Science

January 7, 2009  Last updated: 50 minutes ago

Physics

Newly Created Forms of Magnesium and Aluminum


New isotopes push the edge of nuclear existence

Catching Some Rays: Underground solar neutrinos detector


Enormous detector makes first real-time detection of elusive, low-energy neutrinos streaming from the sun's core

New Coating Is Virtual Black Hole for Reflections


Non-reflecting material may help solar cells catch more of the Sun's rays


Chemistry

Money Doesn't Grow on Trees, But Gasoline Might


Researchers have made a breakthrough in the development of "green gasoline," a liquid identical to standard gasoline yet created from sustainable biomass sources like switchgrass and poplar trees.

Lithium and Beryllium No Longer "Lack Chemistry"


Scientists predict antisocial metals will bond under high-pressure conditions

New polymer based membrane has outstanding filtering abilities


The plastic memebrane has hourglass shaped pores immitating pores found in plants that enables small mollecules to pass through while blocking larger ones.

Scientists Offer New View of Photosynthesis


Biologists have discovered that a split-second, highly orchestrated process drives photosynthesis.

From Farm Waste to Fuel Tanks


Record-breaking methane storage system derived from corncobs .


Chemistry

Water Refineries?


New method extracts oxygen from water with minimal energy, potentially boosting efforts to develop solar as a 24-hour energy source


Math

NIST Releases Preview of Much-Anticipated Online Mathematics Reference


The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a five-chapter preview of the much-anticipated online Digital Library of Mathematical Functions (DLMF). In development for over a decade, the DLMF is designed to be a modern successor to the 1964 “Handbook of Mathematical Functions,” a reference work that is the most widely distributed NIST publication (with over a million copies in print) and one of the most cited works in the mathematical literature (still receiving over 1,600 yearly citations in the research literature).

Mozart of Math


Terence Tao, 32, will receive $500K to further world-class research in mathematics