News tagged with electric system

Grid realities cancel out some of wind power's carbon savings

(Phys.org) -- Wind energy lowers carbon emissions, but adding turbines to the current grid system does not eliminate emissions proportionally, according to a report by researchers at the Argonne National Laboratory.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

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50-year cholera mystery solved: Answers may help clear the way for a new class of antibiotics

For 50 years scientists have been unsure how the bacteria that gives humans cholera manages to resist one of our basic innate immune responses. That mystery has now been solved, thanks to research from biologists at The University ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New latent tuberculosis test promises to be cheap and fast

Biomedical engineers at UC Davis have developed a microfluidic chip to test for latent tuberculosis. They hope the test will be cheaper, faster and more reliable than current testing for the disease.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Electronic congestion in the microchips of the future

(Phys.org) -- Electrons within some materials can stick together like cars on a traffic jam. Swiss researchers studying promising materials for the future of electronics have been able to highlight this phenomenon

Physics / Condensed Matter

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Individual typing style gives key to user authentication

Your typing style is as individual as your fingerprints. Being able to use typing style to identify a change in users could be a vital security and forensic support for organisations such as banks, the military ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brainput system takes some brain strain off multi-taskers

(Phys.org) -- A research team made up of members from Indiana University, Tufts and MIT and led by Erin Treacy Solovey, a has built a brain monitoring system that offloads some of the computer related activities ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

US probing cyber attacks on gas pipelines (Update)

A campaign of cyber attacks has been targeting US natural gas pipeline operators, officials acknowledged Tuesday, raising security concerns about vulnerabilities in key infrastructure.

Technology / Internet

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Power generation technology based on piezoelectric nanocomposite materials

Professor Keon- Jae Lee's research team, KAIST (Korea), has developed a nanocomposite-based nanogenerator that successfully overcomes the critical restrictions existed in previous nanogenerators and builds ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Single-inlet electric vehicle charging to showcase in LA

(Phys.org) -- Big names in global car manufacturers have announced a common method for charging electric vehicles. The companies are in agreement with a common charging technology for use on electric vehicles ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 05, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 17 | with audio podcast report

Mechanical motion rectifier leads to better energy harvesting

(Phys.org) -- Mechanical energy is all around us, whether in the form of a vehicle's vibrations, ocean waves, or vibrating train tracks. However, much of this energy is irregular and oscillatory - for example, road bumps ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 26 | with audio podcast report

LADEE closer to exploration of lunar environment

NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) has received its integrated propulsion system that will enable the spacecraft to reach the moon. Achieving this milestone means the LADEE observatory is one step ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New metal alloy electrode designed for plus-sized ions

(PhysOrg.com) -- Storing energy from wind farms and releasing that electricity on demand requires high-capacity, low-cost batteries; sodium-ion batteries could be part of the answer now, thanks to fundamental ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Advanced power-grid research finds low-cost, low-carbon future in West

The least expensive way for the Western U.S. to reduce greenhouse gas emissions enough to help prevent the worst consequences of global warming is to replace coal with renewable and other sources of energy ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (14) | comments 73 | with audio podcast

Researchers take first-ever measurement of auroral turbulence using a nanosatellite radar receiver

Researchers from SRI International and the University of Michigan have taken the first-ever measurement of naturally occurring auroral turbulence recorded using a nanosatellite radar receiver. The research was done with support ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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

EV motor system is smallest of its kind, says Mitsubishi

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mitsubishi Electric has announced it has a new motor system for electric vehicles with impressive gains in reduced size and efficiency. The EV motor system is the smallest of its kind, according to the company ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 11, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (19) | comments 41 | with audio podcast report