News tagged with carbonate ion

Size matters - even for molecules

Two electrons that are emitted from a large molecule by a single photon may originate from far apart within that molecule. In a recent study on hydrocarbon molecules consisting of one to five fused benzene ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New metal alloy electrode designed for plus-sized ions

(PhysOrg.com) -- Storing energy from wind farms and releasing that electricity on demand requires high-capacity, low-cost batteries; sodium-ion batteries could be part of the answer now, thanks to fundamental ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Researchers look for ways to make an emerging technology safe for environment

The percentage of electronic waste occupying our landfills has grown at an alarming rate over the last decade, giving rise to concerns about the toxicity of components used in consumer electronics.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Size matters -- even for molecules

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two electrons that are emitted from a large molecule by a single photon may originate from far apart within that molecule. In a recent study on hydrocarbon molecules consisting of one to five ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Chemists devise a way to create a five point knotted molecule

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemists have for a long time been interested in a type of molecule that is literally tied up into a knot. This is where atoms are bonded together to form strands, which are then twisted around ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 30, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Scientist creates new hypothesis on ocean acidification

A Researcher at the Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, an organized research unit in the University of Hawai'i at Manoa's School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology has come up with a new explanation for the effects ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Ions control shape of nanofibers grown on clear substrate

Researchers from North Carolina State University have found a new way to develop straight carbon nanofibers on a transparent substrate. Growing such nanofiber coatings is important for use in novel biomedical ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Graphene nanocomposite a bridge to better batteries

Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have created a graphene and tin nanoscale composite material for high-capacity energy storage in renewable ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Improving batteries' energy storage

MIT researchers have found a way to improve the energy density of a type of battery known as lithium-air (or lithium-oxygen) batteries, producing a device that could potentially pack several times more energy ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Wind-powered car completes 3,100 mile test ride across Australia

(PhysOrg.com) -- Score some points for the green set this week! In Australia a wind-powered car has completed a roughly three-week, 3,100 mile test ride.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 23 | with audio podcast weblog

A new type of composite material with peapod structures can help improve performance of lithium-ion batteries

Lithium-ion batteries are used to power a wide range of electronic devices, including computers, cameras, digital audio players and calculators. Tremendous effort has been devoted to the development of lithium-ion ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Alternating stacks of planar cations and dipyrrole-containing anions provides concept for new materials

(PhysOrg.com) -- Pyrroles, which are rings containing one nitrogen and four carbon atoms, are essential components of our red hemoglobin as well as the green chlorophyll in plants. Japanese researchers led ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 10, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Paraplegics have been given new hope for walking (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Berkeley Bionics unveiled eLEGS exoskeleton at a press conference on October 7 in San Francisco. Berkeley Bionics' CEO, Eythor Bender stated that their mission is to provide people with unprecedented ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 14, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (30) | comments 6 | with audio podcast weblog

Can Hungary's red sludge be made less toxic with carbon?

The red, metal-laden sludge that escaped a containment pond in Hungary last week could be made less toxic with the help of carbon sequestration, says an Indiana University Bloomington geologist who has a patent ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 13, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

'Express lanes' for ions: By aligning carbon nanotubes in electrodes, researchers boost performance

Actuators are devices that convert electrical energy into mechanical energy, such as the battery-powered device inside a cell phone that causes the phone to vibrate. When this process is reversed -- when a ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 08, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast