Energy & Particles : Science World Report

Apr 13, 2012 06:59 AM EDT

Do Solar Storms Cause Heat Waves on Earth?

Although solar flares, and associated coronal mass ejections, can bombard Earth's outermost atmosphere with tremendous amounts of energy, most of that energy is reflected back into space by the Earth's magnetic field. Because the energy does not reach our planet's surface, it has no measurable influ...

Apr 13, 2012 06:30 AM EDT

Future Nuclear Leaders Gather at the IAEA

From 28 to 30 March 2012, the IAEA played host to some of the world's brightest, young minds in the nuclear industry. Hailing from more than 30 countries, these young professionals are all alumni of the World Nuclear University's (WNU) Summer Institute, and gathered at IAEA headquarters for the Inst...

Apr 13, 2012 05:49 AM EDT

Japan Reactor Restart Debate Swells Beyond Nuclear Frontline

Japan's nuclear power industry had never spent much time or money winning over the hearts and minds of people like Susumu Takahashi, a fisherman angling for small sweetfish from the serene shores of Lake Biwa, a world away from any nuclear reactor.

Apr 12, 2012 08:34 AM EDT

Breakthrough in Quantum Communication

A team of scientists at the MPQ realizes a first elementary quantum network based on interfaces between single atoms and photons

Apr 12, 2012 07:06 AM EDT

Breakthrough in Nanostructure Research Honoured with ICTP Award

A Brazilian physicist's discovery that for the first time allows researchers to identify single, nano-scale structures called "nanotubes" has been recognized with the International Centre for Theoretical Physics Prize, one of the most prestigious prizes in physics. Created in 1982 by the ICTP Scient...

Apr 11, 2012 01:28 PM EDT

Hybrid Copper-gold Nanoparticles Convert CO2

Copper - the stuff of pennies and tea kettles - is also one of the few metals that can turn carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon fuels with relatively little energy. When fashioned into an electrode and stimulated with voltage, copper acts as a strong catalyst, setting off an electrochemical reaction wit...

Apr 11, 2012 10:54 AM EDT

The Weird World of "Remote Heating"

UMD Researchers Discover Nanoscale Phenomena with Potential for Computer Speed Advances

Apr 11, 2012 09:13 AM EDT

UK Company to Demonstrate Their Commercially Effective Graphene Production Process

Haydale, a wholly owned subsidiary of British company Innovative Carbon Limited today announces that they will be exhibiting at Graphene 2012 from 10th April to 13th.

Apr 11, 2012 09:08 AM EDT

Bats Save Energy by Drawing in Wings on Upstroke

Whether people are building a flying machine or nature is evolving one, there is pressure to optimize efficiency. A new analysis by biologists, physicists, and engineers at Brown University reveals the subtle but important degree to which that pressure has literally shaped the flapping wings of bats...

Apr 11, 2012 08:23 AM EDT

'Nanobubbles' Plus Chemotherapy Equals Single-cell Cancer Targeting

Using light-harvesting nanoparticles to convert laser energy into "plasmonic nanobubbles," researchers at Rice University, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) are developing new methods to inject drugs and genetic payloads directly into cancer cells...

Apr 10, 2012 12:56 PM EDT

Sulfur in Every Pore

From smartphones to e-bikes, the number of mobile electronic devices is steadily growing around the world. As a result, there is an increased need for batteries that are small and light, yet powerful.

Apr 10, 2012 12:50 PM EDT

KIT: Processes at the Surface of Catalysts

In chemical industry, heterogeneous catalysis is of crucial importance to the manufacture of basic or fine chemicals, in catalytic converters of exhaust gas, or for the chemical storage of solar energy. Scientists of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Ruhr-UniversitÃ¤t Bochum (RUB) have d...