News articles tagged with 'ion'
Stanford researchers use river water and salty ocean water to generate electricity
— 30 Mar 2011 16:43 | TechnologyStanford researchers have developed a battery that takes advantage of the difference in salinity between freshwater and seawater to produce electricity…
Upgrading the vanadium redox battery
— 18 Mar 2011 15:09 | TechnologyThough considered a promising large-scale energy storage device, the vanadium redox battery's use has been limited by its inability to work well in a wide range of temperatures and…
Quantum simulator becomes accessible to the world
— 24 Feb 2011 18:53 | PhysicsExperimental physicists have put a lot of effort in isolating sensitive measurements from the disruptive influences of the environment. In an international first, Austrian quantum physicists…
Sleeping Trojan horse to aid imaging of diseased cells
— 17 Feb 2011 16:57 | HealthA unique strategy developed by researchers at Cardiff University is opening up new possibilities for improving medical imaging…
Tool makes search for Martian life easier
— 9 Feb 2011 17:02 | AstronomyFinding life on Mars could get easier with a creative adaption to a common analytical tool that can be installed directly on the robotic arm of a space rover…
A second pathway for antidepressants
— 8 Feb 2011 16:51 | HealthUsing a unique and relatively simple cell-based fluorescent assay they developed, scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley…
Novel drug offers hope for early intervention in cystic fibrosis patients
— 18 Dec 2010 13:33 | HealthCystic fibrosis (CF) patients with normal to mildly impaired lung function may benefit from a new investigational drug designed to help prevent formation of the sticky mucus that is…
CERN observes melted nuclear matter for the first time
— 30 Nov 2010 21:44 | PhysicsThe experiments at CERN have entered a new phase and have obtained the first results. In the giant particle accelerator, LHC, collisions have until now been with protons. The new experiments…
Electrons get confused
— 3 Nov 2010 19:52 | PhysicsScientists from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) observed exotic behaviour from beryllium oxide (BeO) when they bombarded it with high-speed heavy ions: After being shot in this way,…
Decoding the disease that perplexes: Salk scientists discover new target for MS
— 26 Oct 2010 13:29 | HealthScientists are closer to solving one of the many mysteries of multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating diseases, thanks to a recent study conducted at the Salk Institute for Biological…