News tagged with charges
Freescale charging technology helps put an end to 'vampire' energy loss
Freescale Semiconductor is finding innovative ways to stop “vampire” energy loss, the loss of power that occurs when an AC adapter is plugged into an electrical outlet but isn’t charging a device. Freescale’s ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 05, 2011 |
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A 'spin ratchet': A new electronic structure for generating spin current
A research team from the Institut Catala de Nanotecnologia (ICN), in Barcelona, Spain, has demonstrated a device that induces electron spin motion without net electric currents, a key step in developing the spin computers ...
Dec 16, 2010 |
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Giant gamma ray bubbles in our galaxy
(PhysOrg.com) -- Gamma rays are the most energetic form of light, typically about one hundred billion times as energetic as optical light.
Nov 19, 2010 |
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Image: Ghostly spokes in the rings
Scientists first saw these somewhat wedge-shaped, transient clouds of tiny particles known as "spokes" in images from NASA's Voyager spacecraft.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 12, 2010 |
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Study: Tuna black market worth billions of dollars
The craze for sushi has fueled a black market in tuna worth billions of dollars, as governments collaborate with the industry despite fears for the species' survival, an investigation found.
Nov 07, 2010 |
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Gravity eases its pull
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since Galileo first dropped his balls off the top of the Tower of Pisa in the late 16th century, gravity has caused a major headache for mathematicians and physicists down the ages.
Nov 04, 2010 |
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Electric cars get charged wirelessly in London (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- HaloIPT has recently demonstrated wireless charging of electric vehicles in London using their inductive power transfer technology. The company fitted Citroen electric cars with receiver pads ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 04, 2010 |
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Transparent conductive material could lead to power-generating windows
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory have fabricated transparent thin films capable of absorbing light and ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 03, 2010 |
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Michigan to get 5,300 charging stations for electric cars
More than 5,300 charging stations will be installed in Michigan as the birthplace of the US auto industry prepares for the introduction of electric cars like the Chevrolet Volt, General Motors said.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 13, 2010 |
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FCC rules seek to avoid surprise wireless bills
(AP) -- Federal regulators want to stop cell phone "bill shock" by requiring wireless companies to alert subscribers before they run out of minutes, hit data usage or text messaging caps or start racking up international ...
Oct 13, 2010 |
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Structure of plastic solar cells impedes their efficiency, researchers find
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers from North Carolina State University and the U.K. has found that the low rate of energy conversion in all-polymer solar-cell technology is caused by the structure of the solar cells ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 05, 2010 |
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New wave: Spin soliton could be a hit in cell phone communication (w/ Video)
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have found theoretical evidence* of a new way to generate the high-frequency waves used in modern communication devices such as cell phones. ...
Sep 15, 2010 |
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Fujitsu develops technology for design of compact, high-efficiency wireless charging systems
Fujitsu today announced the development of wireless recharging technology that enables the design of magnetic resonance-based wireless charging systems that can simultaneously recharge various types of portable ...
Sep 14, 2010 |
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Global Qi standard powers up wireless charging
The Wireless Power Consortium today launched the Qi 1.0 standard which enables consumer electronic brands and device manufacturers to bring interoperable wireless inductive charging devices to market. The Consortium also ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 06, 2010 |
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Turning down the noise in graphene
(PhysOrg.com) -- Graphene is a two-dimensional crystalline sheet of carbon atoms - meaning it is only one atom thick - through which electrons can race at nearly the speed of light - 100 times faster than ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 06, 2010 |
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