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New power source discovered

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and RMIT University have made a breakthrough in energy storage and power generation.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (57) | comments 59 | with audio podcast

Graphite + water = the future of energy storage

A combination of two ordinary materials – graphite and water – could produce energy storage systems that perform on par with lithium ion batteries, but recharge in a matter of seconds and have an ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 15, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (54) | comments 60 | with audio podcast

New energy storage device could recharge electric vehicles in minutes

(PhysOrg.com) -- It has all the appearances of a breakthrough in battery technology, except that it’s not a battery. Researchers at Nanotek Instruments, Inc., and its subsidiary Angstron Materials, Inc., ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (53) | comments 43 | with audio podcast feature

Thermosolar power station in Spain works at night

A unique thermosolar power station in southern Spain can shrug off cloudy days: energy stored when the sun shines lets it produce electricity even during the night.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 18, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (37) | comments 243

IBM scientists demonstrate computer memory breakthrough

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, scientists at IBM Research have demonstrated that a relatively new memory technology, known as phase-change memory (PCM), can reliably store multiple data bits per cell ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (29) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

The quantum computer is growing up: Repetitive error correction in a quantum processor

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of physicists at the University of Innsbruck, led by Philipp Schindler and Rainer Blatt, has been the first to demonstrate a crucial element for a future functioning quantum computer: ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created May 26, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (27) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop graphene supercapacitor holding promise for portable electronics

(PhysOrg.com) -- Electrochemical capacitors (ECs), also known as supercapacitors or ultracapacitors, differ from regular capacitors that you would find in your TV or computer in that they store substantially ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (25) | comments 30 | with audio podcast

Innovative superconductor fibers carry 40 times more electricity

Wiring systems powered by highly-efficient superconductors have long been a dream of science, but researchers have faced such practical challenges such as finding pliable and cost-effective materials. Now ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (23) | comments 23 | with audio podcast

Climate scientists say they have solved riddle of rising sea

Massive extraction of groundwater can resolve a puzzle over a rise in sea levels in past decades, scientists in Japan said on Sunday.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 20, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (25) | comments 32

Chameleon magnets: ability to switch magnets 'on' or 'off' could revolutionize computing

(PhysOrg.com) -- What causes a magnet to be a magnet, and how can we control a magnet's behavior? These are the questions that University at Buffalo researcher Igor Zutic, a theoretical physicist, has been ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 27, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (21) | comments 17 | with audio podcast

The world's smallest magnetic data storage unit

Scientists from IBM and the German Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) have built the world's smallest magnetic data storage unit. It uses just twelve atoms per bit, the basic unit of information, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (21) | comments 24 | with audio podcast

Inexpensive catalyst that makes hydrogen gas 10 times faster than natural enzyme

Looking to nature for their muse, researchers have used a common protein to guide the design of a material that can make energy-storing hydrogen gas. The synthetic material works 10 times faster than the original ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (20) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Batteries get a quick charge with new anode technology

(PhysOrg.com) -- A breakthrough in components for next-generation batteries could come from special materials that transform their structure to perform better over time.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (19) | comments 24

Possible new explanation found for sudden demise of Khmer Empire

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Khmer Empire, known to many as the Angkor Civilization, was a society of people that lived for several centuries in Southeast Asia in what is now Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and Viet Nam. ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (20) | comments 30 | with audio podcast report

New 'FeTRAM' is promising computer memory technology

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are developing a new type of computer memory that could be faster than the existing commercial memory and use far less power than flash memory devices.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 5 | with audio podcast