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Apr 26, 2012 03:20 PM EDT

MIT Researchers Find a Way to Make Glass thatâ€™s Anti-fogging, Self-cleaning and Free of Glare

One of the most instantly recognizable features of glass is the way it reflects light. But a new way of creating surface textures on glass, developed by researchers at MIT, virtually eliminates reflections, producing glass that is almost unrecognizable because of its absence of glare - and whose sur...

Apr 26, 2012 02:59 PM EDT

New Diagnostic Tool Determines Aggressiveness of Prostate Cancer

One in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime, the second leading cause of death among men in the United States.

Apr 26, 2012 12:19 PM EDT

Scientists Predict Paradoxical Laser Effect

Two lamps are brighter than one. This simple truism does not necessarily apply to lasers, as a team of scientists, led by the Vienna University of Technology found out.

Apr 26, 2012 11:46 AM EDT

New Harvesting Approach Boosts Energy Output from Bacteria

A team of scientists from University of Colorado Denver has developed a novel energy system that increases the amount of energy harvested from microbial fuel cells (MFCs) by more than 70 times. The new approach also greatly improves energy efficiency. MFCs are emerging as a way to use bacteria to di...

Apr 25, 2012 04:52 PM EDT

Electron Politics: Physicists Probe Organization at the Quantum Level

A new study this week finds that "quantum critical points" in exotic electronic materials can act much like polarizing "hot button issues" in an election. Reporting in Nature, researchers from Rice University, two Max Planck Institutes in Dresden, Germany, and UCLA find that on either side of a quan...

Apr 25, 2012 03:50 PM EDT

Researchers Develop a Path to Liquid Solar Cells that Can be Printed onto Surfaces

Scientists at USC have developed a potential pathway to cheap, stable solar cells made from nanocrystals so small they can exist as a liquid ink and be painted or printed onto clear surfaces.

Apr 25, 2012 02:12 PM EDT

Creating Nano-structures from the Bottom up

Microscopic particles are being coaxed by Duke University engineers to assemble themselves into larger crystalline structures by the use of varying concentrations of microscopic particles and magnetic fields.

Apr 25, 2012 08:14 AM EDT

Graphene Boosts Efficiency of Next-gen Solar Cells

The coolest new nanomaterial of the 21st century could boost the efficiency of the next generation of solar panels, a team of Michigan Technological University materials scientists has discovered.

Apr 25, 2012 06:01 AM EDT

Enhancing Global Emergency Preparedness and Response Framework

Delegates of competent authorities are pushing for measures that will further strengthen global emergency preparedness and response framework. The venue was the sixth meeting of representatives of competent authorities identified under the Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident and t...

Apr 24, 2012 12:32 PM EDT

Scientists Discover Bilayer Structure in Efficient Solar Material

Detailed studies of one of the best-performing organic photovoltaic materials reveal an unusual bilayer lamellar structure that may help explain the material's superior performance at converting sunlight to electricity and guide the synthesis of new materials with even better properties.

Apr 24, 2012 12:23 PM EDT

Improving on the Amazing: Scientists Seek New Conductors for Metamaterials

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have designed a method to evaluate different conductors for use in metamaterial structures, which are engineered to exhibit properties not possible in natural materials. The work was reported this month in Nature Photonics.

Apr 23, 2012 04:24 PM EDT

Scientists See Solution to Critical Barrier to Fusion

Physicists have discovered a possible solution to a mystery that has long baffled researchers working to harness fusion. If confirmed by experiment, the finding could help scientists eliminate a major impediment to the development of fusion as a clean and abundant source of energy for producing elec...