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Developers of renewable energy and shale gas must overcome fundamental geological and environmental challenges Developers of renewable energy and shale gas must overcome fundamental geological and environmental challenges if these promising energy sources are to reach their full potential, according to a trio of leading geoscientists. “There is a critical need for scientists to address

Researchers of the University of Konstanz the first to detect cancer cells using the olfactory senses A research unit in an international cooperation project, led by the Konstanz-based neurobiologist and zoologist Professor Dr. Giovanni Galizia, has been the first to demonstrate that fruit flies are able to distinguish cancer cells from healthy cells via their

“That raises the theoretical efficiency of the cell to 80 percent, which is quite remarkable.” Scientists have created a heat-resistant thermal emitter that could significantly improve the efficiency of solar cells. The novel component is designed to convert heat from the sun into infrared light, which can than be absorbed by solar cells to make

A way of making hundreds – or even thousands – of tiny robots cluster to carry out tasks without using any memory or processing power has been developed by engineers at the University of Sheffield, UK. The team, working in the Sheffield Centre for Robotics (SCentRo), in the University’s Faculty of Engineering, has programmed extremely

NASA’S Curiosity has the fastest modem on Mars. Since its only competition is an oldish bit of kit aboard Opportunity, one of two rovers dispatched in 2003, that is not saying much, at least in terms of what internet users on Earth have learned to expect.Curiosity‘s ability to capture images and other data easily outstrips its capacity to

American researchers say they were shocked by how much information they were able to unearth about people by simply looking at the phone numbers they called. The Stanford University study encouraged volunteers to install a tracking application called MetaPhone onto their phones. Researchers collected information for several months, and say they were able to predict

The University of Groningen (yeah, we had to look it up on G Maps too) has managed to convert a 3D theater into a large ass touchscreen. How large you say? Well, freakingly gigantic large say we. It measures 10 meters by 2.8 meters and can detect upto 100 simultaneous touch inputs. The screen has

Image by ozgurmulazimoglu via Flickr A new road map from the Danish government suggests how Denmark could become one of the first countries in the world to completely stop using oil, gas and coal by 2050 if it boosts wind production by as much as six times and hikes taxes onfossil fuels tenfold, a government-appointed

A team led by Nanfang Yu, assistant professor of applied physics at Columbia Engineering, has discovered a new phase-transition optical material and demonstrated novel devices that dynamically control light over a much broader wavelength range and with larger modulation amplitude than what has currently been possible. The team, including researchers from Purdue, Harvard, Drexel, and Brookhaven

A new polymer jelly could be the next big step forward for lithium batteries. The jelly replaces the volatile and hazardous liquid electrolyte currently used in most lithium batteries. Researchers from the University of Leeds hope their development leads to smaller, cheaper and safer gadgets. Once on the market, the lithium jelly batteries could allow