Applied Physics

Enzyme 'Mistake' May Yield Plant Oil For Biofuel Discovery

If your experiment doesn't go the way you expect, take a closer look; something even more interesting may have happened. That strategy has led scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory to discover a fundamental shift in an enzyme's function t ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2008 - 5:26pm

Invention Puts A "Korset" On Computer Viruses

Anti-virus companies play a losing game. Casting their nets wide, they catch common, malicious viruses and worms (known to the industry as “malware”), but it may take days before their software updates can prepare your computer for the next attack. By the ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 9 2008 - 12:48pm

I am betting the LHC will not destroy the Earth- any takers?

Yes, I am putting my money where my brain is. The LHC is big news... for about 24 more hours. Heck, watching The Today Show this morning, even Matt Lauer said he was going to Google Dr. Otto Rössler- and it sure means something when they can get my kid to ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Oct 22 2008 - 10:40pm

Welsh miners’ sons in physics

Welsh miners’ sons in physics Reading an article Death threat to scientists over Big Bang test, I learn that one of the leading figures behind the experiment is Lyn Evans, the son of a miner, whose fascination with science started as a boy, when he would c ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Oct 22 2008 - 10:40pm

Black Hole Detection Methods

Black holes have been a research concentration for a number of years now. Advanced telescopes like Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Swift Gamma Ray Burst Telescope make it easier to observe the effects of black holes on their local neighborhood. Black hol ...

Blog Post - Usman Anwer - Oct 22 2008 - 10:37pm

New Relative Active Tectonics Index Determines Earthquake Risk In Mountain Chains

To build a hospital, nuclear power station or a large dam you need to know the possible earthquake risks of the terrain. Now, researchers from the Universities of Granada and Jaen, alongside scientists from the University of California (Santa Barbara, USA) ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 24 2011 - 3:32pm

Fort Miami Not A Fort At All, Say Archaeologists

Fort Miami wasn't a fort at all, according to discoveries made this summer by members of the University of Cincinnati's Ohio Valley Archaeology Field School project, who spent weeks working at the site in Hamilton County's Shawnee Lookout p ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 14 2008 - 11:59am

From Chip To Cube- 3-D Processors Get Optimized, Vertical And A Whole Lot Faster

The next major advance in computer processors will be the move from today's two-dimensional chips to three-dimensional circuits, and the first three-dimensional synchronization circuitry is now running at 1.4 gigahertz at the University of Rochester. ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 15 2008 - 9:53am

Researchers Successfully Suppress Ghrelin, The "Hunger Hormone"

Johns Hopkins scientists report success in significantly suppressing levels of the "hunger hormone" ghrelin in pigs using a minimally invasive means of chemically vaporizing the main vessel carrying blood to the top section, or fundus, of the sto ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 16 2008 - 12:27am

Verdino- Prototype Vehicle Uses 'Ant Colony Optimization' And Can Navigate And Steer By Itself

Nothing would make historic sites more fun to visit than a golf cart that drives itself, navigates around obstacles and lets you concentrate on enjoying the scenery. If the 'Verdino' takes off, you just may have it. A team of engineers from the U ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 17 2008 - 12:41pm