Physical Sciences

Progress: Discovering How The Contractile Ring In Cell Division Works

how the contractile machinery assembles and how all the pieces get to the right place to get the job ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 15 2007 - 10:37am

Triple Merger Of Galaxies Looks Like A 'Cosmic Tinkerbell'

all-pervasive dust clouds, using adaptive optics to resolve the finest details [2]. Underneath the chaotic ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 21 2007 - 11:11pm

Making A Faster Internet

detected separately and converted into an electrical signal. As before, the team has integrated all the ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 22 2007 - 6:30pm

Systems Biology Model Predicts Cell Dynamics In Extreme Environnment

directly from experiments designed to measure all genes in the genome simultaneously. These are called ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 27 2007 - 11:34pm

What Phytoplankton Can Teach Us About Computer Chips

carbon dioxide that is removed from the atmosphere each year, an amount comparable to that removed by all ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 21 2008 - 8:36pm

Wild 2 Surprises As Comet Dust Show Asteroid Belt Characteristics

expected.” “Wild 2 doesn’t look like what we thought all comets should look like,” Ishii said. “The Stardust ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 24 2008 - 4:24pm

Nova: First Unified Model For RS Ophiuchi

for a routine engineering run when all of a sudden the nova went off. It was very bright and easy to ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 28 2008 - 3:07pm

Quest For A Spider-Man Suit 2008: Improved Sticky Gecko Feet

default" feet. The Berkeley researchers, all engineers, have worked closely with biologists Robert Full, ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 29 2008 - 7:45pm

E.Coli: Our New Hydrogen-Producing Energy Friend

said. “The idea is to make the hydrogen where you need it.” Of course, all of this is down the road. ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 29 2008 - 11:41pm

Air Force Invests $1 Million In Planes With Wingspans Smaller Than A Deck Of Cards

aerodynamics with wing and body shapes, which change all the time," Shyy said. "Natural flyers have ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 5 2008 - 12:08am