News tagged with high temperatures

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Ultrafast laser helps to better understand high-temperature superconductors

Superconductivity, in which electric current flows without resistance, promises huge energy savings – from low-voltage electric grids with no transmission losses, superefficient motors and generators, ...

Physics / Superconductivity

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High-temperature superconductivity starts at nanoscale

(Phys.org) -- High-temperature superconductivity doesn't happen all it once. It starts in isolated nanoscale patches that gradually expand until they take over.

Physics / Superconductivity

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Moscow swelters in record heat

Moscow sweltered in unseasonable heat on Sunday, with temperatures of nearly 29 degrees Celsius (84.2 Fahrenheit), a record for April since data collection began 130 years ago, authorities said.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 8

Physicists show standard 'quasiparticle' theory breaks down at 'quantum critical point'

A new study this week finds that "quantum critical points" in exotic electronic materials can act much like polarizing "hot button issues" in an election. Reporting in Nature, researchers from Rice Univer ...

Physics / General Physics

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Taking an innovative approach to battery design

You have to give Donald Sadoway points for style: Not many professors come to the last class of a semester dressed in black tie, decorate the table with linen and a vase of fresh roses, and toast their students ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Plant species living in urban backyards are closer related to each other and live shorter than species in the countrysid

Cities in both, the US and Europe harbour more plant species than rural areas. However, plant species of urban areas are closer related to each other and often share similar functions. Consequently, urban ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hot new manufacturing tool: A temperature-controlled microbe

Many manufacturing processes rely on microorganisms to perform tricky chemical transformations or make substances from simple starting materials. The authors of a study appearing in mBio, the online open-access journal of the ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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X-rays create a window on glass formation: First ever visualization of how powder becomes molten glass

Scientists have for the first time visualised the transformation of powder mixtures into molten glass. A better understanding of this process will make it possible to produce high quality glass at lower temperatures, ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

NREL catalyst brings drop-in fuels closer

We live in a petroleum-based society, and the oil we use comes from plants that were buried eons ago and changed under pressure and high temperatures. As countries across the globe face dwindling oil supplies ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Changing climate can affect fish fertility

(Phys.org) -- Warmer water temperatures can greatly increase the reproductive capacity of the widely distributed pest fish species gambusia, or mosquito fish, a new study has found.

Biology / Ecology

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

Powerful magnets help scientists create new materials for use in low-carbon energy

(PhysOrg.com) -- West Midlands scientists have created and studied new materials set to make low-carbon energy technologies like fuel cells cheaper and more efficient to run.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Shooting at ceramics

Producing thin ceramic components has until now been a laborious and expensive process, as parts often get distorted during manufacture and have to be discarded as waste. Researchers are now able to reshape ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Ultrafast laser pulses shed light on elusive superconducting mechanism

An international team that includes University of British Columbia physicists has used ultra-fast laser pulses to identify the microscopic interactions that drive high-temperature superconductivity.

Physics / Superconductivity

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New process converts polyethylene into carbon fiber

(PhysOrg.com) -- Common material such as polyethylene used in plastic bags could be turned into something far more valuable through a process being developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Researchers use nanoparticles, magnetic current to damage cancerous cells in mice

Using nanoparticles and alternating magnetic fields, University of Georgia scientists have found that head and neck cancerous tumor cells in mice can be killed in half an hour without harming healthy cells.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

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