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Physicists 'record' magnetic breakthrough

An international team of scientists has demonstrated a revolutionary new way of magnetic recording which will allow information to be processed hundreds of times faster than by current hard drive technology.

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (46) | comments 15 | with audio podcast

Futuristic cars are coming faster than you think

Cars that drive themselves are not just the stuff of sci-fi movies. The technology is real, the cars can now drive legally and the debate is starting on whether society is better off when software is behind the wheel.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (30) | comments 26

First molybdenite microchip

(PhysOrg.com) -- Molybdenite, a new and very promising material, can surpass the physical limits of silicon. EPFL scientists have proven this by making the first molybdenite microchip, with smaller and more ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (22) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Tiny amounts of alcohol dramatically extend a worm's life, but why?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Minuscule amounts of ethanol, the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages, can more than double the life span of a tiny worm known as Caenorhabditis elegans, which is used frequently ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (18) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Voyager instrument cooling after heater turned off

(PhysOrg.com) -- In order to reduce power consumption, mission managers have turned off a heater on part of NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, dropping the temperature of its ultraviolet spectrometer instrument ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (18) | comments 22 | with audio podcast

The impending revolution of low-power quantum computers

By 2017, quantum physics will help reduce the energy consumption of our computers and cellular phones by up to a factor of 100. For research and industry, the power consumption of transistors is a key issue. ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

55": LG announces world's largest OLED TV panel

LG Display announced that it has developed the world's largest 55-inch OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes) TV panel. The 55-inch panel is a significant step forward in the popularization of OLED TVs and demonstrates ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Finnish researchers reduce smart phones power consumption by more than 70 percent

Researchers at Aalto University in Finland have designed a network proxy that can cut the power consumption of 3G smart phones up to 74 percent.

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 24, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (14) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

A big leap toward lowering the power consumption of microprocessors

The first systematic power profiles of microprocessors could help lower the energy consumption of both small cell phones and giant data centers, report computer science professors from The University of Texas ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Sex-deprived fruit flies drink more alcohol: New study could uncover answers for human addictions

Sexually deprived male fruit flies exhibit a pattern of behavior that seems ripped from the pages of a sad-sack Raymond Carver story: when female fruit flies reject their sexual advances, the males are driven ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Engineers develop cement with 97 percent smaller CO2 and energy footprint

Drexel engineers have found a way to improve upon ordinary Portland cement (OPC), the glue that's bonded much of the world's construction since the late 1800s. In research recently published in Cement and Concrete Composites ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Using nanophotonics to reshape on-chip computer data transmission

A team at Stanford's School of Engineering has demonstrated an ultrafast nanoscale light emitting diode (LED) that is orders of magnitude lower in power consumption than today's laser-based systems and able ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

One-third of car fuel consumption is due to friction loss

No less than one third of a car's fuel consumption is spent in overcoming friction, and this friction loss has a direct impact on both fuel consumption and emissions. However, new technology can reduce friction by anything ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Nanocrystal-coated fibers might reduce wasted energy

(Phys.org) -- Researchers are developing a technique that uses nanotechnology to harvest energy from hot pipes or engine components to potentially recover energy wasted in factories, power plants and cars.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

High-speed CMOS sensors provide better images

Conventional CMOS image sensors are not suitable for low-light applications such as fluorescence, since large pixels arranged in a matrix do not support high readout speeds. A new optoelectronic component ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast