Physical Sciences
Fast and simple enabling technology being offered to the world on open basis
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Electrolyzed water cleans, degreases -- and treats athlete's foot. The solution is replacing toxic chemicals.
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Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have discovered a fundamental property of mixture behavior that might help extend the life of many things including vaccines, food and library booksand save money while doing it.
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and The Johns Hopkins University have constructed a unique tool for exploring the properties of promising new materials with unprecedented sensitivity and speed
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President Barack Obama's pursuit of energy independence promises to accelerate research and development for alternative energy sources -- solar, wind and geothermal power, biofuels, hydrogen and biomass, to name a few.
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So, does the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory's Tevatron accelerator have a shot against the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland?
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Extraction of oils and flavors from natural products is traditionally accomplished with either organic solvents or by steam distillation. Both of these methods have significant drawbacks.
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Researchers may be able to "freeze" water into a solid, not by cooling but by confining it to narrow spaces less than one-millionth of a millimeter wide, according to new results from an interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers.
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With the cutting of a ribbon, Florida State University ushered in a new era for the development of composite materials that promise a wide variety of commercial and industrial uses.
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Imagine traveling the surface of the Red Planet, observing millennia-old canyons or viewing Martian dust devils first hand. Now, you can with the advent of a new Mars mode in Google Earth that brings to everyone's desktop a high-resolution, three-dimensional view of the Mars.
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Special sheets for bendable displays will soon hit the market.
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