News tagged with tungsten filament

All set and ready to glow

A new technique that paves the way for manufacturing affordable LED light bulbs is to be exploited in the UK, in a deal that researchers say could have a dramatic impact on carbon emissions.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Teeny-tiny X-ray vision

The tubes that power X-ray machines are shrinking, improving the clarity and detail of their Superman-like vision. A team of nanomaterial scientists, medical physicists, and cancer biologists at the University of North Carolina ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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New approach aims to slash cost of solar cells

Solar-powered electricity prices could soon approach those of power from coal or natural gas thanks to collaborative research with solar start-up Ampulse Corporation at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Researchers develop new way to oxidize graphene: A step toward better electronics

Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a new method for chemically altering graphene, a development that could be a step toward the creation of faster, thinner, flexible electronics.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Building blocks of early Earth survived collision that created moon

Unexpected new findings by a University of Maryland team of geochemists show that some portions of the Earth's mantle (the rocky layer between Earth's metallic core and crust) formed when the planet was much smaller than it is now, an ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 6

High-quality white light produced by four-color laser source

(PhysOrg.com) -- The human eye is as comfortable with white light generated by diode lasers as with that produced by increasingly popular light-emitting diodes (LEDs), according to tests conceived at Sandia ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 19 | with audio podcast

Dissoluble fishing line an eco-friendly success

At first glance, it's just looks like plain old fishing line - but the strong filament is actually a technological innovation made of special plastic that dissolves into carbon dioxide and water through the work of microorganisms ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 21, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

National study explores the reaction and transport of tungsten in drinking water

A Kansas State University scientist is digging deep to solidify information about potential tungsten contamination in the nation's groundwater and aquifers.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

German physicists create a 'super-photon'

Physicists from the University of Bonn have developed a completely new source of light, a so-called Bose-Einstein condensate consisting of photons. Until recently, expert had thought this impossible. This ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 24, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (69) | comments 36 | with audio podcast

Energy saving lamp is eco-winner

In a new study, EMPA researchers have investigated the ecobalances of various household light sources. In doing so not only did they take into account energy consumption, but also the manufacture and disposal processes. They ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 22, 2010 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

First purification of cancer gene, BRCA2, studied by UNC scientists

Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were among co-authors of a study that described the first isolation and purification of the BRCA2 protein which is produced by a gene whose loss ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gadget makers forced to look at links to Congo war

(AP) -- Does that smart phone in your pocket contribute to rape and murder in the depths of Africa? Soon, you'll know: A new U.S. law requires companies to certify whether their products contain minerals from rebel-controlled ...

Technology / Other

created Jul 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1


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