News tagged with transmission

LG Display will release HD panel for smartphones

(Phys.org) -- LG Display is getting ready to showcase a five-inch smartphone display that turns out to be a full HD LCD panel supporting up to 1080p video, something like having a high-quality TV in your hand. ...

Electronics / Hardware

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 12 | with audio podcast report

In nanorod crystal growth, nanoparticles seen as artificial atoms

In the growth of crystals, do nanoparticles act as "artificial atoms" forming molecular-type building blocks that can assemble into complex structures? This is the contention of a major but controversial theory ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Non-invasive intracellular 'thermometer' with fluorescent proteins created

A team from the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) has developed a technique to measure internal cell temperatures without altering their metabolism. This finding could be useful when distinguishing healthy ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

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

Hitting snooze on the molecular clock: Rabies evolves slower in hibernating bats

The rate at which the rabies virus evolves in bats may depend heavily upon the ecological traits of its hosts, according to researchers at the University of Georgia, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

T-ray madness: Scientists score wireless data record

(Phys.org) -- Wednesday headlines trumpeted how "Japanese researchers smash Wi-Fi records" and "Scientists show off the future of Wi-Fi." The excitement is for good reason. A team of scientists have broken ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 9 | with audio podcast weblog

Biologists produce potential malarial vaccine from algae

Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have succeeded in engineering algae to produce potential candidates for a vaccine that would prevent transmission of the parasite that causes malaria, an achievement that ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Getting in tune: Researchers solve tuning problem for wireless power transfer systems

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new way to fine-tune wireless power transfer (WPT) receivers, making the systems more efficient and functional. WPT systems hold promise for charging electric ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

In metallic glasses, researchers find a few new atomic structures

Drawing on powerful computational tools and a state-of-the-art scanning transmission electron microscope, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison and Iowa State University materials science and engineering researchers has ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Siemens abandons profit target after weak second quarter

German engineering and technology giant Siemens warned Wednesday that full-year profits would fall short of original targets following a difficult second quarter.

Technology / Business

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers boost efficiency of multi-hop wireless networks

Multi-hop wireless networks can provide data access for large and unconventional spaces, but they have long faced significant limits on the amount of data they can transmit. Now researchers from North Carolina State University ...

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New microscope captures nanoscale structures in dazzling 3D

(Phys.org) -- A new x-ray microscope probes the inner intricacies of materials smaller than human cells and creates unparalleled high-resolution 3D images. By integrating unique automatic calibrations, scientists ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Electron microscopy inspires flexoelectric theory behind 'material on the brink'

Electron microscopy, conducted as part of the Shared Research Equipment (ShaRE) User Program at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has led to a new theory to explain intriguing properties in a material ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

In-situ observations reveal how nanoparticle catalysts lower operating temperatures in fuel cells

Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and Arizona State University have used environmental transmission electron microscopy (ETEM) to explain the role of nickel nanoparticles in lowering the ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Best marketing for renewable energies

Transmission system operators must assess precisely the supply of electricity from renewable energies for the next day in order to market this electricity on the European Power Exchange as effectively as possible. The sharply ...

Technology / Software

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Work on Africa's biggest wind farm in Kenya to begin

The construction of what is to become Africa's biggest wind farm will start by June in an arid region of northern Kenya, the project's officials said on Saturday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 24, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 15