News tagged with magnetic energy

Scientists reveal Milky Way's magnetic attraction

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international research project involving the University of Adelaide has revealed that the magnetic field in the centre of the Milky Way is at least 10 times stronger than the rest of the ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 06, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 4

Tiny nano-electromagnets turn a cloak of invisibility into a possibility

A team of researchers at the FOM institute AMOLF (The Netherlands) has succeeded for the first time in powering an energy transfer between nano-electromagnets with the magnetic field of light.

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (15) | comments 10

NJIT receives funding to improve Big Bear Telescope, study solar energy

NJIT researchers are at work on many scientific and technological frontiers. The National Science Foundation has recently provided support that totals nearly $4.3 million for the diverse efforts of the following ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Using superconducting probes to get a picture of what it's like inside CNTs

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Carbon nanotubes are exciting for fundamental physics, and for potential technological applications," Nadya Mason tells PhysOrg.com. "However, we are generally limited in the way that we can study them. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 0 feature

High-performance plasmas may make reliable, efficient fusion power a reality

In the quest to produce nuclear fusion energy, researchers from the DIII-D National Fusion Facility have recently confirmed long-standing theoretical predictions that performance, efficiency and reliability ...

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (49) | comments 48

Harvesting Energy from Natural Motion: Magnets, Cantilever Capture Wide Range of Frequencies

(PhysOrg.com) -- By taking advantage of the vagaries of the natural world, Duke University engineers have developed a novel approach that they believe can more efficiently harvest electricity from the motions ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (13) | comments 4

Cassini Data Help Redraw Shape of Solar System (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Images from the Ion and Neutral Camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft suggest that the heliosphere, the region of the sun's influence, may not have the comet-like shape predicted by existing ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (14) | comments 0

Sony develops highly efficient wireless power transfer system based on magnetic resonance

Sony Corp. today announced the development of a highly efficient wireless power transfer system that eliminates the use of power cables from electronic products such as television sets. Using this system, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 7

Plasma power: Turning fusion into a renewable energy source

Fusion is best known for powering the sun and stars. But researchers have long been studying ways to transform that power source into future "green" energy that can be used on Earth. A team of researchers ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 9

Scientists discover surprise in Earth's upper atmosphere

(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA atmospheric scientists have discovered a previously unknown basic mode of energy transfer from the solar wind to the Earth's magnetosphere. The research, federally funded by the National ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (23) | comments 5

China tries to calm unease over rare earths curbs

(AP) -- A Chinese official tried to calm unease about curbs on exports of rare earths used in clean energy products and superconductors, saying Thursday that sales will continue but must be limited to reduce damage to China's ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Magnetic Measurements Question Assumptions About High-Tc Superconductors

(PhysOrg.com) -- Conquering one of the biggest challenges in the study of high-temperature (high-Tc) superconductors, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have grown ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Physicists find way to control individual bits in quantum computers

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have overcome a hurdle in quantum computer development, having devised a viable way to manipulate a single "bit" in a quantum processor without ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 3

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 ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (26) | comments 0

New material could help cut future energy losses

Scientists at the University of Liverpool and Durham University have developed a new material to further understanding of how superconductors could be used to transmit electricity to built-up areas and reduce global energy ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2