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for the Week of June 12 to June 19, 2011
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Posted 2011-06-18:
- 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
- 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
- Solar inverters: Losses are cut in half
Posted 2011-06-03:
- Single-crystal arrays of graphene: Advance in efforts to develop a replacement for silicon in high-performance electronics
- Leakage of private information from popular web sites is common, new study finds
- Microscopic worms could help open up travel into deep space
- Heartbeat of nanoparticles made visible
- 'Hot body' could help ships reduce drag
- New technology could inspire brain implant for detecting and treating seizures
- World Wars camouflage technique could have benefits in modern warfare
- Honeysuckle extract: Natural sunblock for UV-protective clothing
- A night with the stars ... in a conference room
- Simulator will improve hydrogen safety
Posted 2011-06-02:
- Quantum knowledge cools computers: New understanding of entropy
- Bacterial protein secreting sticky appendages: Atomic-level images suggest new targets for antibacterial drugs
- Safety of nanoparticles in food crops is still unclear
- Thomas Edison also invented the concrete house, researcher says
- Randomness rules in turbulent flows
- A postcard from extragalactic space? A spiral galaxy that resembles our Milky Way
- Making complex fluids look simple
- 'Dead' galaxies aren't so dead after all
- Noninvasive wireless near-infrared device provides reliable diagnosis of bladder dysfunction
- Biodegradable products may be bad for the environment
- New way to help nanoscale engineers choose self-assembling proteins
- Working toward sending humans to Mars
- Stamping out low cost nanodevices
- Rosetta to sleep through loneliest leg of comet mission
Posted 2011-06-01:
- Researchers create nanoscale waveguide for future photonics
- Mobile virtual world with a flexible virtual reality system
- Clean energy technology: Direct methanol fuel cell system moves forward
- Code green: Energy-efficient programming to curb computers' power use
- 'E-waste pollution' a threat to human health, new research suggests
- Cell phones and cancer: Assessment classifies radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans
- Honing household helpers: Computer scientists work toward improving robots’ ability to plan and perform complex actions, domestically and elsewhere
- Hide files within files for better data security: Using executable program files to hide data with steganography
- 'Nanowire' measurements could improve computer memory
- Listening with one atom: New record for measuring magnetic vibrations using the spin of a single atom
- Defect in graphene may present bouquet of possibilities
- Exotic behavior when mechanical devices reach the nanoscale
- Cover crop seeder pulls triple duty for small farms
Posted 2011-05-31:
- Graphene can polarize light: Researchers demonstrate world's thinnest polarizer
- Making complex composite materials to order
- Flexible films for photovoltaics
- Mars: Red planet's rapid formation explains its small size relative to Earth
- New synchrotron technique could see hidden building blocks of life
- Method for detecting toxic substances in leather and footwear developed
Posted 2011-05-30:
- Biological circuits for synthetic biology
- New software tool helps evaluate natural cooling options for buildings
- Teasing apart galaxy collisions: Spitzer photo atlas of galactic 'train wrecks'
- Stars help researchers track space junk
- Dangerous side effect of common drug combination -- Paxil and Pravachol -- discovered by data mining
- Scientists argue against conclusion that bacteria consumed Deepwater Horizon methane
- Better passwords get with the beat
Posted 2011-05-29:
- Better viewing through fluorescent nanotubes when peering into innards of a mouse
- New hope of detecting gravitational waves: Final piece of Einstein's jigsaw puzzle
- Chameleon magnets: Ability to switch magnets 'on' or 'off' could revolutionize computing
- Students struggling with math may have a neurocognitive disorder called dyscalculia: Disorder affects roughly as many people as dyslexia
- Physicists explain the long, useful lifetime of carbon-14
Posted 2011-05-28:
- Astronomers unveil most complete 3-D map of local universe
- New procedure to make brain surgery safer
- Spitzer sees crystal 'rain' in outer clouds of infant star
- Green and lean: Secreting bacteria eliminate cost barriers for renewable biofuel production
- Rendezvous with an asteroid: NASA to launch new science mission to near-Earth asteroid in 2016
- Improving DNA sequencing: Sponge-like biosensor crams enormous power into tiny space
- Nanoengineers invent new biomaterial that more closely mimics human tissue
- New nanoscale imaging may lead to new treatments for multiple sclerosis
- NASA is making hot 'way cool'
- Nuclear radiation affects sex of babies, study suggests
- Matter-matter entanglement at a distance: Quantum mechanical entanglement of two remote quantum systems
- NASA's Hubble finds rare 'blue straggler' stars in the Milky Way's hub
- Superior sound for telephones, mobile and related devices
Posted 2011-05-27:
- NASA's WISE mission offers a taste of galaxies to come
- Testing material hardness and strength: Butter up the old 'scratch test' to make it tough
- The quantum computer is growing up: Repetitive error correction in a quantum processor
- Scientists detect Earth-equivalent amount of water within the moon
- Children experience wrist and finger pain when using gaming devices and mobile phones over time, study suggests
- 'Guide vests': Robotic navigation aids for the visually impaired
- Feuding helium dwarf stars exposed by eclipse
- Quantum sensor tracked in human cells could aid drug discovery
- Teaching algae to make fuel: New process could lead to production of hydrogen using bioengineered microorganisms
- Intuitions regarding geometry are universal, study suggests
- Biomedical imaging: Ultrasound guide star and time-reversal mirror can focus light deep under the skin
- Carrying humans into deep space: NASA announces key decision for next deep space transportation system
- Violent video games reduce brain response to violence and increase aggressive behavior, study suggests
- Five new hot spots where medicine and technology will converge
- Scientists generates hydrogen as an energy source from ethanol and sunlight
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