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/ Computer model pinpoints prime materials for efficient carbon capture The electric power industry expects eventually to implement carbon capture of emissions in order to reduce greenhouse gases, yet today's best technology eats up 30 percent of a plant's power. Scientists have now created a computer model that analyzes the millions of possible porous capture structures, from zeolites to MOFs, to pinpoint ones that can improve energy efficiency, so that chemists can synthesize and test them for future use. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120527153814.htm ScienceDaily Headlines: Computers & Math http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120527153814.htm? Sun, 27 May 2012 08:38 GMT Yale study concludes public apathy over climate change unrelated to science literacy Are members of the public divided about climate change because they don't understand the science behind it? If Americans knew more basic science and were more proficient in technical reasoning, would public consensus match scientific consensus?A study published today online in the journal Nature Climate Change suggests that the answer to both questions is no. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-05/yu-ysc052512.php EurekAlert! - Breaking News http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-05/yu-ysc052512.php? Sat, 26 May 2012 17:00 GMT T cells 'hunt' parasites like animal predators seek prey, a Penn Vet-Penn Physics study reveals By pairing an intimate knowledge of immune-system function with a deep understanding of statistical physics, a cross-disciplinary team at the University of Pennsylvania has arrived at a surprising finding: T cells use a movement strategy to track down parasites that is similar to strategies that predators such as monkeys, sharks and bluefin tuna use to hunt their prey. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-05/uop-tc052512.php EurekAlert! - Breaking News http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-05/uop-tc052512.php? Sat, 26 May 2012 17:00 GMT Computer model pinpoints prime materials for efficient carbon capture The electric power industry expects eventually to implement carbon capture of emissions in order to reduce greenhouse gases, yet today's best technology eats up 30 percent of a plant's power. UC Berkeley's Berend Smit worked with industry scientists to create a computer model that analyzes the millions of possible porous capture structures, from zeolites to MOFs, to pinpoint ones that can improve energy efficiency, so that chemists can synthesize and test them for future use. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-05/uoc--cmp052512.php EurekAlert! - Breaking News http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-05/uoc--cmp052512.php? Sat, 26 May 2012 17:00 GMT Powerful new approach to attack flu virus An international research team has manufactured a new protein that can combat deadly flu epidemics. The paper, featured on the cover of the current issue of Nature Biotechnology, demonstrates ways to use manufactured genes as antivirals, which disable key functions of the flu virus, said Tim Whitehead, assistant professor of chemical engineering and materials science at Michigan State University. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-05/msu-pna052412.php EurekAlert! - Breaking News http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-05/msu-pna052412.php? Sat, 26 May 2012 17:00 GMT