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BBC Science Team Builds Coffee Fueled Car... The Carpuccino

(PhysOrg.com) -- Think you need a lot of coffee to get going in the morning? How about 56 espressos? That’s the kind of power the experimental car, the "Carpuccino," needs just to travel one mile!

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 10, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast weblog




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Delphi gasoline-injection engine technique rivals hybrid's edge

(Phys.org) -- Running a diesel like engine on gasoline is something Delphi is doing in notable fashion. They claim they are on to a promising way to enjoy an engine that gives the vehicle owner high efficiency ...

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created May 21, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (18) | comments 40 | with audio podcast report

Harnessing the awesome power of the ocean waves

MBARI engineer Andy Hamilton looks out his office window in Moss Landing and points at the waves crashing on the beach below. “Pretty impressive, aren’t they? You’d think there’d be a way ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 39 | with audio podcast

Volkswagen Passat sets world record for longest distance on one tank of clean diesel fuel

The world's most fuel-efficient couple has done it again. John and Helen Taylor were determined to break the record for the farthest distance traveled on a single tank of fuel. They decided to attempt the ...

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created May 11, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Comparing apples and oranges

Every year, U.S. supermarkets lose roughly 10 percent of their fruits and vegetables to spoilage, according to the Department of Agriculture. To help combat those losses, MIT chemistry professor Timothy Swager and his students ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Neutron generation: Going from tubes to chips

(Phys.org) -- It was a figurative whack on the head that started Sandia National Laboratories distinguished technical staff member Juan Elizondo-Decanini thinking outside the box -- which in his case was a ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (19) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Miniature sensors may advance climate studies

(Phys.org) -- An air sampler the size of an ear plug is expected to cheaply and easily collect atmospheric samples to improve computer climate models.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Novel solar reactor may enable clean fuel derived from sunlight

Producing hydrogen from non-fossil fuel sources is a problem that continues to elude many scientists but University of Delaware’s Erik Koepf thinks he may have discovered a solution.

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created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (18) | comments 0

Calculating the cost of advanced manufacturing

For Tim Gutowski, advanced manufacturing is an opportunity not just to boost employment, but also to improve the environment.

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Astronomers discover 'emerald-cut' galaxy

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of astronomers has discovered a rare square galaxy with a striking resemblance to an emerald cut diamond.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 35 | with audio podcast

Fuel from market waste

Mushy tomatoes, brown bananas and overripe cherries -- to date, waste from wholesale markets has ended up on the compost heap at best. In future it will be put to better use: Researchers have developed a new ...

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created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1


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