- By Tudor Vieru
- July 2nd, 2012
New Material to Improve Water Desalination Procedures
The innovation could help address worldwide water shortages
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 30th, 2012
On June 30, Clocks Will Get an Extra Second
Experts from the American space agency explain why
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 30th, 2012
Battery-like Fuel Cell Can Run Without Hydrogen
This is the first time such a power system was created
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 28th, 2012
Atomic Force Microscopes Work Better Without Gold Tips
These are currently a mainstay of the advanced devices
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 28th, 2012
Extreme-Speed Nickel-Iron Battery Created
Researchers say that the devices may soon be used in electric cars
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 28th, 2012
Innovative Clay-Based Fire Retardants Developed at NIST
The material should prevent fires from consuming house furnishings
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 27th, 2012
Metamaterials Used to Produce World's Smallest Optical Cavities
These structures could generate the most intense nanolaser beams
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 27th, 2012
New Lab-on-a-Chip Identifies Air Contaminants Inside Homes
The technology was recently tested next to a USAF air base
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 26th, 2012
Improving Heat Transfer Materials and Technologies
Researchers take important step forward in new study
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 25th, 2012
Extreme Material Developed in Denmark
It could be used to create new generations of sensors
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 15th, 2012
New Biomedical Device Kills Bacteria Remotely
The technique relies on the use of laser frequency combs
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 8th, 2012
Coherent Light Beam Contains Wavelengths from UV to X-rays
This is the first time a tabletop light source can do this
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 6th, 2012
Higgs Boson's Existence to Be Established This Summer
American researchers predict that the quest for the particle will soon end
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 6th, 2012
New Method for Splitting Water Created at Caltech
The work could lead to improvements in hydrogen gas production processes
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 6th, 2012
Nuclear Bomb Explosions Simulated at Molecular Scales
International treaties make such modeling efforts indispensable
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 5th, 2012
Possible Mass Range of Neutrinos Narrowed Down
Experts make the most significant progress of the last decade
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 1st, 2012
Particle Collision Simulations Possible on Quantum Computer
The devices may not be available for a few more decades