News tagged with conversation

Converting cars to all-electric is catching on, but slowly

Does that old Honda in your driveway need a valve job? Transform it with an electric conversion. A team at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh has come up with a kit to make your 2001-2005 Civic a zero-emission battery ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created 23 hours ago | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 7

Nanotechnology for solar energy conversion systems

EU researchers extensively characterised the self-organisation of nanotubes and developed novel compositions particularly appropriate to solar energy conversion applications.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dopant gives graphene solar cells highest efficiency yet

(Phys.org) -- By taking advantage of graphene’s favorable electrical and optical properties, and then adding an organic dopant, researchers have achieved the highest power conversion efficiency yet for ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 14 | with audio podcast feature

With new design, bulk semiconductor proves it can take the heat

The intense interest in harvesting energy from heat sources has led to a renewed push to discover materials that can more efficiently convert heat into electricity. Some researchers are finding those gains ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers pioneer molecular catalyser

Scientists in Sweden have developed a molecular catalyser with the ability to quickly oxidise water to oxygen. Presented in the journal Nature Chemistry, the results are a significant contribution to the future ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Teenager in British court in anti-terror hotline probe

A 17-year-old boy appeared in court Saturday charged with two offences in a probe into hoax calls made to Britain's anti-terror hotline and the release of recorded conversations between staff.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

British anti-terror hotline breached by hackers: police

Hackers have recorded calls between staff manning Britain's anti-terrorist hotline, Scotland Yard revealed Thursday, in the second security breach involving the force in recent months.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fujitsu develops a 2.3kW high-capacity power supply unit for servers, conversion efficiency rate of 94.8%

Fujitsu Laboratories today announced the development of a power supply unit for servers that features a 2.3 kW power output and achieves a world-leading conversion efficiency rate of 98.4%.

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Voice analysis aims to spot phone scams

Nagoya University researchers and Fujitsu Ltd. have developed technology they say can analyze suspicious phone conversations and detect bank transfer scams with a high degree of accuracy.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Wind turbines that learn like humans

Depending on the weather, wind turbines can face whispering breezes or gale-force gusts. Such variable conditions make extracting the maximum power from the turbines a tricky control problem, but a collaboration of Chinese ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Development of a new method for the boron-doping of two dimensional carbon materials

Kyoto University researchers have developed a new method for the boron-doping of two dimensional carbon materials, which is expected to be a promising approach towards the development of highly efficient electron ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pants on fire: When consumers lie to service providers

Is honesty the best policy? According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, consumers who lie during a service encounter are more satisfied than truth tellers when they get what they want.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Influencing stem cell fate: New screening method helps scientists identify key information rapidly

Northwestern University scientists have developed a powerful analytical method that they have used to direct stem cell differentiation. Out of millions of possibilities, they rapidly identified the chemical and physical structures ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New approach aims to slash cost of solar cells

Solar-powered electricity prices could soon approach those of power from coal or natural gas thanks to collaborative research with solar start-up Ampulse Corporation at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Developing robots that can teach humans

When it comes to communication, sometimes it's our body language that says the most--especially when it comes to our eyes.

Electronics / Robotics

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Conversation

Conversation is a form of interactive, spontaneous communication between two or more people who are following rules of etiquette.

Conversation analysis is a branch of sociology which studies the structure and organization of human interaction, with a more specific focus on conversational interaction.

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