News tagged with energy spectrum
Highlight: Solar - Bridging the gap
(PhysOrg.com) -- Titanium dioxide, the same inexpensive white pigment that protects us from sunburns, can be converted into a material that absorbs sunlight and could greatly increase the efficiency of solar energy cells.
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Researchers Identify Key Molecules in Photosynthesis
(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemistry professor Harry Frank led an international group of researchers that identified the molecules in algae which direct the organisms to convert sunlight into oxygen. The findings may ...
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Hydrogen-making algae's 'Achilles' heel' discovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered how oxygen stops green algae from producing hydrogen. The findings could help those working towards 'solar H2-farms' in which microorganisms produce hydrogen fuel ...
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Stretching opens up possibilities for graphene
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers say they have found a simple way to improve the semiconducting properties of the world’s thinnest material - by giving it a good tug.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 28, 2009 |
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High in Sodium: Highly Charged Tungsten Ions May Diagnose Fusion Energy Reactors
(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as health-food manufacturers work on developing the best possible sodium substitutes for low-salt diets, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have acquired ...
Sep 08, 2009 |
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UGA, UPR grant license for long-persistence glow materials, in any color
The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (UGARF) and the University of Puerto Rico have granted an international, non-exclusive license for a portfolio of glow-in-the-dark pigments that can be designed ...
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Most efficient spectrograph to shoot the Southern skies
ESO's Very Large Telescope, Europe's flagship facility for ground-based astronomy, has been equipped with the first of its second generation instruments: X-shooter. It can record the entire spectrum of a celestial ...
May 26, 2009 |
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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 ...
May 14, 2009 |
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Dark matter: Physicists may have found piece of the puzzle
European astronomers said on Wednesday that an anomalous energy signal detected by an orbiting satellite could be a telltale of the enigmatic substance known as dark matter.
Apr 01, 2009 |
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