News tagged with electrical leakage

Ageing wooden power poles increase risk of fires

Research at RMIT University has proven conclusively that wooden poles used for electricity distribution deteriorate with age and that their electrical performance worsens over time.

Technology / Other

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Terahertz Waves Are Effective Probes for IC Heat Barriers

(PhysOrg.com) -- By modifying a commonly used commercial infrared spectrometer to allow operation at long-wave terahertz frequencies, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology discovered ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (7) | comments 1




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Research: Negative leakage could be key to reducing carbon emissions

(Phys.org) -- The unilateral efforts of a single country or region to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases could reduce exports, increase imports and lead to higher emissions elsewhere – what economists call “leakage.” ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

The real cost of coal is quickly adding up

"Cheap coal" is a myth. And like all myths, we accept its wisdom without thinking.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 6

DNA origami puts a smart lid on solid-state nanopore sensors

The latest advance in solid-state nanopore sensors – devices that are made with standard tools of the semiconductor industry yet can offer single-molecule sensitivity for label-free protein screening ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Electrical engineers develop LED 'Magic Wands'

Engineers from the University of Bristol have developed illuminating ‘magic wands’ that work by picking up radio signals from mobile devices. The wands, to be showcased on BBC’s Bang Goes the ...

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New nanoparticle technology cuts water use, energy costs

Nuclear and coal power plants are some of the thirstiest machines on earth. The turbines that spin inside of them to generate electricity require tons and tons of steam, and all of that water has to come from ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

New detector design improves gamma-ray measurements

(Phys.org) -- In the pursuit of precision measurements, nothing is simple, even when the apparatus employed appears to be utterly uncomplicated. An instructive case in point is the new ionization chamber used ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fujitsu develops power saving system control technology for container data centers

Fujitsu Laboratories today announced the development of a power conservation system control technology that reduces overall power consumption in container data centers by closely coordinating the operation ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More energy efficient transistors through quantum tunneling

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Notre Dame and Pennsylvania State University have announced breakthroughs in the development of tunneling field effect transistors (TFETs), a semiconductor ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop graphene supercapacitor holding promise for portable electronics

(PhysOrg.com) -- Electrochemical capacitors (ECs), also known as supercapacitors or ultracapacitors, differ from regular capacitors that you would find in your TV or computer in that they store substantially ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (25) | comments 30 | with audio podcast

The world's first sterilizable flexible organic transistor

An international research team has succeeded in manufacturing on a polymeric film the world’s first flexible organic transistor that is robust enough under high temperature medical sterilization process. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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