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1 hour ago | News
While many are focusing on atmospheric solutions to reduce greenhouse gases, some researchers are setting their sights on the ground—deep underground. Li Li, an assistant professor of energy and mineral engineering at Penn State University, is investigating geologic carbon sequestration as a way to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
2 hours ago | News
Condensed-matter physicists the world over are in hot pursuit of a comprehensive understanding of high-temperature superconductivity, not just for its technological benefits but for the clues it holds to strongly correlated electron systems. One important avenue of investigation is pairing symmetry.
2 hours ago | News
The main technical difficulty in building a quantum computer could soon be the thing that makes it possible to build one, according to new research from The Australian National University.
3 hours ago | News
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, NASA, and elsewhere have detected a possible planet, some 1,500 light years away, that appears to be evaporating under the blistering heat of its parent star. The scientists infer that a long tail of debris is following the planet, and that this tail may tell the story of the planet's disintegration.
May 17 | News
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
generally approves drug therapies faster and earlier than its
counterparts in Canada and Europe,
according to a new study by Yale University School of Medicine
researchers. The
study counters perceptions that the drug approval process in the U.S. is
especially slow.
May 17 | News
Technology is helping
communication companies merge telephone, television, and Internet
services, but
a push to deregulate may leave some customers on the wrong side of the
digital
divide during this convergence, according to a Penn State University
telecommunications
researcher.
May 17 | News
Neutrinos may be even stranger than they seem, if indeed they are the only fermions (particles of matter) that are their own antiparticles. Proof would be a rare form of radioactive decay called neutrinoless double-beta decay, which could only be seen if there's virtually no background interference. The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR now under construction at the Sanford Underground Research Facility aims to prove these near-perfect conditions can be met.
May 16 | News
Text messaging is a surprisingly good way to get candid responses to sensitive questions, according to a new study to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research.
May 16 | News
Some remarkable types of bacteria have proven themselves capable of "consuming" toxic pollutants, organically diminishing environmental impact in a process called bioremediation. Enzymes within these bacteria can effectively alter the molecular structure of dangerous chemicals, but the underlying mechanisms and keys to future advances often remain unknown. Now, scientists Brookhaven National Laboratory have revealed a possible explanation for the superior function of one pollution-degrading enzyme.
May 16 | News
Navy pilots and other flight specialists soon will have a new "smart machine" installed in training simulators that learns from expert instructors to more efficiently train their students. Sandia National Laboratories' AEMASE is being provided to the Navy as a component of flight simulators.
