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| December 23, 2013 |
 Electron 'antenna' tunes in to physics beyond Higgs Boston MA (SPX) Dec 23, 2013 - Though it was hailed as a triumph for the "Standard Model" of physics - the reigning model of fundamental forces and particles - physicists were quick to emphasize that last year's discovery of the Higgs boson still left gaps in our understanding of the universe. But in making the most precise measurements ever of the shape of electrons, a team of Harvard and Yale scientists, led by Harvar ... more |  |
 New magnetic behavior in nanoparticles could lead to even smaller digital memories Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Dec 23, 2013 - Electronic devices such as mobile phones and tablets spur on a scientific race to find smaller and smaller information processing and storage elements. One of the challenges in this race is to reproduce certain magnetic effects at nanometre scale. An international collaboration of scientists led by researchers from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Department of Physics and the Institu ... more |  |
 Charge Order competes with superconductivity Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 23, 2013 - Superconductors are materials that can conduct electricity without any loss of energy. In order to exhibit this property, however, classical superconductors need to be cooled almost to absolute zero (minus 273 degrees centigrade). Even the so-called high-Tc superconductors still require very low temperatures of minus 200 degrees centigrade. While cooling down to these temperatures involves ... more |  |
 Salty surprise -- ordinary table salt turns into 'forbidden' forms Hamburg, Germany (SPX) Dec 23, 2013 - High-pressure experiments with ordinary table salt have produced new chemical compounds that should not exist according to the textbook rules of chemistry. The study at DESY's X-ray source PETRA III and at other research centres could pave the way to a more universal understanding of chemistry and to novel applications, as the international research team, led by Prof. Artem Oganov of Stony Brook ... more |  |
 The analogue of a tsunami for telecommunication Moscow, Russia (SPX) Dec 23, 2013 - Development of electronics and communication requires a hardware base capable for increasingly larger precision, ergonomics and throughput. For communication and GPS-navigation satellites, it is of great importance to reduce the payload mass as well as to ensure the signal stability. Last year, researchers from the Moscow State University (MSU) together with their Swiss colleagues performed a st ... more |  |
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 York scientists' significant step forward in biofuels quest York, UK (SPX) Dec 23, 2013 - Scientists at the University of York have made a significant step in the search to develop effective second generation biofuels. Researchers from the Department of Chemistry at York have discovered a family of enzymes that can degrade hard-to-digest biomass into its constituent sugars. 'First generation' biofuels have already made an impact in the search for renewable and secure energy sou ... more |  |
Salt under pressure is not NaCl Moscow, Russia (SPX) Dec 23, 2013 - In the very beginning of the school chemistry course, we are told of NaCl as an archetypal ionic compound. Being less electronegative, sodium loses its electron to chlorine, which, following the "octet rule", thus acquires the 8-electron electronic configuration of a noble gas. All the rules predict NaCl to be the only possible compound formed by chlorine and sodium. The research team led ... more |  |
Electron's shapeliness throws a curve at supersymmetry New Haven CT (SPX) Dec 23, 2013 - A small band of particle-seeking scientists at Yale and Harvard has established a new benchmark for the electron's almost perfect roundness, raising doubts about certain theories that predict what lies beyond physics' reigning model of fundamental forces and particles, the Standard Model. "We know the Standard Model does not encompass everything," said Yale physicist David DeMille, who wit ... more |  |
'Universal ripple' could hold the secret to high-temperature superconductivity Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Dec 23, 2013 - UBC researchers have discovered a universal electronic state that controls the behavior of high-temperature superconducting copper-oxide ceramics. The work, published this week in the journal Science, reveals the universal existence of so-called 'charge-density-waves' - static ripples formed by the self-organization of electrons in the material's normal state. These ripples carry the seed ... more |  |
Lifeline oil fields under rebel threat in South Sudan Juba (AFP) Dec 22, 2013 - Rebel forces in South Sudan threaten the crucial oil fields key to the economy, experts warn, risking possible military intervention by old enemies Sudan should production not be protected. On Saturday, a key army commander in control of Unity state - one of the most important petroleum regions - defected to join the rebel forces of Riek Machar, the fugitive former vice president. Army ... more |  |
