Tech: Understanding physics could lead to big gains in shale oil recovery — ...
Oil companies are missing out on vast sums of recoverable oil in unconventional reservoirs, according to Penn State experts.
The researchers propose that companies...
Tech: Experiments detect entropy production in mesoscopic quantum systems — (Report)
The production of entropy, which means increasing the degree of disorder in a system, is an inexorable tendency in the macroscopic world owing...
Tech: Theoretical analysis distinguishes observed ‘holes’ from the huge list of hypothetically possible ones...
Amid the frenzy of worldwide research on atomically thin materials like graphene, there is one area that has eluded any systematic analysis --...
Tech: Smart home tests first elder care robot — (Report)
A robot created by Washington State University scientists could help elderly people with dementia and other limitations live independently in their own homes.
The...
Tech: Scientists develop promising new type of polymers — (Report)
Organic polymers can nowadays be found in solar cells, sensors, LEDs and in many other technical applications. One specific type of polymers --...
Tech: Breakthrough in organic electronics — (Report)
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have discovered a simple new tweak that could double the efficiency of organic electronics. OLED-displays, plastic-based...
Tech: The orderly chaos of black holes — (Report)
During the formation of a black hole a bright burst of very energetic light in the form of gamma-rays is produced, these events...
Tech: Interatomic light rectifier generates directed electric currents — (Report)
The absorption of light in semiconductor crystals without inversion symmetry can generate electric currents. Researchers at the Max Born Institute have now generated...
Tech: Next generation photonic memory devices are light-written, ultrafast and energy efficient — ...
Light is the most energy-efficient way of moving information. Yet, light shows one big limitation: it is difficult to store. As a matter...
Tech: Microbes screened with a new microfluidic process might be used in power generation...
Living in extreme conditions requires creative adaptations. For certain species of bacteria that exist in oxygen-deprived environments, this means finding a way to...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
