News tagged with electric charges

Chicago Installs Solar Powered Charging Station for Electric Vehicles

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the biggest arguments that some have made against plug-in electric vehicles is that they still promote the use of fossil fuels. When you have to plug in a car for a charge, the electricity ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

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Physicists explain why superconductors fail to produce super currents

When high-temperature superconductors were first announced in the late 1980s, it was thought that they would lead to ultra-efficient magnetic trains and other paradigm-shifting technologies.

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jun 27, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (35) | comments 19 | with audio podcast

Fundamental matter-antimatter symmetry confirmed

International collaboration including MPQ scientists sets a new value for the antiproton mass relative to the electron with unprecedented precision.

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 28, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (31) | comments 30 | with audio podcast

'Magnetricity' observed and measured for the first time

(PhysOrg.com) -- A magnetic charge can behave and interact just like an electric charge in some materials, according to new research led by the London Centre for Nanotechnology.

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (34) | comments 13

French physicists claim breakthrough in ultra-fast data access

French physicists said on Sunday they had used ultra-fast lasers that could accelerate storage and retrieval of data on hard discs by up to 100,000 times, pointing the way to a new generation of IT wizardry.

Physics / General Physics

created May 31, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (32) | comments 16

Ytterbium's broken symmetry: The largest parity violations ever measured in an atom

Ytterbium was discovered in 1878, but until it recently became useful in atomic clocks, the soft metal rarely made the news. Now ytterbium has a new claim to scientific fame. Measurements with ytterbium-174, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (29) | comments 13

Researchers build first physical 'metatronic' circuit

(PhysOrg.com) -- The technological world of the 21st century owes a tremendous amount to advances in electrical engineering, specifically, the ability to finely control the flow of electrical charges using ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (27) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Graphene Yields Secrets to Its Extraordinary Properties

(PhysOrg.com) -- Applying innovative measurement techniques, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have directly measured the unusual energy ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (26) | comments 0

Wireless power could revolutionize highway transportation, researchers say

A Stanford University research team has designed a high-efficiency charging system that uses magnetic fields to wirelessly transmit large electric currents between metal coils placed several feet apart. The ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (27) | comments 66 | with audio podcast

New study confirms exotic electric properties of graphene

(PhysOrg.com) -- First, it was the soccer-ball-shaped molecules dubbed buckyballs. Then it was the cylindrically shaped nanotubes. Now, the hottest new material in physics and nanotechnology is graphene: ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (23) | comments 1

Toyota to release solar charger for electric vehicles

(PhysOrg.com) -- Toyota is developing a solar charging station for electric cars and plug-in hybrids, making a green technology even greener. It has also designed a battery charger for mounting inside an electric ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

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Electron is surprisingly round, say scientists following 10 year study

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Imperial College London have made the most accurate measurement yet of the shape of the humble electron, finding that it is almost a perfect sphere, in a study published in the ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 25, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (23) | comments 103 | with audio podcast

Physicists find charge separation in a molecule consisting of two identical atoms

Physicists from the University of Stuttgart show the first experimental proof of a molecule consisting of two identical atoms that exhibits a permanent electric dipole moment. This observation contradicts ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 25, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (22) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

The Audi e-tron concept electric car

(PhysOrg.com) -- Audi has unveiled its new electric car concept, the Audi e-tron at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (22) | comments 5 weblog

'Boozer' EV sets 1,000 miles-plus record on single charge

(PhysOrg.com) -- An experimental electric vehicle called "Schluckspecht" ("boozer," or "tippler" in German) has set the record for achieving the longest drive in a battery-powered vehicle on a single battery ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

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