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| January 07, 2014 |
 New Study Brings Scientists Closer to the Origin of RNA Atlanta, GA (SPX) Jan 06, 2014 - One of the biggest questions in science is how life arose from the chemical soup that existed on early Earth. One theory is that RNA, a close relative of DNA, was the first genetic molecule to arise around 4 billion years ago, but in a primitive form that later evolved into the RNA and DNA molecules that we have in life today. New research shows one way this chain of events might have started. ... more |  |
 UAS Test Site Selection Good News for NASA Langley, Wallops Hampton VA (SPX) Jan 06, 2014 - The selection of six unmanned aircraft system (UAS) test sites by the Federal Aviation Administration may have an impact on NASA aeronautics research, especially at two NASA Virginia facilities. NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton and NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia's Eastern Shore are expected to work with the Virginia Tech team, which is ba ... more |  |
 Two new radar stations to be placed into service in Russia in 2014 Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jan 06, 2014 - Two new radar stations of the missile warning system will be placed into service in Russia's Kaliningrad and Irkutsk regions this year, the Defence Ministry's press service and information department said. Work to set up radar stations will also continue in the Krasnoyarsk, Altai, Orenburg and Arctic regions, the ministry said. The main centre of missile attack warning has four new-g ... more |  |
 Israel successfully tests Arrow space missile interceptor Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jan 06, 2014 - Arrow III, an upgraded component of the Israeli missile shield, was successfully tested for the second time, the country's Defense Ministry announced. The kamikaze satellites launched by the system are capable of intercepting missiles in space. A long-range Arrow III interceptor was fired from Palmahim air base, south of Tel Aviv, on Friday morning. It left the Earth's atmosphere, carried ... more |  |
 Supervolcano eruptions are triggered by melt buoyancy Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 06, 2014 - Supervolcanos are not usual volcanos. By effectively "exploding" as opposed to erupting, they leave a giant hole in the Earth's crust instead of a volcanic cone - a caldera, which can be up to one hundred kilometres in diameter. On average, supervolcanos are active more rarely than once every 100,000 years; since records began, none has been active. Consequently, researchers can only gain a vagu ... more |  |
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 Earth may be heaver than thought due to invisible belt of dark matter Arlington, Texas (UPI) Jan 06, 2013 - A study of GPS satellite orbits suggests the Earth is heavier than thought, perhaps due to a halo of dark matter, a U.S. researcher says. Dark matter is thought to make up about 80 per cent of the universe's matter, but scientists have been unable to determine much else about it, including its presence in the solar system. In 2009, researchers at the Institute of Advanced Studies ... more |  |
Ground-breaking work sheds new light on volcanic activity Bristol UK (SPX) Jan 06, 2014 - Factors determining the frequency and magnitude of volcanic phenomena have been uncovered by an international team of researchers. Experts from the Universities of Geneva, Bristol and Savoie carried out over 1.2 million simulations to establish the conditions in which volcanic eruptions of different sizes occur. The team used numerical modelling and statistical techniques to identify ... more |  |
Amber fossil reveals ancient reproduction in flowering plants Corvallis, OR (SPX) Jan 06, 2014 - A 100-million-year old piece of amber has been discovered which reveals the oldest evidence of sexual reproduction in a flowering plant - a cluster of 18 tiny flowers from the Cretaceous Period - with one of them in the process of making some new seeds for the next generation. The perfectly-preserved scene, in a plant now extinct, is part of a portrait created in the mid-Cretaceous when fl ... more |  |
 Exfoliation method paves way for 2D materials to be used in printable photonics and electronics Singapore (SPX) Jan 06, 2014 - A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has successfully developed a method to chemically exfoliate molybdenum disulfide crystals, a class of chalcogenide compounds, into high quality monolayer flakes, with higher yield and larger flake size than current methods. The exfoliated flakes can be made into a printable solution, which can be applied in printable photonics ... more |  |
 The entropy of nations College Park MD (SPX) Jan 06, 2014 - The 18th century writer Adam Smith provided a workable metaphor for the way society utilizes resources. In his book "The Wealth of Nations," he argued that even as individuals strive, through personal industry, to maximize their advantage in life, they inadvertently contribute - as if under the influence of a "hidden hand" - to an aggregate disposition of wealth. Well, if Smith were a physicist ... more |  |
