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• Nanotechnology: A deeper look at interfaces
• Quantum physics could make secure, single-use computer memories possible
• Layered security: Carbon nanotubes promise improved flame-resistant coating
• Don't fear the dawn of the drones; someday one might save your life
• Living in fantasyland? Luck is more important than fantasy sports players think
• Copycats pave the way to problem-solving success
• Microscopic fountain pen adds new functionality to AFM microscopy
• Gold nanoparticles help to develop a new method for tracking viruses
• First planet found around solar twin in star cluster
• Technology uses micro-windmills to recharge cell phones
• Scientists discover new pathway for artificial photosynthesis

Nanotechnology: A deeper look at interfaces Posted: 15 Jan 2014 10:27 AM PST A new technique makes it possible for the first time to selectively study the electronic structure of buried interfaces in multilayer nanodevices.

Quantum physics could make secure, single-use computer memories possible Posted: 15 Jan 2014 08:35 AM PST Computer security systems may one day get a boost from quantum physics as a result of recent research. Computer scientists have devised a way to make a security device that has proved notoriously difficult to build -- a "one-shot" memory unit, whose contents can be read only a single time.

Layered security: Carbon nanotubes promise improved flame-resistant coating Posted: 15 Jan 2014 08:35 AM PST Using an approach akin to assembling a club sandwich at the nanoscale,researchers have succeeded in crafting a uniform, carbon-nanotube-based coating that greatly reduces the flammability of foam commonly used in furniture and other soft furnishings.

Don't fear the dawn of the drones; someday one might save your life Posted: 15 Jan 2014 08:32 AM PST Engineering researchers are finding new and unique approaches to developing autopilots for unmanned aerial vehicles and getting them into the hands of firefighters and other first responders.

Living in fantasyland? Luck is more important than fantasy sports players think Posted: 15 Jan 2014 08:30 AM PST Fantasy sports players can spend thousands of dollars and certainly that many hours developing sophisticated leagues and playing strategies steeped in analysis and superstition —- all for teams that aren't real.

Copycats pave the way to problem-solving success Posted: 15 Jan 2014 07:01 AM PST It often is better to be surrounded by copycats than innovators, according to a new study. Imitators, say researchers, "often make their own improvements to the original solution, and these can, in turn, be adopted and improved upon by the originator and others." In such fields as medicine, software development or art, where there are a "huge number of ideas with unknown potential," having copycats around you can provide an edge.

Microscopic fountain pen adds new functionality to AFM microscopy Posted: 15 Jan 2014 04:54 AM PST The Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), which uses a fine-tipped probe to scan surfaces at the atomic scale, will soon be augmented with a chemical sensor. This involves the use of a hollow AFM cantilever, through which a liquid - in this case mercury - is passed under pressure. The droplet of mercury at the tip acts as a sensor.

Gold nanoparticles help to develop a new method for tracking viruses Posted: 15 Jan 2014 04:54 AM PST Researchers have developed a novel method to study enterovirus structures and their functions. The method will help to obtain new information on trafficking of viruses in cells and tissues as well as on the mechanisms of virus opening inside cells. This new information is important for example for developing new antiviral drugs and vaccines.

First planet found around solar twin in star cluster Posted: 15 Jan 2014 04:54 AM PST Astronomers have discovered three planets orbiting stars in the cluster Messier 67. Although more than one thousand planets outside the Solar System are now confirmed, only a handful have been found in star clusters. Remarkably one of these new exoplanets is orbiting a star that is a rare solar twin -- a star that is almost identical to the Sun in all respects.

Technology uses micro-windmills to recharge cell phones Posted: 15 Jan 2014 04:43 AM PST Electrical engineers have designed a micro-windmill that generates wind energy and may become an innovative solution to cell phone batteries constantly in need of recharging and home energy generation where large windmills are not preferred.

Scientists discover new pathway for artificial photosynthesis Posted: 14 Jan 2014 05:31 PM PST Currently, the most efficient methods that we have of making fuel -- principally hydrogen -- from sunlight and water involve rare and expensive metal catalysts, like platinum. In a new study, researchers have found a new, more efficient way to link a less expensive synthetic cobalt-containing catalyst to an organic light-sensitive molecule, called a chromophore.

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