A herd of hungry cattle isn’t a pretty sight. So scientists are developing forage grasses…
Month: January 2008
Keeping The Dust Down When Separating The Chaff From The Nuts
Agricultural scientists are developing an add-on device to control dust emissions from nut harvesters. Researchers…
Natural Gas Formation By Bacteria Linked To Climate Change And Renewable Energy
Natural gas reservoirs in Michigan’s Antrim Shale are providing new information about global warming and…
Newly Engineered Genetic Switches Enhance Production Of Proteins, Pharmaceuticals
Bacteria have evolved complex mechanisms called quorum sensing systems that provide for cell-to-cell communication, an…
Nanochemists Discover Novel, Semi-Conducting Nanotube Needed For Next Generation Electronics
Chemists have developed a technique that could break through the bottleneck that so far has…
New Experimental Website Converts Photos Into 3D Models
A new computer program developed by Stanford computer scientists, can take any two-dimensional image and…
Computer Scientist Makes Splash With Academy Award For Fluid Simulation
The rushing floodwaters in Evan Almighty, the heaving seas of the latter two Pirates of…
Price Tag Can Change The Way People Experience Wine, Study Shows
In what will be music to the ears of marketers, the old adage that you…
Wireless auction bids $3.7 billion (Reuters)
Reuters – The bidding topped $3.7 billion on the second day of the U.S. Federal…
Retired police chief, 69, nabs online predators
The 69-year-old retired police chief of this small Missouri town cuts a credible figure as…