number of significant archaeological sites. Now researchers from Tel Aviv University have found an ancient structure deep...
View ArticlePendulum swings back on 350-year-old mathematical mystery
(Phys.org) —A 350-year-old mathematical mystery could lead toward a better understanding of medical conditions like epilepsy or even the behavior of predator-prey systems in the wild, University of...
View ArticleChemists demonstrate sensor technology that could detect, monitor diabetes...
(Phys.org) —Diabetes patients often receive their diagnosis after a series of glucose-related blood tests in hospital settings, and then have to monitor their condition daily through expensive,...
View ArticleAlpine rock cress uses a ribonucleic acid to measure its age and tell when...
Perennial plants flower only when they have reached a certain age and been subjected to the cold. These two circumstances prevent the plant from starting to flower during winter. George Coupland and...
View ArticleTesting artificial photosynthesis
(Phys.org) —With the daily mean concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide having reached 400 parts-per-million for the first time in human history, the need for carbon-neutral alternatives to fossil...
View Article2-D electronics take a step forward: Team makes semiconducting films for...
Scientists at Rice University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have advanced on the goal of two-dimensional electronics with a method to control the growth of uniform atomic layers of...
View ArticleScientists discover new family of quasicrystals
(Phys.org) —Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Ames Laboratory have discovered a new family of rare-earth quasicrystals using an algorithm they developed to help pinpoint them....
View ArticleThe body electric: Researchers move closer to low-cost, implantable electronics
(Phys.org) —New technology under development at The Ohio State University is paving the way for low-cost electronic devices that work in direct contact with living tissue inside the body.
View ArticleSimple theory may explain dark matter
Most of the matter in the universe may be made out of particles that possess an unusual, donut-shaped electromagnetic field called an anapole.
View ArticleNew study proposes solution to long-running debate as to how stable the Earth...
Researchers at the University of Southampton have proposed an answer to the long-running debate as to how stable the Earth system is.
View ArticleMicrosoft hypes next-gen Xbox One games at E3 (Update)
Microsoft has its head in the cloud with Xbox One.
View ArticleBiotech crops vs. pests: Successes and failures from the first billion acres...
Since 1996, farmers worldwide have planted more than a billion acres (400 million hectares) of genetically modified corn and cotton that produce insecticidal proteins from the bacterium Bacillus...
View ArticlePolymers could help enzymes treat diseases
(Phys.org) —Conditions such as celiac disease, phenylketonuria, lactose intolerance and exocrine pancreatic disease involve abnormal enzyme activity. Enzymes administered orally could help sufferers....
View ArticleChina is outsourcing carbon within its own borders, study finds
Just as wealthy nations like the United States are outsourcing their dangerous carbon dioxide emissions to China, rich coastal provinces in that country are outsourcing emissions to poorer provinces in...
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