News tagged with magnesium oxide

New calculations suggest Jupiter's core may be liquefying

(PhysOrg.com) -- Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, may be causing its own core to liquefy, at least according to Hugh Wilson and colleague Burkhard Militzer of UC, Berkeley. They’ve come ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 25 | with audio podcast report

A new kind of metal in the deep Earth

(PhysOrg.com) -- The crushing pressures and intense temperatures in Earth's deep interior squeeze atoms and electrons so closely together that they interact very differently. With depth materials change. New ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (21) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Room-temperature spintronic computers? Silicon spin transistors heat up and spins last longer

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Utah researchers built "spintronic" transistors and used them to align the magnetic "spins" of electrons for a record period of time in silicon chips at room temperature. The ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The safety of daily magnesium oxide treatment for children with chronic constipation

A research team from Japan determined serum magnesium concentration in children with functional constipation treated with daily magnesium oxide. The results showed that serum magnesium concentration increased significantly, ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Magnesium: Alternative Power Source

(PhysOrg.com) -- There is enough magnesium to meet the world's energy needs for the next 300,000 years, says Dr. Takashi Yabe of the Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 23, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (40) | comments 29 | with audio podcast weblog

Researchers suggest new memory storage mineral

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researcher Derek Stewart says the mineral kotoite could be an ideal insulator for memory storage devices called magnetic tunnel junctions.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 21, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (16) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Harnessing the Divas of the Nanoworld

(PhysOrg.com) -- Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) are the divas of the nanoworld. In possession of alluring properties, they are also notoriously temperamental compared to their carbon-based cousins.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

More than meets the eye: New blue light nanocrystals

Berkeley Lab researchers have produced non-toxic magnesium oxide nanocrystals that efficiently emit blue light and could also play a role in long-term storage of carbon dioxide, a potential means of tempering ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1