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Aug 08, 2013 04:59 PM EDT

Simple Table Salt Could Help New High-Tech Industry Using Silicon Nanostructures

Chemists at Oregon State University have identified a compound that could significantly reduce the cost and potentially enable the mass commercial production of silicon nanostructures -- materials that have huge potential in everything from electronics to biomedicine and energy storage.

Aug 08, 2013 04:28 PM EDT

New High-Tech Laser Method Allows DNA to Be Inserted 'Gently' Into Living Cells

Many methods already exist for doing this, but they tend to be clumsy and destructive, not allowing researchers to precisely control how and when they insert the DNA or requiring them to burn through large numbers of cells before they can get it into one.

Aug 08, 2013 01:22 PM EDT

Glow iPhone App Can Help You Get Pregnant

Could a new cell phone application actually tell you when you're most likely days are to conceive?

Aug 08, 2013 11:46 AM EDT

Are You a 'Sexter?' People Harbor Different Expectations about Intimate Messaging

According to researchers from Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, as many as 20 percent of adolescents and 44 percent of young adults have shared nude or semi-nude photos of themselves via cell phone or social networking sites. Yet, the reasons for which each of these individuals doe...

Aug 08, 2013 10:53 AM EDT

Key to Organic Solar Cells is Electron Spin: Revolutionizing Renewable Energy

Scientists may have found a way to revolutionize renewable energy. They've created organic solar cells, a new class of solar cell that mimics the natural process of plant photosynthesis. And now, researchers have found a way to improve the efficiency of these cells.

Aug 07, 2013 06:14 PM EDT

New Microchip Sorts White Blood Cells From Whole Blood

New device may be used to quickly detect signs of sepsis, other inflammatory diseases.

Aug 07, 2013 04:52 PM EDT

Battery Design Gets Boost from Aligned Carbon Nanotubes

Researchers at North Carolina State University have created a new flexible nano-scaffold for rechargeable lithium ion batteries that could help make cell phone and electric car batteries last longer.

Aug 07, 2013 10:34 AM EDT

Physicists Freeze Light for a Minute: How to Pause the Speed of Light

Light is constantly moving, bouncing off surfaces as it speeds through space. Now, physicists have accomplished the seemingly impossible: they've managed to halt light itself. Researchers have now looked at the potential applications of freezing light and have even managed to extend the duration of ...

Aug 06, 2013 11:34 PM EDT

New Micro-Printed Patterns Will Let You Call the Bluff on Forgeries

In order to thwart forgeries, EPFL researchers developed and tested a new miniaturized authentication system. By combining moiré patterns and microlithography techniques, unique imprints can be easily recognized by the naked eye and are impossible to reproduce through currently existing printer or ...

Aug 06, 2013 09:28 PM EDT

Ask the Experts: Will Robots Take Over the World?

Robots can do a lot for us: they can explore space or cut our toenails. But do advances in robotics and artificial intelligence hold hidden threats? Three leaders in their fields answer questions about our relationships with robots.

Aug 06, 2013 05:24 PM EDT

Newly Invented Nano-Scale Terahertz Detector Could Make Molecule 'Scanners' Possible

Molecules could soon be "scanned" in a fashion similar to imaging screenings at airports, thanks to a detector developed by University of Pittsburgh physicists.

Aug 06, 2013 11:34 AM EDT

Eye Pupils Hold Key to Communication: Locked-In Patients Answer Questions

Scientists have developed a system that allows immobile patients to answer "yes" or "no" questions within seconds by using a laptop and a camera. The new method could be a boon to those who are otherwise unable to interact with others.