Applied Sciences
Instituting economical ways to save electricity could save about three quarters of the electricity consumed in the U.S. at an average cost of about one cent per kilowatt-hour, according to Amory Lovins, chairman and chief scientist of Rocky Mountain Institute.
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Algae are widely touted as the next best source for fueling the world's energy needs.
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It takes a big brain and a big-time swagger to transform the drug industry. And Aled Edwards a renowned University of Toronto biochemist and respected laboratory leader employs both to change the way drugs get into your medicine cabinet.
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A high-tech power cable designed to prevent rolling blackouts caused by everything from a wayward squirrel to terrorists is being readied for New York City's financial district.
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A quarter-century ago, American rocket scientists proposed the "Star Wars" defense system to knock Soviet missiles from the skies with laser beams. Some of the same scientists are now aiming their lasers at another airborne threat: the mosquito.
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Politicians are pinning their hopes for delivery from global warming on a technology that is not quite airtight
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Fewer than one in four consumers now believe the U.S. food supply is safer than it was a year ago, according to new data from the University of Minnesota's Food Industry Center.
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Scientists working in microplate format can go through several wash/dispense cycles in the course of their application.
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As sites and tools for online networking and collaboration evolve, they are gaining a permanent place in most laboratories and businesses.
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A congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council finds serious deficiencies in the nation's forensic science system and calls for major reforms and new research.
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Unconventional solar cell materials that are as abundant but much less costly than silicon and other semiconductors in use today could substantially reduce the cost of solar photovoltaics, according to a new study from the Energy and Resources Group and the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).
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