News tagged with water heating

Some corals like it hot: Heat stress may help coral reefs survive climate change

A team of international scientists working in the central Pacific have discovered that coral which has survived heat stress in the past is more likely to survive it in the future.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New insights into cloud formation

Clouds have a profound effect on the climate, but we know surprisingly little about how they form. Erika Sundén, researcher at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has studied how extremely small cloud particles can ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fresh city tomatoes, any time

Why not produce lettuce, beans and tomatoes where most of the consumers are to be found: in the city? The flat roofs of many buildings are well-suited for growing vegetables. Rooftop greenhouses can also make ...

Biology / Other

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Jumping droplets take a lot of heat

Microscopic water droplets jumping from one surface to another may hold the key to a wide array of more energy efficient products, ranging from large solar panels to compact laptop computers.

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Weird world of water gets a little weirder with a new anomaly

Strange, stranger, strangest! To the weird nature of one of the simplest chemical compounds -- the stuff so familiar that even non-scientists know its chemical formula -- add another odd twist. Scientists ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Fujitsu develops cooling technology that utilizes a CPU's waste heat

Fujitsu Laboratories announced the development of cooling technology that employs waste heat generated by CPUs to produce chilled water that can be used to cool server rooms.

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

New materials turn heat into electricity

Most of today's power plants--from some of the largest solar arrays to nuclear energy facilities--rely on the boiling and condensing of water to produce energy.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (19) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

The orbits of exoplanets

(PhysOrg.com) -- An exoplanet is a planet orbiting a star other than our sun.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

New approach to solar power with hybrid solar-thermoelectric systems

Systems to harness the sun's energy typically generate either electricity or heat in the form of steam or hot water. But a new analysis by researchers at MIT shows that there could be significant advantages ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Weather conditions could results in cattle heat stress

Cattle producers should be aware that forecasted weather conditions could result in significant heat stress issues in cattle. The US Meat Animal Research Center predicts danger or emergency conditions through most of South ...

Biology / Other

created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research offers new desalination process using carbon nanotubes

A faster, better and cheaper desalination process enhanced by carbon nanotubes has been developed by NJIT Professor Somenath Mitra. The process creates a unique new architecture for the membrane distillation ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

High water uptake capacity of mesoporous material ideal for use in heat transformation applications

The search for sustainable ways of producing energy is currently a very popular and important topic of investigation. Water adsorption/desorption is a process that can be used for the transformation of energy. ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientist: Fire in Israel is a typical example of climate change effects in Mediterranean

The fire disaster in the Carmel Mountains near Haifa is a typical example of climate change effect and a taste of the future, says Dr. Guy Pe'er, one of the authors of Israel's first report to the UN on climate ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 08, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Geothermal heat pumps reduce energy costs at wastewater plants

(PhysOrg.com) -- Can sinking geothermal heat pumps into waste water treatment plant aeration ponds provide heating and cooling to lower the plant's energy costs?

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Survive the heat with planning - and a bottle of water

(PhysOrg.com) -- With temperatures getting fierce in many parts of the country, there are steps you can take to beat the heat.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0