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14 September 2009 | ScienceNOW

Forest a Desert, Cool the World

by Mason Inman

Simulations argue that turning the Sahara into a forest could help fight climate change

11 September 2009 | ScienceNOW

New Solar Cell Design Serves Up Seconds

by Robert F. Service

Advance might boost the amount of energy solar cells can capture

31 August 2009 | ScienceNOW

Tiny Laser Could Light the Way to New Microchip Technology

by Adrian Cho

By amplifying electronic waves instead of light waves, a novel device wriggles around the size limit for conventional lasers

13 August 2009 | ScienceNOW

Early Tools Were Born From Fire

by Andrew Curry

Ancient humans were burning stones at least 70,000 years ago

26 June 2009 | ScienceNOW

Brain Recordings Take Flight

by Kelli Whitlock Burton

A new lightweight device measures brain activity in homing pigeons in midflight

23 June 2009 | ScienceNOW

Need Hydrogen Storage? Think Poultry

by Phil Berardelli

Carbonized chicken feathers might be an effective--and cheap--way to stash hydrogen fuel

16 June 2009 | ScienceNOW

NSF Under the Knife, Canadian Science Minister Under the Microscope

by Science News Staff

Plus more from Science's policy blog, ScienceInsider

8 May 2009 | ScienceNOW

Keep Biofuels Out of the Gas Tank

by Robert F. Service

New analysis argues it's more environmentally friendly to convert corn and other crops to electricity first

6 May 2009 | ScienceNOW

Plastics That Change Color When Stressed

by Robert F. Service

Technology could lead to bridges and airplane wings that alert engineers when they are near failure

5 May 2009 | ScienceNOW

You Really Can Catch Lightning in a Bottle

by Phil Berardelli

Thin slices of a type of glass show surprising electrical properties

30 April 2009 | ScienceNOW

Invisibility Cloak for Almost-Visible Light

by Adrian Cho

Design might be scaled to work at wavelengths perceptible to the human eye

24 April 2009 | ScienceNOW

Artificial Blood Vessels Prove Effective

by Robert F. Service

Tubes made from a patient's own cells show promise for kidney dialysis

24 April 2009 | ScienceNOW

Presto, Instant Sunglasses!

by Phil Berardelli

A lightning-fast chemical provides glare protection in a split second

7 April 2009 | ScienceNOW

Patented Genes, Animal-Rights Protests, and Japanese Robots in Space

by Science News Staff

Plus more from Science's policy blog, ScienceInsider

2 April 2009 | ScienceNOW

Robotic Scientists Make First Discoveries

by Constance Holden

As well as doing the physical labor, machinery forms hypotheses and designs experiments to test them

26 March 2009 | ScienceNOW

So Long, Energizer Bunny

by Phil Berardelli

Nanogenerators could allow people to power their iPods and other portable electronics just by walking

13 March 2009 | ScienceNOW

A Hitch in Plans for "Sunshade Earth"

by Phil Berardelli

Dusting the skies could help with global warming but harm solar power

14 November 2008 | ScienceNOW

Big Noise From Little Tubes

by Robert F. Service

Researchers develop nanotube loudspeakers thinner than paper

28 October 2008 | ScienceNOW

Safe Passage for Salmon?

by Robert F. Service

New research suggests ocean-bound salmon have little trouble getting past dams.

27 August 2008 | ScienceNOW

Nuclear Engineer Punished for Research Misconduct

by Robert F. Service

Rusi Taleyarkhan of Purdue stripped of named professorship

7 August 2008 | ScienceNOW

Stretchable Conductor May Open Way to Flexible Electronics

by Phil Berardelli

Fashioned of polymer and carbon nanotubes, elastic conductor can be pulled like a rubber band

14 May 2008 | ScienceNOW

Lord of the Wings

by Mico Tatalovic

Dragonflies get a boost from out-of-sync flapping

18 February 2008 | ScienceNOW

A Grand Diversion in Louisiana

by Erik Stokstad

Model predicts how much wetlands would benefit from shunting Mississippi River

14 January 2008 | ScienceNOW

How to Make a Submarine Disappear

by Phil Berardelli

Researchers think objects can be made acoustically "invisible"

17 December 2007 | ScienceNOW

A 40-Hour Laptop Battery?

by Robert F. Service

Silicon whiskers could improve rechargeable battery capacity 10-fold

27 November 2007 | ScienceNOW

Taking a Page From the Book of Flight

by Phil Berardelli

Artificial evolution helps researchers design craft that may someday fly like birds

2 October 2007 | ScienceNOW

Running on Eggshells

by Kelli Whitlock Burton

Ground up eggshells make hydrogen fuel production more environmentally friendly

14 September 2007 | ScienceNOW

Google Shoots for the Moon

by Andrew Lawler

Internet company offers $30 million for a successful robotic rover

17 August 2007 | ScienceNOW

Nanomaterials: Promise or Peril?

by Robert F. Service

U.S. government looks to address potential dangers of tiny materials

13 August 2007 | ScienceNOW

New Battery Resembles Paper

by Veronica Raymond

Thin, flexible material could usher in new generation of power sources

20 July 2007 | ScienceNOW

Plug-In Hybrids More Than Hype

by Veronica Raymond

Rechargeable cars will cut CO₂ emission, even accounting for increased emissions from power plants, report claims

20 July 2007 | ScienceNOW

Throbbing Oil Demystified

by Constance Holden

Surface tension and evaporation conspire to make droplets pulse as if alive

5 June 2007 | ScienceNOW

No Easy Fix for Global Warming

by Phil Berardelli

Schemes to make the planet more reflective could backfire catastrophically

25 April 2007 | ScienceNOW

A Swift Understanding of Flight

by Lucas Laursen

Birds could inform better aircraft design

23 April 2007 | ScienceNOW

Hopes Dim for Perfect Lens

by Adrian Cho

Plans to develop necessary "left-handed" materials for visible light run afoul of causality

5 March 2007 | ScienceNOW

Dodging a Warming Bullet

by Phil Berardelli

Banning CFCs has removed a whole lot of greenhouse potential from the atmosphere

2 March 2007 | ScienceNOW

Tougher Nuke on Drawing Table

by Eli Kintisch

Scientists in California, New Mexico win federal competition to design hardier nuclear weapon

18 January 2007 | ScienceNOW

Taking Blood Cells for a Spin

by John Simpson

Tiny tornadoes might simplify blood tests

16 November 2006 | ScienceNOW

New Robot Shrugs Off Injury

by Corinna Wu

Machine senses own shape and quickly adapts to external damage

14 November 2006 | ScienceNOW

Outlets Are Out

by Phil Berardelli

Researchers conceptualize a way to recharge electronic devices wirelessly

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