(PhysOrg.com) -- What does a scientist do to visualise a space journey? Build a model, of course. A model of Europe's Rosetta comet-chaser made out of LEGO blocks started out in this small way and has grown into a high-fidelity ...
Space Exploration
Sep 22, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When honeybees seek a new home, they choose the best site through a democratic process that humans might do well to emulate, says a Cornell biologist in his new book, "Honeybee Democracy" (Princeton University ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 22, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The name is anything but exciting - and yet the compound known as PDC113.824 may have a very exciting future. It is the precursor of a drug which may one day provide effective treatment for the common and ...
Biochemistry
Sep 22, 2010
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Are lightweight construction materials suitable for extremely stressed and safety-relevant components such as car wheel? Tests and calculations show that fiber-reinforced plastics are highly damage-tolerant and distinctly ...
Engineering
Sep 22, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Growth of two-dimensional S-layer crystals on supported lipid bilayers observed in solution using in situ atomic force microscopy. This movie shows proteins sticking onto the supported lipid bilayer, forming ...
Nanophysics
Sep 22, 2010
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New surveys show a 27-percent drop in the number of breeding burrowing owls in California's Imperial Valley and provide some of the most striking evidence yet that the species is badly in need of state protections. Recent ...
Ecology
Sep 22, 2010
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Spanish energy group Endesa said Wednesday it has signed an agreement with Japanese automaker Nissan to set up a network of recharge points for electric cars.
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 22, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Armed with a pathogen detection technology honed through internal investments, as well as a recent $800K grant secured through the Department of Energy's Biomass Program, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 22, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A Michigan Technological University researcher may have solved a long-standing mystery in earth science studies. In Siberia there exist stepped, large-scale basaltic formations known as “traps.” “Nobody ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 22, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Biomedical researchers at the University at Buffalo have engineered adult stem cells that scientists can grow continuously in culture, a discovery that could speed development of cost-effective treatments ...
Biotechnology
Sep 22, 2010
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