Science-Technology

Green plants reduce urban air pollution 8x more than expected By | September 12, 2012
New American Chemical Society Podcast
London Olympics anti-doping labs set for first-of-a-kind repurposing By | September 5, 2012
Phenome centers
Discovering new uses for old drugs By Sivanesan Dakshanamurthy, Ph.D. | September 5, 2012
“Train-Match-Fit-Streamline”
Galileo didn’t invent thermometer that bears his name By Peter Loyson, Ph.D. | September 5, 2012
When a sphere floats midway up the tube, it represents the temperature of the room
Powerful new explosive could replace today’s state-of-the-art military explosive By Adam J. Matzger, Ph.D. | September 5, 2012
Stable and resistant to accidental detonation as HMX
Warning on deterioration of famous Swedish warship, Vasa By Ingela Bjurhager, Ph.D. | August 29, 2012
At its worst, the wood had weakened as much as 80 percent.
Adobe’s Creative Suite CS6 a powerful package By | August 25, 2012
Adobe's Master Collection
Netflix: the electric car of home entertainment? By | August 17, 2012
A dynamite idea with terrific potential that's saddled currently with technology that can't do it justice.
Marilyn Monroe hits high definition By | August 10, 2012
Bit of a mixed bag, but with far more good than bad.
Back-to-the-future process yields “miracle wood” By | August 8, 2012
Acetylation technology has been available for more than a century
Chemistry on Mars video with Curiosity Rover from the American Chemical Society By | July 31, 2012
Curiosity is equipped to perform several chemical processes
Most new pesticides have roots in natural substances By Charles L. Cantrell, Ph.D. | July 25, 2012
More natural products were registered as NAIs for conventional pesticides and biopesticides than any other type of ingredient
The first robot that mimics the water striders’ jumping abilities By Qinmin Pan, Ph.D. | July 25, 2012
The group made a robot that could leap more than 5.5 inches, despite weighing as much as 1,100 water striders
American Chemical Society’s highest honor goes to pioneer of “Lego-like” molecules By | July 23, 2012
Cutting-edge research that has had far-reaching implications for many areas of science
Ooma – free phone service or just another telecom? By | July 20, 2012
Ooma could offer you a way to save some coin and still get a fully featured phone service
The taste and fragrance of orange, vanilla, rose and more — courtesy of bacteria and yeast By | July 18, 2012
Manufacturers are looking for more reliable sources of these ingredients
CorelDRAW X6 adds new power to the creative design process By | July 13, 2012
The product has helped me use whatever talents I have for design and layout and exploit them to the best of my abilities
White rot fungus boosts ethanol production from corn stalks, cobs and leaves By Yebo Li, Ph.D. | July 11, 2012
Corn ethanol supplies are facing a crunch because corn is critical for animal feed and food.
Widespread exposure to BPA substitute is occurring from cash register receipts, other paper By Kurunthachalam Kannan, Ph.D. | July 11, 2012
The study detected BPS in all the receipt paper they tested, 87 percent of the samples of paper currency and 52 percent of recycled paper
Toward new drugs for the human and non-human cells in people By Liping Zhao, Ph.D. | July 11, 2012
“This superorganism view of the human body provides a complete new systems concept for managing human health at the clinically relevant whole body level"
Apple Quietly Drops Claims that Macs Don’t Get Viruses By | July 9, 2012
Hackers were far more likely to go after Windows-based systems than Mac simply because hardly anyone had a Mac until recently
WM products let you record, monitor Internet video By | July 6, 2012
VideoClone
The Chemistry of Fireworks By | July 3, 2012
Pyrotechnically Speaking For your Fourth of July fun and fascination
Hanoi Jane Fonda strips in high def, but better things are coming By | June 30, 2012
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad; The Avengers; Barbarella, Queen of the Galaxy; E.T.: the Extraterrestrial and the 50th Anniversary of Dr. No
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Wireless Temperature Control Mattresses & Pads Offer A Dream Come True For Restless Sleepers By | June 29, 2012
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Most new pesticides have roots in natural substances By Charles L. Cantrell, Ph.D. | June 27, 2012
Humanity’s battle of the bugs
A step toward minute factories that produce medicine inside the body By Daniel G. Anderson, Ph.D. | June 27, 2012
The nanoscale production units
Ancient effect harnessed to produce electricity from waste heat By | June 27, 2012
The pyroelectric effect
“Flavor pairing” engenders strange plate-fellows and scientific controversy By | June 20, 2012
Why some foods taste good together
Beyond stain-resistant: New fabric coating actively shrugs off gunk By Tong Lin, Ph.D. | June 20, 2012
The coating is even more water-repellent than car wax or Teflon