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 Finnish Santa Claus wants to go global, all year round Helsinki (AFP) Dec 22, 2013 - As a brand, Santa Claus has one major flaw: he is only really valuable a few weeks at the end of each year. In Finland, they're trying to do something about this. Petri Paarnio, director of Santa Claus Licencing, the firm that holds the rights to market the Santa Claus name in Finland, wants to see him bring joy to children's hearts but also to generate business - all year round and all ar ... more |  |
 One dead, seven injured by contaminated China parcels Beijing (AFP) Dec 21, 2013 - A man was killed and seven others were injured in China after receiving parcels from a delivery company that had become contaminated with toxic chemicals, it was reported Saturday. The unnamed man, from China's eastern Shandong province, died after taking delivery of a box of shoes in late November which were tainted with methyl fluoroacetate, a highly toxic chemical, the Xinhua news agency ... more |  |
 Over 1,000 protest in Niger against French nuclear firm Areva Niamey (AFP) Dec 21, 2013 - More than 1,000 demonstrators marched in the Niger capital Niamey on Saturday to protest against their country's "unbalanced" partnership with nuclear firm Areva as the French giant negotiates a new uranium mining agreement with the government. The protesters, including students, rights activists and politicians, chanted "Down with Areva!" and "No to a win-lose contract" as they made their w ... more |  |
Finland's Fennovoima inks reactor deal with Russia's Rosatom Helsinki (AFP) Dec 22, 2013 - Finnish power company Fennovoima has signed an agreement with Russia's Rosatom for the delivery of a mid-sized nuclear reactor, the Finnish company said in a statement. The planned reactor, of the type AES-2006, will be located in Pyhaejoki in northwest Finland and be operational in 2024, Fennovoima said. As part of the agreement signed Saturday, Rosatom will take a 34-percent stake in F ... more |  |
Army commander in South Sudan oil-state 'joins rebels': army spokesman Juba (AFP) Dec 21, 2013 - A top South Sudan army commander based in the key oil-producing Unity state appears to have defected to rebel forces, the country's army spokesman said Friday. "We have lost contact with the commander... and there are reports he has joined the forces of Riek Machar," army spokesman Philip Aguer told AFP, but he added that government forces were still in control of the area. Fighting brok ... more |  |
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 Apple, China Mobile sign iPhone deal New York (AFP) Dec 23, 2013 - Apple on Sunday unveiled a long-anticipated deal with China Mobile, the world's biggest wireless carrier, to bring the iPhone to customers in a market dominated by low-cost Android smartphones. The deal gives Apple a bigger entry into the huge Chinese market and China Mobile's estimated 760 million subscribers. The network is also rolling out the world's biggest 4G network. Under the agr ... more |  |
After security breach, US retailer Target offers discount Washington (AFP) Dec 21, 2013 - US retailer Target is making up for a major IT security breach by offering its customers in the United States on Saturday and Sunday a ten-percent discount on any single purchase. Some 40 million customers may have had information from their credit and debit cards compromised by hackers who broke into its database between November 27 and December 15, Target said Thursday. The next day co ... more |  |
Sonar search for China tycoon missing after France chopper crash Bordeaux (AFP) Dec 22, 2013 - French police were using two sonar units late Sunday to scan a river bed in southwest France for the bodies of a Chinese tycoon and a French winemaker missing after their helicopter crashed. Efforts to find the remains of Lam Kok, a 46-year-old Chinese tea-and-property magnate, his interpreter and financial advisor, Peng Wang, and James Gregoire, a French entrepreneur and the pilot of the he ... more |  |
Study links BP oil spill to dolphin disease Washington (UPI) Dec 19, 2013 - A U.S. government study links the BP oil disaster to Gulf of Mexico dolphin disease, but a spokesman for the oil and gas giant said the study proved nothing. The study - led by scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a scientific agency within the Commerce Department focused on ocean and atmospheric conditions - found lung diseases, hormonal defects and ot ... more |  |
 China city caps car-buying to curb pollution Beijing (AFP) Dec 22, 2013 - Another Chinese city has capped the total number of car licence plates it will issue annually, state media said Sunday, following moves by Beijing and other metropolises to curb pollution and congestion. The world's most populous nation is also the world's largest car-buyer. But it is trying to curb poor air quality and other environmental damages caused by rapid development. Tianjin, a ... more |  |
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