News tagged with cool temperatures

Japan's Fukushima reactor may be reheating: operator

Temperature readings at one of the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactors have risen above Japan's stringent new safety standard but there was no immediate danger, its operator said Sunday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

First plants caused ice ages: research

New research reveals how the arrival of the first plants 470 million years ago triggered a series of ice ages. Led by the Universities of Exeter and Oxford, the study is published today (February 1, 2012) in Nature Geoscience.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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Quick-cooking nanomaterials in microwave to make tomorrow's air conditioners

Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method for creating advanced nanomaterials that could lead to highly efficient refrigerators and cooling systems requiring no ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Plunge in CO2 put the freeze on Antarctica

Plunge in CO2 put the freeze on AntarcticaAtmospheric carbon dioxide levels plunged by 40% before and during the formation of the Antarctic ice sheet 34 million years ago, according to a new study. The finding helps solv ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 24 | with audio podcast

Fujitsu develops cooling technology that utilizes a CPU's waste heat

Fujitsu Laboratories announced the development of cooling technology that employs waste heat generated by CPUs to produce chilled water that can be used to cool server rooms.

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Fossilized pollen reveals climate history of northern Antarctica

A painstaking examination of the first direct and detailed climate record from the continental shelves surrounding Antarctica reveals that the last remnant of Antarctic vegetation existed in a tundra landscape ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Scientists using lasers to cool and control molecules

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since audiences heard Goldfinger utter the famous line, “No, Mr. Bond; I expect you to die,” as a laser beam inched its way toward James Bond and threatened to cut him in half, lasers ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Ice sheet melt identified as trigger of Big Freeze

The main cause of a rapid global cooling period, known as the Big Freeze or Younger Dryas - which occurred nearly 13,000 years ago - has been identified thanks to the help of an academic at the University of Sheffield.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 31, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (28) | comments 25 | with audio podcast

Ghost alps of Antarctica are glimpsed after 14 million years

Millions of years ago, rivers ran in Antarctica through craggy mountain valleys that were strangely similar to the European Alps of today, Chinese and British scientists reported on Wednesday.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (18) | comments 2