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Japan Pushes Forward on Plutonium Imports Friday, May 22nd, 2009 - 13:51:58 - Anuradha Menon Japan’s power-generation companies are moving full-speed ahead—again—to start plutonium-thermal power generation this fall, in the face of fierce... read more

New Material May Hold Data for Billion Years Thursday, May 21st, 2009 - 18:13:56 - Anuradha Menon Scientists report that a memory device is capable of storing data for more than one billion years. The 10 to 100 gigabits of data per square inch on... read more

Color-Changing Materials React to Force Friday, May 15th, 2009 - 14:49:11 - Anuradha Menon Parachute cords, climbing ropes, and smart coatings for bridges that change color when overstressed are several possible uses for force-sensitive... read more

Neutron Stars Contain the Strongest Material Sunday, May 10th, 2009 - 13:59:01 - Ehud Rattner Talk about a hard body. New supercomputer simulations of the crusts of neutron stars--the rapidly spinning ashes left over from supernova... read more

Self-Healing Bendable Concrete Friday, May 8th, 2009 - 18:48:06 - Anuradha Menon It's not quite as advanced as Terminator technology. But a new concrete that can heal its own wounds may soon bring futuristic protection to bridges... read more

Self-Cleaning and Water-Striding Robots Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 - 16:55:55 - Anuradha Menon Self-cleaning walls, counter tops, fabrics, even micro-robots that can walk on water -- all those things and more could be closer to reality thanks... read more

Power Efficient Liquid-Crystal Materials Thursday, April 30th, 2009 - 18:08:31 - Anuradha Menon Current commercial liquid-crystal (LC) based technologies, such as those used in laptop screens and high-definition televisions (TVs), are based on... read more

Silicon Found to Emit Green Light Thursday, April 16th, 2009 - 18:21:52 - Anuradha Menon Researchers at the University of St Andrews have made a surprise discovery that the material at the heart of the microelectronics industry can emit... read more

Water Acts as Catalyst in Explosives Saturday, March 21st, 2009 - 14:42:05 - Anuradha Menon The most abundant material on Earth exhibits some unusual chemical properties when placed under extreme conditions. Lawrence Livermore National... read more

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