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Metal Strengthens Silk's Mettle When you think about silk, you probably think of gossamer fibers woven into lustrous garments or decadently soft bedsheets. But silk is also prized for its strength. Mechanically speaking, silk fibers are as tough as steel. But in the April 24th ...
Mysterious Space Blob Discovered at Cosmic Dawn Using information from a suite of telescopes, astronomers have discovered a mysterious, giant object that existed at a time when the universe was only about 800 million years old. Objects such as this one are dubbed extended Lyman...
Medical Micro-robots Made As Small As Bacteria They look like spirals with tiny heads, and screw through the liquid like miniature corkscrews. When moving, they resemble rather ungainly bacteria with long whip-like tails. They can only be observed under a microscope because, at a ...
Star crust is 10 billion times stronger than steel The crust of neutron stars is 10 billion times stronger than steel, according to new simulations. That makes the surface of these ultra-dense stars tough enough to support long-lived bulges that could produce gravitational waves ...
Polar Meltdown Triggers International Arctic Landgrab As a nuclear-powered icebreaker crunched through 10 feet of August ice at the North Pole, Russian sailors readied two deepwater submersibles for their two-and-a-half-mile descent. Dubbed Mir 1 and Mir 2 (mir meaning world ), ...
Science's most powerful computer tackles first questions In cult sci-fi tale Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the most powerful computer in the universe was charged with finding the answer to life, the universe, and everything. In the real world, a newly built supercomputer that ...
Scientists create first electronic quantum processor A team led by Yale University researchers has created the first rudimentary solid-state quantum processor, taking another step toward the ultimate dream of building a quantum computer. They also used the two-qubit superconducti...
Improvement of lithium-ion batteries with nano-structures A team of scientists led by Prof. SONG Hyun-joon of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on 15 February 2009 have developed a nano-structure that could increase the capacity of lithium...
Auria Solar Ramps Up 60 MW Micromorph End-to-End Line In Record Time Auria Solar (Taiwan) unveils the world s first end-to-end solar manufacturing line using Oerlikon Solar s high-performance Micromorph technology $1 per watt production goal in reach through 50 percent gain in ...
Nano-Based Engine Oil Lubricant Reduces Fuel Consumption by More Than 5% Rolling along: The round tungsten disulfide fullerenes keep two metal surface (which are uneven on the molecular scale) from touching one another as they move, thus reducing friction in the machinery. ApNano ...
NASA Return to Lunar Orbit Will Scout for Future Human Exploration Atop an Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida sits the first step in what will surely be a long and arduous task for NASA returning humans to the moon. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or ...
Recipe for Life: Water and a Little Lava Astronomers scanning the skies for another Earth might need to narrow their search. New research suggests that even if a world lies within the Habitable Zone, in which water is liquid, too much or too little volcanic activity can render it ...
Planet 'spotted' in Andromeda galaxy Astronomers believe they may have discovered the first planet ever detected in another galaxy. The new world was apparently glimpsed in the closest giant spiral galaxy to the Milky Way, Messier 31 in the constellation of Andromeda. It lies an ...
Peeling stickers may lead way to stretchable electronics A study of stickers peeling from windows could lead to a new way to precisely control the fabrication of stretchable electronics, according to a team of researchers including one at MIT. Stretchable electronics, which would ...
Moonstruck: Tagalong Probe to Blast Moon in Search for Water If humans are to live on the moon someday, or simply use it as a way station for the journey to Mars, water will be a critical resource and having a local supply would be invaluable. That's why NASA plans to crash some ...
Oerlikon Solar Wins Cell Award 2009 Best Technical Product For Thin-Film Module Manufacturing For Oerlikon Solar KAI 1200 Deposition System Industry-leading 40 MHz technology 30% cycle time improvement Improved absorber layer quality Highest thin film silicon efficiency on the ...
Japanese Space Porch to Fly on Shuttle Endeavour The International Space Station's Kibo laboratory is about to get a new porch, the last big piece of the outpost's already massive Japanese-built segment. The porch - a platform for science research that will be placed outside the ...
A Real Whopper: Black Hole Is Most Massive Known PASADENA, CALIF. The most massive black hole yet weighed lurks at the heart of the relatively nearby giant galaxy M87. The supermassive black hole is two to three times heftier than previously thought, a new model showed, weighing ...
Ocean Power Gets Fast Track The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Washington state agreed yesterday to coordinate environmental reviews and establish licensing schedules for emerging hydrokinetic technologies. FERC authorizes operating licenses for marine projects that ...
Spacecraft studies Earth from afar A robotic probe sailing out in space to look for planets beyond the solar system has its first target in sight - Earth. The idea behind observing our home planet is to give scientists an understanding of how an alien Earth may look in the data ...
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Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that he is ...
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Policies of China's new leadership in the ...
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), the world's second-largest drug producer by ...
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary ...
China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
The Number One Document also proposed a new pricing plan for China's ...
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
SHANGHAI, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China, the world's top manufacturer and ...
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
A Wal-Mart store is seen in Stratford, Connecticut, the United States. ...
Gaming Firms Find Going Tough
Gaming Firms Find Going Tough
Employees demonstrate Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications' Xperia Play ...
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
A formation of nine Royal Air Force Red Arrows Hawk aircraft fly ...
Yao's gift of sport for all
Yao's gift of sport for all
Chinese NBA player Yao Ming teaches a boy with special needs how to ...
Lucrative golf industry lures stiff competition
Lucrative golf industry lures stiff competition
Two models stand beside golf equipment and bags at a recent golf ...
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...