Science & Tech NewsScience & Tech News Feed Informer http://feed.informer.com/images/fd.gif Powered By Feed Informer http://feed.informer.com/ http://app.feed.informer.com/digest3/0FRF118SNA.html Respective post owners and feed distributors http://feed.informer.com/ Imperfect chips pave the way for new quantum technology When it comes to optical chips, disorder can actually be desirable. The surprising finding was made by a research group in Denmark, overturning the common notion that optical chips must be perfect. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100316235815.htm ScienceDaily Headlines: Computers & Math http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100316235815.htm? Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:00 GMT New guidelines for diagnosing, managing and treating Clostridium difficile A joint panel of experts from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology and the Infectious Diseases Society of America today released online new clinical practice guidelines for Clostridium difficile infection in adults. The guidelines, to be published in the May issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, update recommendations regarding the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and infection control and environmental management of this disease. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-03/sfhe-ngf031710.php EurekAlert! - Breaking News http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-03/sfhe-ngf031710.php? Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:00 GMT E-waste trade ban won't end environmental threat In the March 22 edition of the journal Environmental Science and Technology, researchers from Arizona State University and Nankai University,China, explain why a proposed US ban on the export of electronics waste won't accomplish its goal of stopping crude methods of recycling "e-waste" -- especially junked computers -- that are resulting in environmental damage in developing countries. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-03/asu-etb031710.php EurekAlert! - Breaking News http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-03/asu-etb031710.php? Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:00 GMT New alloys key to efficient energy and lighting Researchers at Arizona State University are making improvements to semiconductor alloys that will help overcome some of the technical roadblocks to producing more effective photovoltaic cells for generating solar energy and will enable light-emitting diodes to provide more versatile and efficient lighting. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-03/asu-nak031810.php EurekAlert! - Breaking News http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-03/asu-nak031810.php? Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:00 GMT Global sustainability technology breakthroughs featured at ACS meeting Chemistry's often-overlooked role in fostering sustainability goes on parade this week with one of the largest and most comprehensive series of scientific reports on advances toward that goal and the challenges lying ahead. The 1,600 reports and other presentations are part of the theme -- "Chemistry for a Sustainable World" -- of the 239th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, which opens here today. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-03/acs-gst030810.php EurekAlert! - Breaking News http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-03/acs-gst030810.php? Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:00 GMT