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Image: Engine test with a cyclonic twist

Water forms an interesting cyclonic twist as it is intentionally sucked into the test engine of a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport aircraft during the VIPR project engine health monitoring tests conducted by ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Mechanical motion rectifier leads to better energy harvesting

(Phys.org) -- Mechanical energy is all around us, whether in the form of a vehicle's vibrations, ocean waves, or vibrating train tracks. However, much of this energy is irregular and oscillatory - for example, road bumps ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 26 | with audio podcast report

Sony straps on Internet-linked wristwatch

Sony on Thursday released an Internet-linked wristwatch powered by Google-backed Android software.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Energy dissipation from vibrating gold nanoparticle strongly influenced by surrounding environment

Metal nanoparticles could play a key role in next-generation light detectors, optical circuits, and cancer therapies. For these future technologies to be realized, it is important to understand what happens ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

App turns tablet into math aid for visually impaired students (w/ video)

Without looking down, Kira runs her index finger across the screen of an Android tablet that she is holding in her lap. For the occasion, she has painted her fingernails bright pink. When her finger touches ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Heart-powered pacemaker could one day eliminate battery-replacement surgery

A new power scheme for cardiac pacemakers turns to an unlikely source: vibrations from heartbeats themselves.

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

UK scientists develop optimum piezoelectric energy harvesters

Scientists working as part of the Metrology for Energy Harvesting Project have developed a new model to deliver the maximum power output for piezoelectric energy harvesters.

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Powering pacemakers with heartbeat vibrations

Sick hearts may help to keep themselves beating longer with a device that could harvest energy from heartbeat-induced chest cavity vibrations.

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

German engineers mimic humpback whale to increase helicopter stability

(PhysOrg.com) -- Whale researchers have known for some time that humpback whales are able to perform feats of underwater acrobatics that belie their huge size and that some of that ability is partly due to ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 5 | with audio podcast report

Researchers uncover transparency limits on transparent conducting oxides

Researchers in the Computational Materials Group at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) have uncovered the fundamental limits on optical transparency in the class of materials known as transparent ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Imec presents a MEMS energy harvester suitable for shock-induced energy harvesting in car tires

Imec and Holst Centre announce that they have made a micromachined harvester for vibration energy with a record output power of 489µW. Measurements and simulation show that the harvester is also suited ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Research team shows nuclear clock could be 60 times more accurate than atomic clock

(PhysOrg.com) -- For almost sixty years, the world has considered the atomic clock the gold standard for keeping time. Its accuracy is such that it drifts by only about four seconds over a period of about ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 51 | with audio podcast report

For new microscope images, less is more

When people email photos, they sometimes compress the images, removing redundant information and thus reducing the file size. Compression is generally thought of as something to do to data after it has been collected, but ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Seeing sound: Team develops noninvasive method to visualise sound propagation

High-performance loudspeaker manufacturers have been able to improve sound quality dramatically over the years, but still face the issue of dead spots.

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nanoparticle imaging: A resonant improvement

Raman spectroscopy is a powerful technique for analyzing atomic structure based on the inelastic scatter of light from molecules, with diverse applications including medical imaging and chemical sensing. Researchers ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0