In an advance that could help curb global demand for oil, MIT researchers have demonstrated how ordinary spark-ignition automobile engines can, under certain driving conditions, move into a spark-free operating mode that ...
Engineering
Jul 23, 2007
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Residents of Kamchatka in far eastern Russia are on alert for yet another volcano eruption.
Earth Sciences
Jul 23, 2007
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The U.S. Department of Energy is looking for industry teams to help conceptually design the department's "Next Generation Nuclear Plant."
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 23, 2007
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Imagine cleaning out your refrigerator and being able to tell at a glance whether perishable food items have spoiled, because the packaging has changed its color, or being able to tell if your dollar bill is counterfeit simply ...
Condensed Matter
Jul 23, 2007
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Scientists thought that most new genes were formed from existing genes, but Cornell researchers have discovered a gene in some fruit flies that appears to be unrelated to other genes in any known genome.
Jul 23, 2007
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University of Arizona astronomers who are probing the oxygen-rich environment around a supergiant star with one of the world's most sensitive radio telescopes have discovered a score of molecules that include compounds needed ...
Astronomy
Jul 23, 2007
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By taking advantage of the full range of ways in which molecules can interact with and bind to one another, a team of investigators at the Carolina Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence has created nanoparticles that ...
Bio & Medicine
Jul 23, 2007
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More efficient and less costly solar cells, solid-state lighting and industrial catalysts are potential applications of atomic layer deposition (ALD), a technique that researchers at Argonne National Laboratory are working ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 23, 2007
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University of Exeter archaeologists may have found the key to Stokenham’s Medieval manor house. Along with local schools and members of the community, the team has been digging a site in the South Hams village throughout ...
Archaeology
Jul 23, 2007
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Americans' icy attitudes toward nuclear power are beginning to thaw, according to a new survey from MIT. The report also found a U.S. public increasingly unhappy with oil and more willing to develop alternative energy sources ...
Other
Jul 23, 2007
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