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Memory enhancers: researchers explore future possibilities for dense data storage
Through engineers' never-ending quest for miniaturization, computers and other electronics keep getting smaller. But for many components, the rules...
Science News, 09/13/03 by Jessica Gorman · More from publication -
Layered approach: a simple technique for making thin coatings is poised to shift from curiosity to commodity - layer-by-layer assembly
Wrap an apple in Yasa-sheet and it will stay fresh for weeks. So says Semei Shiratori of Keio University in Yokahama, Japan, who makes this...
Science News, 08/09/03 by Jessica Gorman · More from publication -
Microbial materials: scientists co-opt viruses, bacteria, and fungi to build new structures - use of microbes
Bone. Nerve. Muscle. Horn. Hide. Silk. With ingenious assemblages of atoms and molecules, biology produces fantastic substances that have long...
Science News, 07/05/03 by Jessica Gorman · More from publication -
Danger detection: old and new sensors are aimed to protect troops and commuters - preventing infection from chemical or biological weapons
Early in the recent war with Iraq, sandstorms buffeted U.S. troops, choking lungs, guns, and tanks. But it was the potential presence of invisible...
Science News, 06/07/03 by Jessica Gorman · More from publication -
Plastic electric: lining up the future of conducting polymers
For the last century, technology has blossomed in an age of plastics. We drive cars with plastic parts, we wear eyeglasses with plastic lenses, and...
Science News, 05/17/03 by Jessica Gorman · More from publication -
Refueling rockets: could spacecraft powered by a new wax be safer and cheaper?
On the campus of NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif., you periodically hear--and feel--a thunderous roar as engineers ignite...
Science News, 03/22/03 by Jessica Gorman · More from publication -
Nanolights! Camera! Action! Tiny semiconductor crystals reveal cellular activity like never before - quantum dots
Last December, Sanford Simon attended a cell biology meeting where researchers presented picture after picture of cells colorfully highlighted by...
Science News, 02/15/03 by Jessica Gorman · More from publication -
Delivering the goods: gene therapy without the virus
Gene therapy has been on a roller coaster in recent years. Experiments in adding genes directly to patients' cells have shown promising signs, but...
Science News, 01/18/03 by Jessica Gorman · More from publication -
Photography at a crossroads: in this digital era, the future of historical photos is at stake
One summer day in 1826, Joseph Nicephore Niepce placed a metal plate inside a black box in a sunny window at Le Gras, his country estate in the...
Science News, 11/23/02 by Jessica Gorman · More from publication -
Dipping deeper into acid - Chemistry - Brief Article
Experiments have now revealed just how a molecule of acid dissolves in water, strengthening scientists' fundamental understanding of this common...
Science News, 10/26/02 by Jessica Gorman · More from publication
