Even the smallest devices, assembled at the molecular level, need motors and oscillators. UC Riverside Mechanical Engineering Professor Qing Jiang thinks bundling groups of carbon nanotubes together could make an ultra-efficient ...
Nanophysics
May 16, 2006
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Scientists at NASA are finding that with hurricanes, they can look at the cloud tops for clues about the behavior of winds below the hurricane on the Earth's surface.
Earth Sciences
May 16, 2006
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NASA released a summary Monday of the findings about why its Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology spacecraft did not complete its mission and collided with the intended rendezvous satellite on April 15, 2005.
Space Exploration
May 16, 2006
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Only the sun, which pours more energy onto the Earth's surface in an hour than the entire planet uses in a year, has the capacity to meet future global energy needs -- but people will have to act fast to make use of it, according ...
Environment
May 16, 2006
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MIT researchers in the Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems are applying new materials, new technologies and new ideas to radically improve an old concept -- thermophotovoltaic (TPV) conversion of light into ...
Condensed Matter
May 16, 2006
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Discovery Communications announced Tuesday it will make its programming available for purchase on iTunes.
Internet
May 16, 2006
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Memory cards, USB ports and iPods are about to get smaller and cheaper to produce, according to a company that has just unveiled 4 bit per cell NAND flash technology.
Electronics & Semiconductors
May 16, 2006
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Britain's Environmental Agency warns the nation may face its worst drought in a century and has begun imposing restrictions on water use, a report said.
Environment
May 16, 2006
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A university study suggests Japan is falling behind other nations in the production of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) chips for personal computers.
Electronics & Semiconductors
May 16, 2006
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Artificial kidneys and other medical devices could soon employ carbon nanotubes and other structures only nanometers or billionths of a meter wide made highly blood compatible via anticoagulants, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Bio & Medicine
May 16, 2006
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