The search for new materials for hydrogen storage

ScienceDaily (Sep. 20, 2012) — Hydrogen is the ideal fuel for new types of fuel cell vehicles, but one problem is how to store hydrogen. In his doctoral dissertation Serhiy Luzan studies new types of materials for hydrogen storage. He also shows that...

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Antibiotic use aids MRSA spread in hospital and infection control measures do little to prevent it, says hospital study

ScienceDaily (Sep. 20, 2012) — The use of a commonly prescribed antibiotic is a major contributor to the spread of infection in hospitals by the 'superbug' MRSA, according to new research. The study also found that increasing measures to prevent infection...

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Landing pads being designed for extraterrestrial missions

ScienceDaily (Sep. 20, 2012) — When the Mars Science Laboratory's Curiosity rover landed on Aug. 6, it was another step forward in the effort to eventually send humans to the Red Planet. Using the lessons of the Apollo era and robotic missions to Mars,...

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NASA app features inflatable spacecraft for returning station cargo

ScienceDaily (Sep. 20, 2012) — Want to try your hand at landing an inflatable spacecraft? All you need is a smart phone, a computer or a tablet. NASA's new educational computer game based on its Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (HIAD)...

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Space Shuttle Endeavour flyovers draw excited fans

ScienceDaily (Sep. 20, 2012) — Space shuttle Endeavour and the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft landed at Ellington Field in Houston this morning to complete the first day of its trek from Florida to Los Angeles where the shuttle will be placed on public display....

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Sudden cardiac death is associated with a thin placenta at birth, researchers find

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — Researchers studying the origins of sudden cardiac death have found that in both men and women a thin placenta at birth was associated with sudden cardiac death. A thin placenta may result in a reduced flow of nutrients...

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Adolescent male chimps in large community strive to be alphas

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — An Ohio University anthropologist reports the first observation of dominance relationships among adolescent male chimpanzees, which he attributes to the composition of their community. Hogan Sherrow spent eight years studying...

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Computer simulations for multiscale systems can be faster, better, more reliable

ScienceDaily (Sep. 20, 2012) — University of Oregon scientists have found a way to correctly reproduce not only the structure but also important thermodynamic quantities such as pressure and compressibility of a large, multiscale system at variable levels...

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Invisible plastic particles in seawater damaging to sea animals

ScienceDaily (Sep. 20, 2012) — Plastic nanoparticles in seawater can have an adverse effect on sea organisms. Particles measuring about a thirty millionth of a millimetre, and therefore invisible to the naked eye, are responsible. Mussels that have been...

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Humans were already recycling 13,000 years ago, burnt artifacts show

ScienceDaily (Sep. 20, 2012) — A study at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili and the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution (IPHES) reveals that humans from the Upper Palaeolithic Age recycled their stone artefacts to be put to other...

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