Coldest Antimatter Ever Produced
(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists working at the CERN nuclear research lab on the border of Switzerland and France have generated the coldest particles of antimatter ever recorded. Continue Reading
Nano-sized Light Mill Drives Micro-sized Disk
While those wonderful light sabers in the Star Wars films remain the figment of George Lucas’ fertile imagination, light mills – rotary motors driven by light – that can power objects thousands Continue Reading
A Reasonable Hope [Poetry and Medicine]
JAMA. 2010;304(1):17. for David Goldblatt, MD (1930-2007), who promised patients with ALS that if he placed them on ventilator support he would be there to help them off it. Continue Reading
Delayed school start time associated with improvements in adolescent behaviors
A short delay in school start time appears to be associated with significant improvements in adolescent alertness, mood and health, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Pediatrics Continue Reading
Study: Kids now see fewer television ads for sweets and beverages, but more for fast food
Children saw fewer television advertisements for certain foods, including those for sweets and beverages, in 2007 compared with 2003, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the Continue Reading
Former Israeli military man caught spraying Polish ghetto
A former Israeli Air Force captain was caught spray-painting pro-Palestinian graffiti on the walls of the Warsaw Ghetto last week. Continue Reading
Michigan Tech Professor Helps Draft Road Map to Fuel-Efficient Trucks, Cars
(PhysOrg.com) -- Manufacturers can take advantage of multiple strategies to build fuel-saving cars and trucks, says two congressionally mandated reports by the National Academies, but they won't come Continue Reading
Renewables account for 62 percent of the new electricity generation capacity installed in the EU in 2009
The "Renewable Energy Snapshots" report, published today by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, shows that renewable energy sources accounted for 62 percent of the new electricity Continue Reading
Interpol asks Web surfers to help catch fugitives
International police agency Interpol on Monday urged Internet users to help track down hundreds of fugitives wanted for murder, rape, child sexual abuse and other serious crimes. Continue Reading
Firms plan green energy power lines under Med
An industrial consortium launched preparations on Monday for a possible future power grid under the Mediterranean that would carry solar energy from Africa to Europe. Continue Reading
Tag tech for buried pipes spins out
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new Oxford University spin-out company, Oxford Electromagnetic Solutions Limited (OxEmS), has been set up to commercialise technology to locate and identify buried plastic pipes. Continue Reading
Nano-sized light mill drives micro-sized disk (w/ Video)
While those wonderful light sabers in the Star Wars films remain the figment of George Lucas' fertile imagination, light mills - rotary motors driven by light - that can power objects thousands of Continue Reading
Brain freeze ‘secret to eternal life’
RUSSIANS turn to the first cryonics company outside the US in search of a "loophole out of death". Continue Reading
Popularise homoeopathy through integrated approach: VC
Panaji, Jul 2 : Vice-Chancellor of Goa University Dr Deelip Deobagkar has stressed upon the need to adapt an integrated approach and new technologies in Homoeopathic school of medicine to make it Continue Reading
Researchers ‘design’ therapeutic coatings of silver
(PhysOrg.com) -- Swiss researchers have demonstrated how they can adjust process conditions to influence the properties of novel plasma polymer coatings containing silver nanoparticles. Tailor-made Continue Reading
More women need bone-density tests
NEW YORK — Routine screening for osteoporosis should include all younger postmenopausal women who have at least the same chance of a bone break as an older woman, a government task force said Continue Reading
Diagnostic blood test can identify rare lung disease
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have found that a certain blood test can successfully identify lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) in Continue Reading
Bharat Bandh causes losses of several thousand crores
Bharat Bandh causes losses of several thousand croresBharat Bandh causes losses of several thousand crores Continue Reading
Queen Elizabeth gets a new BlackBerry
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II received a BlackBerry handset as a gift on Monday while touring the Canadian headquarters of its maker, Research in Motion. Continue Reading
