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Making Microscopic Machines Using Metallic Glass
Researchers in Ireland have developed a new technology using materials called bulk metallic glasses to produce high-precision molds for making tiny plastic components. (2012-05-23)

New silicon memory chip developed
The first purely silicon oxide-based 'Resistive RAM' memory chip that can operate in ambient conditions - opening up the possibility of new super-fast memory - has been developed by researchers at UCL. (2012-05-21)

New 'metamaterial' practical for optical advances
Researchers have taken a step toward overcoming a key obstacle in commercializing "hyperbolic metamaterials," structures that could bring optical advances including ultrapowerful microscopes, computers and solar cells. (2012-05-16)

Nanosheet Catalyst Discovered to Sustainably Split Hydrogen from Water
Hydrogen gas offers one of the most promising sustainable energy alternatives to limited fossil fuels. (2012-05-14)

Scientists find differences in long-lived rodent's protein handlers
The naked mole-rat, a curiously strange, hairless rodent, lives many years longer than any other mouse or rat. Scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio's Barshop Institute of Longevity and Aging Studies continue to explore this mystery. (2012-05-14)

Secrets of the first practical artificial leaf
A detailed description of development of the first practical artificial leaf - a milestone in the drive for sustainable energy that mimics the process, photosynthesis, that green plants use to convert water and sunlight into energy - appears in the ACS journal Accounts of Chemical Research. (2012-05-10)

First evaluation of the Clean Water Act's effects on coastal waters reveals major successes
Levels of copper, cadmium, lead and other metals in Southern California's coastal waters have plummeted over the past four decades, according to new research from USC. (2012-04-27)

Antibiotic resistance flourishes in freshwater systems
The author Dr. Seuss may have been on to something when he imagined that microscopic communities could live and flourish on small specs of dust, barely visible to the naked eye. (2012-04-26)

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. (2012-04-26)

Nature's billion-year-old battery key to storing energy
New research at Concordia University is bringing us one step closer to clean energy. (2012-04-19)