News tagged with room
Development of nonvolatile white light-emitting liquid that is coatable on diverse range of materials
A Japanese research team headed by Dr. Takashi Nakanishi of the National Institute for Materials Science developed a nonvolatile liquid material which emits white light at room temperature.
May 30, 2012 |
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French team demonstrates paramagnetic properties of liquid oxygen drops
(Phys.org) -- A team of French scientists studying the properties of Leidenfrost drops has found that liquid oxygen drops can be manipulated and controlled using a magnetic field at room temperature. They describe their work ...
May 21, 2012 |
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LIVE: Facebook goes public
(AP) -- It's Facebook's big day. The site, which was born in a dorm room eight years ago and has grown into a worldwide network of almost a billion people, is making the most talked-about stock market debut ...
May 18, 2012 |
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Online scams cost $485 mn in US in 2011: survey
Online scams including identity theft schemes, "advance fee" and "romance fraud" cost Americans some $485 million in 2011, a report prepared for the FBI said Thursday.
May 10, 2012 |
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Online predators still loom charge, new research warns
Results from a three-year EU-funded study into the methods and behaviours of sex offenders show that online paedophiles who seek out children in chat rooms are abandoning the traditional 'grooming process'; ...
Apr 19, 2012 |
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EPA to cut air pollution from natural gas 'fracking'
(HealthDay) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday issued the first national standards to curb air pollution linked with the controversial practice of "fracking."
Apr 19, 2012 |
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Estonian robots boost global online clothing market
Fashion fans have one more reason to swap brick-and-mortar shops for online retailers: a company in tech-savvy Estonia has come up with a way to let you try on new clothes on your own computer.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 15, 2012 |
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Honeycombs of magnets could lead to new type of computer processing
Scientists have taken an important step forward in developing a new material using nano-sized magnets that could ultimately lead to new types of electronic devices, with greater capacity than is currently ...
Mar 30, 2012 |
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Researchers theorize cold compression of graphite results in new superhard carbon allotropes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in China have used math calculations to predict that under cold compression, two new carbon allotropes may be formed. In their paper pre-published on arXiv, the team describes how th ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 30, 2012 |
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The amazing technology that crafted the Webb Telescope technology
The creation of the next generation James Webb Space Telescope was only possible as a result of imagining and developing the industrial machines that would make it a reality. In the near future, some of that ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 16, 2012 |
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The stress of undress: Public change rooms can cause body anxieties for women
Sweating in the gym, surrounded by others, pounding to the beat in group exercise class has become the norm for many women. But when it comes to the experience of changing in the locker room, the acts of disrobing, ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Researchers devise simple, inexpensive approach to making soft magnetic films for microwave applications
Soft magnetic materials can be easily magnetized and demagnetized. They are widely used in microwave devices, such as absorption of electromagnetic radiations.
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Barrier to faster graphene devices identified and suppressed
These days graphene is the rock star of materials science, but it has an Achilles heel: It is exceptionally sensitive to its electrical environment.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 13, 2012 |
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NTT develops current-injection photonic-crystal laser
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation has developed an current-injection photonic-crystal laser with ultralow power consumption that can be applied to off-chip and on-chip optical data transmission for ...
Feb 14, 2012 |
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MHI develops 12-inch wafer bonding machine capable of producing 3-D integrated LSI circuits at room temperature
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) has developed the world's first fully automated 12-inch (300 millimeters) wafer bonding machine, dubbed the "Bond Meister MWB-12-ST," capable of producing 3-dimensionally integrated LSI ...
Jan 16, 2012 |
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