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Supercomputers Join Search for 'Cheapium' Durham, NC (SPX) Jan 06, 2014 - In the search for cheaper materials that mimic their purer, more expensive counterparts, researchers are abandoning hunches and intuition for theoretical models and pure computing power. In a new study, researchers from Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering used computational methods to identify dozens of platinum-group alloys that were previously unknown to science but could prove ... more |  |
Japanese scientists move objects using acoustic levitation Missiles and other projectiles at Spacewar - Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jan 06, 2014 Japanese scientists have been successful in moving an object in a three-dimensional space through a complex system of acoustic levitation, surpassing previous research endeavors that lifted the objects in two dimensions. In order to move expanded polystyrene particles of 0.6 mm and 2 mm in diameter, the Japanese scientists at the University of Tokyo a ... more |  |
 Another step towards understanding the quantum behaviour of cold atoms Usurbil, Spain (SPX) Jan 06, 2014 - The UPV/EHU physicist Eneko Malatsetxebarria has explored, on a theoretical level, some quantum effects that take place in atoms at a very low temperature. Firstly, he has discovered that boson-type atoms and fermion-type ones can be mixed in a specific way. So he has made the necessary conditions for carrying out these experiments available to experimental physicists. Secondly, he has deduced h ... more |  |
Power boost for particle accelerator could unlock physics secrets Geneva, Switzerland (UPI) Jan 2, 2013 - The Large Hadron Collider will get a power boost to follow up on the discovery of the Higgs Boson, the so-called "God particle," European physicists say. Work will be ongoing for most of the year with the final result of a particle energy boost from 8 trillion electrovolts, or teraelectronvolts (TeV) to 14 TeV. The discover of the Higgs boson in July 2012 completed the "Standard ... more |  |
Earthquake lights linked to rift environments, subvertical faults San Francisco CA (SPX) Jan 03, 2014 - Rare earthquake lights are more likely to occur on or near rift environments, where subvertical faults allow stress-induced electrical currents to flow rapidly to the surface, according to a new study published in the Jan./Feb. issue of Seismological Research Letters. From the early days of seismology, the luminous phenomena associated with some earthquakes have intrigued scholars. Earthqu ... more |  |
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 Electronic 'mother' watches over home Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 06, 2014 - Resembling a Russian nesting doll, the pint-sized robotic device wants to be your "mother." The electronic device with wireless connectivity can transform any object in the home into a smart one. It can detect unexpected activity at the front door, keep track of watering of plants, and even ensure family members take their medicine or brush their teeth. Designed by the French startup ... more |  |
 Atlas Mountains in Morocco are buoyed up by superhot rock San Diego CA (SPX) Jan 03, 2014 - The Atlas Mountains defy the standard model for mountain structure in which high topography must have deep roots for support, according to a new study from Earth scientists at USC. In a new model, the researchers show that the mountains are floating on a layer of hot molten rock that flows beneath the region's lithosphere, perhaps all the way from the volcanic Canary Islands, just offshore ... more |  |
 Pine Island Glacier sensitive to climatic variability London, UK (SPX) Jan 03, 2014 - A new study published in Science this month suggests the thinning of Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica is much more susceptible to climatic and ocean variability than at first thought. Observations by a team of scientists at British Antarctic Survey, and other institutions, show large fluctuations in the ocean heat in Pine Island Bay. The team discovered that oceanic melting of the ic ... more |  |
Longmanshen fault zone still hazardous San Francisco CA (SPX) Jan 03, 2014 - The 60-kilometer segment of the fault northeast of the 2013 Lushan rupture is the place in the region to watch for the next major earthquake, according to research published in Seismological Research Letters (SRL). Research papers published in this special section of SRL suggest the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake triggered the magnitude 6.6 Lushan quake. Guest edited by Huajian Yao, professor of ... more |  |
AVX Announces Market Introduction of First Space-Level BME MLCC Greenville SC (SPX) Jan 03, 2014 - AVX Corporation has announced the market introduction of the first space-level, base metal electrode (BME), X7R dielectric MLCCs. Exhibiting capacitance voltage (CV) capabilities superior to those of conventional precious metal electrode (PME) MLCCs, the new BME MLCCs provide higher capacitance values in significantly smaller cases sizes, reducing both board space and total component weigh ... more |  |
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