The Hall effect: demonstrate relativistic effects on your mobile phone
21 May, 2012The relativistic Hall effect, describing objects rotating at speeds comparable with the speed of light, has now been reported. The work sheds light on aspects of fundamental physics, and you can demonstrate some aspects of this with your mobile phone.
Researchers find new atomic structures in metallic glasses
17 May, 2012Drawing on powerful computational tools and a state-of-the-art scanning transmission electron microscope, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison and Iowa State University materials science and engineering researchers has discovered a new nanometre-scale atomic structure in solid metallic materials known as metallic glasses.
Scientists develop better technique for creating self-cleaning fabrics
14 May, 2012A new coating technique that can make fabrics ‘self-cleaning’ has been developed by Deakin University scientists. The technique creates a fabric coating that repels water, dirt, grease and other materials.
Australian scientist using light to detect explosives
02 May, 2012An Australian discovery has led to a portable new way to detect explosives using light-emitting molecules, offering an important tool to combat terrorism and remove land mines in war-torn countries.
Wyatt Technology instruments employed to develop alternative materials to silicone breast implants
08 February, 2012Wyatt Technology has announced that Professor Judit E Puskas at the University of Akron has developed a system using its instrumentation that will help to solve a prevalent and controversial material science challenge. The researchers are employing the multidetector system to develop alternative materials to silicone breast implants, as a result of faulty Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP) implants causing global concern about implant safety.
New supercomputer to help scientists reach for the stars
08 February, 2012A powerful new supercomputer that is 10,000 times faster than an average office computer and big enough to store 2000 years of iTunes music has been installed at The University of Western Australia.
Vastly increased explosive force for weaponry
11 August, 2011A High-Density Reactive Material has the potential to dramatically increase the explosive impact of most weapons with little or no compromise in strength or design.
Invisibility cloak closer to reality
11 August, 2011To be useful an invisibility cloak needs to keep the wearer invisible when he moves around and, to date, most cloaks are only effective if the wearer stands still. But now, a device that tampers with the speed of light offers a solution.
Coexistence of superconductivity and magnetism
17 June, 2011Scientists from Sydney University are celebrating the 100th anniversary of superconductivity.
Thermo Scientific RapidStak microplate mover and the TTP LabTech mosquito X1 nanolitre pipettor integration
14 June, 2011 byThermo Fisher Scientific has released an efficient, high-throughput platform for hit-picking of compounds for secondary screening. The solution, developed in collaboration with TTP LabTech for BioFocus, integrates the Thermo Scientific RapidStak microplate mover and the TTP LabTech mosquito X1 nanolitre pipettor to provide high-speed plate handling and precision, low-volume sampling from high-density formats.
New release from Data Analysis and Coordination Center
30 May, 2011The Human Microbiome Project (HMP) is now releasing reads and assembled sequences from whole metagenome shotgun sequencing of 690 microbiomes and ~72 million reads from targeted 16S sequencing of 5034 microbiomes from healthy human subjects via the HMP Data Analysis and Coordination Center (DACC) at the Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS) of the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Scientists make quantum breakthrough
21 April, 2011Scientists from the ANU have demonstrated for the first time that atoms can be guided in a laser beam and possess the same properties as light guided in an optical communications fibre.
Normal breast cells contain innate defence mechanism against cancer
14 April, 2011Researchers have found that normal mammary epithelial cells secrete interleukin 25 for the specific purpose of killing nearby breast cancer cells.
Sigma Life Science to collaborate with Kraig Biocraft Laboratories
13 April, 2011Sigma Life Science has signed an agreement with Kraig Biocraft Laboratories to develop genetically modified silkworms for the production of spider silk.
Researchers grow new species of human rhinovirus in culture
12 April, 2011By using sinus tissue removed during surgery, researchers have managed to grow a new species of human rhinovirus in culture, which will shed light on HRV-C, a previously difficult subject to study.
