News tagged with heat production
Solar thermal process produces cement with no carbon dioxide emissions
(Phys.org) -- While the largest contributor to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions is the power industry, the second largest is the more often overlooked cement industry, which accounts for 5-6% of all ...
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Elpida uses high-K metal gate technology to develop 2-gigabit DDR2 mobile RAM
Elpida Memory, Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), today announced the DRAM industry's first-ever use of high-k metal gate (HKMG) technology to develop a 2-gigabit DDR2 Mobile RAM (LPDDR2) ...
Jun 15, 2011 |
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US energy use chart shows we waste more than half of our energy
(PhysOrg.com) -- This flow chart of the estimated US energy use in 2009, assembled by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), paints a pretty sobering picture of our energy situation. To begin with, ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 09, 2011 |
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Rising indoor winter temperatures linked to obesity?
Increases in winter indoor temperatures in the United Kingdom, United States and other developed countries may be contributing to rises in obesity in those populations, according to UCL research published today.
Jan 25, 2011 |
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Deleting ghrelin receptor, but not ghrelin, turns up fat-burning thermostat
Deleting the receptor, not the protein ghrelin itself, turns up the body's fat-burning thermostat, giving aging mice an exothermic boost toward a svelte physique, researchers reported at the American Society of Cell Biology's ...
Dec 13, 2010 |
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Test-tube calf embryos more likely to survive Texas summers
Think you're uncomfortable in the extreme Texas summer heat? Try being an ovulating 1,200-pound mother cow.
Sep 02, 2010 |
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Start-up company aims to harness the full potential of producing electricity from waste heat
(PhysOrg.com) -- Matt Scullin co-founded Alphabet Energy just one year ago, but already the CEO has ambitions of turning the San Francisco-based start-up company into the "Intel of waste heat." By harnessing ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 02, 2010 |
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Peppers may increase energy expenditure in people trying to lose weight
Imagine your delight while enjoying your favorite Mexican food - perhaps a fully loaded bean burrito topped with an ample supply of thinly sliced jalepeno peppers. What happens when you bite into a few more peppers than you ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 27, 2010 |
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New rice research sows seeds for growing success
(PhysOrg.com) -- With rice production in Australia plummeting and extreme weather events becoming more frequent, researchers at Macquarie University are working towards developing simple tests that could help ...
Mar 03, 2010 |
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Panasonic Starts Mass-Production of High-Capacity 3.1 Ah Lithium-ion Battery
Panasonic Corporation developed a 18650-type high-capacity 3.1 Ah lithium-ion battery and began mass production of the battery this December. The new 3.1 Ah battery has a nickel positive electrode and an energy density of ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 18, 2009 |
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U.S. Crop Yields Could Wilt in Heat
(PhysOrg.com) -- Yields of three of the most important crops produced in the United States - corn, soybeans and cotton - are predicted to fall off a cliff if temperatures rise due to climate change.
Aug 24, 2009 |
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Climate change could deepen poverty in developing countries, study finds
Urban workers could suffer most from climate change as the cost of food drives them into poverty, according to a new study that quantifies the effects of climate on the world's poor populations.
Aug 20, 2009 |
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