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Road safety through snowflake imaging Posted: 03 Mar 2015 02:42 AM PST The technology behind the camera that revealed the intricate, imperfect beauty of snowflakes can now expose their potential The post Road safety through snowflake imaging has been published on Technology Org.

Engineering the next-generation fuel cell Posted: 03 Mar 2015 02:23 AM PST UAlberta researcher teams up with industry to help bring hydrogen-powered vehicles to market. If Marc Secanell Gallart had The post Engineering the next-generation fuel cell has been published on Technology Org.

Water in smog may reveal pollution sources Posted: 03 Mar 2015 02:13 AM PST The chemical signature of water vapor emitted by combustion sources such as vehicles and furnaces has been found The post Water in smog may reveal pollution sources has been published on Technology Org.

Using electrospun nanofibers to counter NOx emission from heavy shipping Posted: 03 Mar 2015 01:16 AM PST Maritime shipping carries about 90 percent of global trade. The ever increasing demand for global trade has led The post Using electrospun nanofibers to counter NOx emission from heavy shipping has been published on Technology Org.

Black phosphorus is new ‘wonder material’ for improving optical communication Posted: 03 Mar 2015 01:06 AM PST Phosphorus, a highly reactive element commonly found in match heads, tracer bullets, and fertilizers, can be turned into The post Black phosphorus is new ‘wonder material’ for improving optical communication has been published on Technology Org.

Engineers developing pavement technologies to clear snow and ice from runways Posted: 03 Mar 2015 12:51 AM PST Alireza Sassani turned a switch and sent 60 volts of electricity into a small block of concrete. A The post Engineers developing pavement technologies to clear snow and ice from runways has been published on Technology Org.

Aerogel catalyst shows promise for fuel cells Posted: 03 Mar 2015 12:41 AM PST Graphene nanoribbons formed into a three-dimensional aerogel and enhanced with boron and nitrogen are excellent catalysts for fuel The post Aerogel catalyst shows promise for fuel cells has been published on Technology Org.

Hormone disrupting chemicals and climate change increase the risk of population-level impacts in wildlife populations Posted: 03 Mar 2015 12:37 AM PST The impact of pollution on wildlife could be made dramatically worse by climate change according to a new The post Hormone disrupting chemicals and climate change increase the risk of population-level impacts in wildlife populations has been published on Technology Org.

Nebraska-Kansas consortium studies how light interacts with matter Posted: 03 Mar 2015 12:29 AM PST Observing what happens in 1-trillionth of a second — the opening moves in photosynthesis, for example — requires The post Nebraska-Kansas consortium studies how light interacts with matter has been published onTechnology Org.

LANL boosts light-water reactor research with advanced modeling and simulation technology Posted: 02 Mar 2015 11:57 PM PST Hard on the heels of a five-year funding renewal, modeling and simulation (M&S) technology developed at Los Alamos The post LANL boosts light-water reactor research with advanced modeling and simulation technology has been published on Technology Org.

APLAIR partners with ORNL to commercialize weld inspection technology Posted: 02 Mar 2015 11:53 PM PST With an aim toward automotive applications, Tennessee-based APLAIR Manufacturing Systems has licensed a weld inspection technology developed by The post APLAIR partners with ORNL to commercialize weld inspection technology has been published onTechnology Org.

Mystery solved: Why seashells’ mineral forms differently in seawater Posted: 02 Mar 2015 01:24 PM PST For almost a century, scientists have been puzzled by a process that is crucial to much of the The post Mystery solved: Why seashells’ mineral forms differently in seawater has been published onTechnology Org.

New nanodevice defeats drug resistance Posted: 02 Mar 2015 01:19 PM PST Chemotherapy often shrinks tumors at first, but as cancer cells become resistant to drug treatment, tumors can grow The post New nanodevice defeats drug resistance has been published on Technology Org.

New analysis shows ion slowdown in fuel cell material Posted: 02 Mar 2015 01:11 PM PST Dislocations in oxides such as cerium dioxide, a solid electrolyte for fuel cells, turn out to have a The post New analysis shows ion slowdown in fuel cell material has been published on Technology Org.

On-board school bus filtration system reduces pollutants by 88 percent Posted: 02 Mar 2015 12:49 PM PST An on-board air filtration system developed specifically for school buses reduces exposure to vehicular pollutants by up to The post On-board school bus filtration system reduces pollutants by 88 percent has been published onTechnology Org.