ScienceDaily: Strange Science News |
- Just add water: How scientists are using silicon to produce hydrogen on demand
- Image sensors out of a spray can
- Mother bear knows best place to call home
- Synchrotron infrared unveils a mysterious microbial community
| Just add water: How scientists are using silicon to produce hydrogen on demand Posted: 22 Jan 2013 11:32 AM PST Super-small particles of silicon react with water to produce hydrogen almost instantaneously, without the need for light, heat or electricity, according to new research. |
| Image sensors out of a spray can Posted: 22 Jan 2013 09:24 AM PST Researchers have developed a new generation of image sensors that are more sensitive to light than the conventional silicon versions, with the added bonus of being simple and cheap to produce. They consist of electrically conductive plastics, which are sprayed on to the sensor surface in an ultra-thin layer. The chemical composition of the polymer spray coating can be altered so that even the invisible range of the light spectrum can be captured. |
| Mother bear knows best place to call home Posted: 22 Jan 2013 08:17 AM PST Mama bear appears to know best when it comes to selecting a place to call home, according to a new study. The research, which may ultimately help protect Alberta's dwindling population of grizzly bears, is among the first of its kind to test the nature-versus-nurture debate on how large, free-ranging wildlife select habitat. |
| Synchrotron infrared unveils a mysterious microbial community Posted: 22 Jan 2013 07:19 AM PST A cold sulfur spring in Germany is the only place where archaea are known to dominate bacteria in a microbial community. How this unique community thrives and the lessons it may hold for understanding global carbon and sulfur cycles are beginning to emerge from research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, using the Advanced Light Source's Berkeley Synchrotron Infrared Structural Biology facility. |
| You are subscribed to email updates from ScienceDaily: Strange Science News To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 | |
No comments:
Post a Comment