News tagged with power of the mind

The liberating effects of losing control

Self-control is one of our most cherished values. We applaud those with the discipline to regulate their appetites and actions, and we try hard to instill this virtue in our children. We celebrate the power of the mind to ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 2




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New small solid oxide fuel cell reaches record efficiency

Individual homes and entire neighborhoods could be powered with a new, small-scale solid oxide fuel cell system that achieves up to 57 percent efficiency, significantly higher than the 30 to 50 percent efficiencies ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (24) | comments 47 | with audio podcast

Electric Moon jolts the solar wind

(Phys.org) -- With the Moon as the most prominent object in the night sky and a major source of an invisible pull that creates ocean tides, many ancient cultures thought it could also affect our health or ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sandia Labs technology used in Fukushima cleanup

(Phys.org) -- A Sandia National Laboratories technology has been used to remove radioactive material from more than 43 million gallons of contaminated wastewater at Japan’s damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear ...

Chemistry / Other

created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Next up: Smart homes

You've got a smartphone and maybe a smart TV, and may have heard that smart refrigerators are in the works. Next up: the smart home.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Beyond oil, can Alaska be tapped as a source for renewable energy?

Alaska has massive hydro, wind, geothermal and other renewable resources, but the state's rural villages are chained to diesel and suffer oppressive energy costs they say threaten their existence. Lawmakers, energy experts ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Alcatel-Lucent introduces the world's most powerful Internet core router

Alcatel-Lucent today unveiled a new family of Internet core routers designed to address the major shifts that are happening in global networks. The 7950 XRS (Extensible Routing System) allows network operators to embrace ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dopant gives graphene solar cells highest efficiency yet

(Phys.org) -- By taking advantage of graphene’s favorable electrical and optical properties, and then adding an organic dopant, researchers have achieved the highest power conversion efficiency yet for ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 14 | with audio podcast feature

Mercury in dolphins: Study compares toxin levels in captive and wild sea mammals

Amid growing concerns about the spread of harmful mercury in plants and animals, a new study by researchers from The Johns Hopkins University and The National Aquarium has compared levels of the chemical in ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

America expands once again -- digitally, this time

(AP) -- The metaphor is an easy one, overused and perhaps even a bit overwrought. We are forging forward into a digital frontier, leaving convention behind, traveling without guides into an uncharted virtual ...

Technology / Other

created May 19, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Facebook's $16 billion IPO one of world's largest (Update)

(AP) -- Facebook is about to find out just how much status updates, puppy photos and billions of "likes" are worth on Wall Street.

Technology / Business

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1


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