News tagged with compressive pressures

Under pressure, sodium and hydrogen could undergo a metamorphosis, emerging as a superconductor

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the search for superconductors, finding ways to compress hydrogen into a metal has been a point of focus ever since scientists predicted many years ago that electricity would flow, uninhibited, through ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Scientists Discover Material Harder Than Diamond

(PhysOrg.com) -- Currently, diamond is regarded to be the hardest known material in the world. But by considering large compressive pressures under indenters, scientists have calculated that a material called ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (62) | comments 28




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Physicists devise method for building artificial tissue

New York University physicists have developed a method that models biological cell-to-cell adhesion that could also have industrial applications.

Physics / General Physics

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Research pair theorize metamaterials that exhibit negative compressibility transitions

(Phys.org) -- In the real world of so called “normal” materials, people expect certain things to occur as a result of certain actions. Covering an object with a cloak for example, should hide the ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Delphi gasoline-injection engine technique rivals hybrid's edge

(Phys.org) -- Running a diesel like engine on gasoline is something Delphi is doing in notable fashion. They claim they are on to a promising way to enjoy an engine that gives the vehicle owner high efficiency ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (18) | comments 40 | with audio podcast report

Harnessing the awesome power of the ocean waves

MBARI engineer Andy Hamilton looks out his office window in Moss Landing and points at the waves crashing on the beach below. “Pretty impressive, aren’t they? You’d think there’d be a way ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 39 | with audio podcast

Worrying numbers of 'short-nosed' dog owners do not believe their pets to have breathing problems

Owners of certain popular “short-nosed” dog breeds, including Pugs, Bulldogs, Pekingese and French Bulldogs, are unknowingly putting their pets’ welfare at risk and not seeking essential treatment because they ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Neutron scattering charts moves of memory-shape alloys that change structure in response to environmental cues

(Phys.org) -- Shape-memory alloys (SMAs) are an engineer's dream, able to shape-shift spontaneously to accommodate changing operating conditions. A research team from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Textile-based cardiac sensors integrated into conventional sports bra and vest

An interdisciplinary team of engineers at the University of Arkansas has developed a wireless health-monitoring system that gathers critical patient information, regardless of the patient’s location, ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Thanks for the memory: More room for data in 'phase-change' material

A team led by Johns Hopkins engineers has discovered some previously unknown properties of a common memory material, paving the way for development of new forms of memory drives, movie discs and computer systems ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Probing hydrogen under extreme conditions

(Phys.org) -- How hydrogen--the most abundant element in the cosmos--responds to extremes of pressure and temperature is one of the major challenges in modern physical science. Moreover, knowledge gleaned ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Researchers theorize cold compression of graphite results in new superhard carbon allotropes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in China have used math calculations to predict that under cold compression, two new carbon allotropes may be formed. In their paper pre-published on arXiv, the team describes how th ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report


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