Space: The final frontier in silicon chemistry
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 12, 2014 -
Silicon, which is one of the most common elements in the Earth's crust, is also sprinkled abundantly throughout interstellar space. The only way to identify silicon-containing molecules in the far corners of the cosmos - and to understand the chemistry that created them - is to observe through telescopes the electromagnetic radiation the molecules emit.
Scientists from the University of To ...
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UT Arlington physics group combining photonics and biotech
Arlington TX (SPX) Nov 12, 2014 -
A University of Texas at Arlington physics team is using their expertise in the field of optics and photonics to advance new methods in areas such as mapping the neural circuitry of the brain and guiding neurons to potentially repair damage in the body.
Samarendra Mohanty, an assistant professor of physics, leads the Biophysics and Physiology Lab in the UT Arlington College of Science. He ...
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Creating Bright X-Ray Pulses in the Laser Lab
Vienna, Austria (SPX) Nov 12, 2014 -
X-rays are widely used in medicine and in materials science. To take a picture of a broken bone, it is enough to create a continuous flux of X-ray photons, but in order to study time-dependent phenomena on very short timescales, short X-ray pulses are required. One possibility to create short hard X-ray pulses is hitting a metal target with laser pulses.
The laser rips electrons out of the ...
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Firms flock to China's fast-growing aviation market
Zhuhai, China (AFP) Nov 11, 2014 -
Global aviation firms flocked to China on Tuesday to show off their wares as economic development and an expanding middle class promise a bonanza in one of the world's fastest-growing aircraft markets.
Chinese defence companies and the People's Liberation Army's air force are also putting the latest weaponry on parade at the country's premier Zhuhai airshow this week, including the new J-31 ...
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Russia to build two more nuclear reactors for Iran
Moscow (AFP) Nov 11, 2014 -
Russia signed Tuesday a contract to build two nuclear reactors in Iran and announced plans for a total of nine, less than two weeks before a deadline on for deal on the country's disputed atomic programme.
A series of agreements signed during a visit to Moscow by Iran's nuclear programme chief Ali Akbar Salehi includes a contract for two new reactors at the existing Russian-built Bushehr pla ...
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Drexel Engineers Improve Strength, Flexibility of Atom-Thick Films
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Nov 12, 2014 -
Making a paper airplane in school used to mean trouble. Today it signals a promising discovery in materials science research that could help next-generation technology -like wearable energy storage devices- get off the ground. Researchers at Drexel University and Dalian University of Technology in China have chemically engineered a new, electrically conductive nanomaterial that is flexible enoug ...
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It was Sept. 25 last time gas prices went up
Washington (UPI) Nov 11, 2014 -
It's been 47 days since the U.S. average price for a gallon of gasoline increased, the longest streak in six years, motor club AAA said.
AAA reports a national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline at $2.926, just one tenth of one cent lower than Monday's average price. Nevertheless, it's been nearly two months since the average price went up, the longest streak since ...
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