News tagged with energy losses

Discovery in parent of one high-temperature superconductor may lead to predictive control

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists studying the parent compound of a cuprate (copper-oxide) superconductor has discovered a link between two different states, or phases, of that matter - and written a mathematical ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

World first superconducting DC power transmission system a step closer

(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of researchers in Japan have succeeded for the first time in superconducting power transmission of direct current over two hundred meters.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 08, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 23 | with audio podcast report

To Surf, or to Dance? Electrons' Extracurricular Activities Affect Superconductivity

(PhysOrg.com) -- Superconductors, the wonder materials that transport electricity without any resistance or energy loss, appear to be more complex than previously thought, according to research published online this week in Nature Physics by scientists at the Stanford Institute for ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Apr 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 70 | with audio podcast

Pinning Down Superconductivity to a Single Layer

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using precision techniques for making superconducting thin films layer-by-layer, physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified a single layer ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (18) | comments 28

Solar tunnel powers part of Paris-Amsterdam train line

High-speed international trains linking Paris and Amsterdam as of Monday became the first in Europe to use electricity generated by solar panels installed in a tunnel on the line.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 6

The big picture on energy loss

Getting an energy audit of a home or a commercial building can be a time-consuming and labor-intensive process. But new techniques and technology developed by a team of MIT researchers have streamlined the ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Potential mechanisms for future anti-obesity drugs identified

An interdisciplinary group of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania has, for the first time, identified the neurological and cellular signaling mechanisms that contribute to satiety — the sensation of feeling ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Minnesota researchers discover how electricity moves through cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Minnesota have created a molecular image of a system that moves electrons between proteins in cells. The achievement is a breakthrough for biology and could ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 11, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

New superconductor research may solve key problem in physics

Binghamton University physicist Michael Lawler and his colleagues have made a breakthrough that could lead to advances in superconductors. Their findings will be published this week in the prestigious British journal Nature.

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jul 14, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (21) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mother bats expert at saving energy

In order to regulate their body temperature as efficiently as possible, wild female bats switch between two strategies depending on both the ambient temperature and their reproductive status. During pregnancy ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How pathogens hijack host plants

Infestation by bacteria and other pathogens result in global crop losses of over $500 billion annually. A research team led by the Carnegie Institution's Department of Plant Biology developed a novel trick for identifying ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Diode lights offer bright future for low energy

German scientists said Wednesday they had tweaked organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) -- the materials used in flat-screen TVs, laptop computer screens and mobile phone displays -- to become flexible, energy-efficient ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Wind farm development can be powerful, as long as proper design is implemented

Wind energy helps alleviate some of the environmental concerns about burning fossil fuels, but wind farms also introduce their own problems related to wildlife conservation, including habitat loss and mortality to birds and ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Energy efficiency standards for appliances should include upstream costs

The U.S. Department of Energy should consider gradually changing its system of setting appliance energy-efficiency standards to a full-fuel-cycle measurement, which takes into account both the energy used to operate an appliance, ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists collaborate to improve energy transmission for more efficient grids

Scientists at IBM and ABB, the world's largest builder of electricity grids, are using supercomputers to study and potentially develop a new type of high-voltage insulator that will improve the efficiency ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0