Do the media lead entrepreneurs astray?
If you're looking for reliable information, then you won't necessarily find it in the newspaper. According to Dr. Susan Glover from the University of California in the US, public information from both informal and written sources, like newspapers, leads entrepreneurs astray. view more (2009-08-27)
Physicists harness effects of disorder in magnetic sensors
University of Chicago scientists have discovered how to make magnetic sensors capable of operating at the high temperatures that ceramic engines in cars and aircraft of the future will require. view more (2008-09-10)
Quantum coherence possible in incommensurate electronic systems
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have demonstrated that quantum coherence is possible in electronic systems that are incommensurate, thereby removing one obstacle in the development of quantum devices. view more (2006-11-03)
University of Surrey Scientist Awarded 2001 Nutrition Society Silver Medal
Dr Susan New, a Lecturer in Nutrition at the University of Surrey has been awarded the prestigious Silver Medal of the UK Nutrition Society at its Diamond Jubilee Conference in Sheffield this week. She will present her Silver Medal Lecture in a plenary session to the conference, which will be attended by nutrition scientists from across the world.... view more... (2001-07-10)
Digging for Victory ... with a Silver Trowel
The prestigious Silver Trowel Award, sponsored by Spear & Jackson, for the greatest initiative in archaeology was presented to the Council for British Archaeology's Defence of Britain Project by Sir Neil Cossons, Chairman of English Heritage, at the 2002 British Archaeological Awards ceremony held in Liverpool yesterday. view more (2002-11-08)
Researching Education - Widening the Debate
The report brings research on schools, further and higher education into the necessary relationship with the wider educational scenario that the government has sought to promote. It is an interesting review of the field of educational research and one which illuminates the current intensive controversies surrounding the nature and status of... view more... (1999-07-15)
Expressing feelings after trauma not necessary, research shows
Talking it out has long been considered essential to recovering from a trauma. But new research shows that expressing one's thoughts and feelings after a traumatic event is not necessary for long-term emotional and physical health, a finding that could change the way institutions devote money and resources to mental health services following... view more... (2008-06-03)
The mysterious case of Columbus's silver ore
Silver-bearing ore found at the settlement founded by Christopher Columbus's second expedition was not mined in the Americas, new research reveals. view more (2007-02-20)
Plate tectonics may take a break
Plate tectonics, the geologic process responsible for creating the Earth's continents, mountain ranges, and ocean basins, may be an on-again, off-again affair. view more (2008-01-04)
Hi ho silver! FSU physicist helps discover an atomic oddity
Working with an international team of scientists, a Florida State University physics professor has taken part in an experiment that resulted in the creation of a silver atom with exotic properties never before observed. view more (2006-01-30)
Study: Inhabitants of early settlement were desperate to find metals
A new study provides evidence that the last inhabitants of Christopher Columbus' first settlement desperately tried to extract silver from lead ore, originally brought from Spain for other uses, just before abandoning the failed mining operation in 1498. It is the first known European extraction of silver in the New World. view more (2007-02-26)
Historian Reveals Paris not Oxford Street was Favoured by 17th Century Seasonal Shoppers
Rather than the majority of people in the UK buying masses of Christmas presents and fighting through crowds of frantic shoppers, 17th and 18th Century seasonal shopping was reserved for the rich and took place in the New Year, and Paris, not Oxford Street, was favoured by consumers. As part of ongoing research Claire Walsh, from the University... view more... (2002-12-20)
Aerosolized nanoparticles show promise for delivering antibiotic treatment
Aerosol delivery of antibiotics via nanoparticles may provide a means to improve drug delivery and increase patient compliance, thus reducing the severity of individual illnesses, the spread of epidemics, and possibly even retarding antibiotic resistance. view more (2009-05-20)
A mysterious change in the wave properties of electrons
The electrons of a perfect metallic surface move like free waves in a plane. Nevertheless, if atomic barriers are inserted, this may restrict their movement in one dimension, forming stationary waves such as those on the water surface in a bucket. view more (2004-09-30)
Extinction by asteroid a rarity
In geology as in cancer research, the silver bullet theory always gets the headlines and nearly always turns out to be wrong. view more (2008-10-07)
LANL Roadrunner simulates nanoscale material failure
Very tiny wires, called nanowires, made from such metals as silver and gold, may play a crucial role as electrical or mechanical switches in the development of future-generation ultrasmall nanodevices. view more (2009-10-30)
Spinal cord bridge bypasses injury to restore mobility
The body's spinal cord is like a super highway of nerves. When an injury occurs, the body's policing defenses put up a roadblock in the form of a scar to prevent further injury, but it stops all neural traffic from moving forward. view more (2006-08-21)
ANALYTICA 2004: Biochip Helps Avoid Allergic Reactions
Within the EU project "CD-CHEF" the Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH (IMM) is involved in the development of a biosensor for the detection of gluten in food. As a disposable chip the biosensor permits the standardised extraction and analysis of food samples. At Analytica, the experts from Mainz present a first functional model which... view more... (2004-05-10)
Nano changes rise to macro importance in a key electronics material
By combining the results of a number of powerful techniques for studying material structure at the nanoscale, a team of researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), working with colleagues in other federal labs and abroad, believe they have settled a long-standing debate over the source of the unique electronic... view more... (2009-04-09)
NIST team proves bridge from conventional to molecular electronics possible
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have set the stage for building the "evolutionary link" between the microelectronics of today built from semiconductor compounds and future generations of devices made largely from complex organic molecules. view more (2008-03-19)
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