News tagged with energy flow

Whale-inspired ocean turbine blades

Interest in developing alternative energy sources is driving the consideration of a promising technology that uses underwater turbines to convert ocean tidal flow energy into electricity.

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 28, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Food for thought, er, well... Study finds brain wolfs energy to stop thinking

Ever wonder why it's such an effort to forget about work while on vacation or to silence that annoying song that's playing over and over in your head?

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Bladeless wind turbine inspired by Tesla

(PhysOrg.com) -- A bladeless wind turbine whose only rotating component is a turbine/driveshaft could generate power at a cost comparable to coal-fired power plants, according to its developers at Solar Aero. ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 07, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (120) | comments 30 | with audio podcast report

Hydrokinetic proposal for Mississippi river

(PhysOrg.com) -- Everyone is looking for alternative forms of energy, and one company proposes to generate electricity from the flow of the river Mississippi in the US, without using dams to control the water ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 23, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

1,000m underground central heating system planned

(PhysOrg.com) -- A pioneering scheme to build a giant central heating system that will harness heat from deep underground is being developed by university scientists.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Weir in space and dimmed sun creates 200-million-mile-long lab bench for turbulence research

Physicists working in space plasmas have made clever use of the Ulysses spacecraft and the solar minimum to create a massive virtual lab bench to provide a unique test for the science underlying turbulent ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Early warning system could keep lights on

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at The University of Manchester are developing 'early warning systems' that could prevent power blackouts in the UK.

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Turning the tide to energy

NASA researchers who developed a new way to power robotic underwater vehicles believe a spin-off technology could help convert ocean energy into electrical energy on a much larger scale. The researchers hope ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (23) | comments 6

Explaining the Mystery of the Voyager

With a new 3D-model for energy simulation scientists from Bochum, Germany, and Huntsville, USA, are studying the 'physical mystery' of the Voyager. Over 30 years ago the spacecraft detected particles in solar wind which were ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 2


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