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Mobile lab takes hybrid electric vehicle technology on the road

Take some galvanized nails, vinegar, soda pop and copper wire, piece them together just right, and what do you get? A battery.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

LADEE closer to exploration of lunar environment

NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) has received its integrated propulsion system that will enable the spacecraft to reach the moon. Achieving this milestone means the LADEE observatory is one step ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists discover a surprising new way that protons can move among molecules

When a proton – the bare nucleus of a hydrogen atom – transfers from one molecule to another, or moves within a molecule, the result is a hydrogen bond, in which the proton and another atom like ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 18, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Narrowest conducting wires in silicon ever made show the same current capability as copper

The narrowest conducting wires in silicon ever made – just four atoms wide and one atom tall – have been shown to have the same electrical current carrying capability of copper, according to a new ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Mass electrocution kills 140 flamingos in India

Nearly 140 greater flamingos were killed in a wildlife sanctuary in western India when they were startled and flew into a string of high tension power lines, a forest official said Friday.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 8

High-voltage engineers create nearly 200-foot-long electrical arcs using less energy than before (Update)

Photos taken by the researchers show plasma arcs up to 60 meters long casting an eerie blue glow over buildings and trees at the High Voltage Laboratory at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (43) | comments 17 | with audio podcast

Brussels prods Europe to invest in broadband

The EU executive Monday urged Europe's largest telecoms operators to invest in high-speed broadband as it launched a review into the price of access to smaller alternative operators.

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

E-textiles get fashion upgrade with memory-storing fiber

The integration of electronics into textiles is a burgeoning field of research that may soon enable smart fabrics and wearable electronics. Bringing this technology one step closer to fruition, Jin-Woo Han and Meyya Meyyappan ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Powering wind energy with superconductivity

Energy prices and environmental concerns are driving the United States to rethink its energy mix and to develop domestic sources of clean, renewable energy.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Superconducting magnet generates world’s highest magnetic field at 24T

A team led by Dr. Shinji Matsumoto, a Senior Researcher of the Magnet Development, Superconducting Wire Unit, National Institute for Materials Science succeeded in generating a magnetic field of 24.0T (tesla), which set a ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fujitsu develops compact silicon photonics light source for high-bandwidth CPU interconnects

Fujitsu Laboratories announced the development of a compact silicon photonics light source for use in optical transceivers required for optical interconnects capable of carrying large volumes of data at high ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Nanocables light way to the future: Researchers power line-voltage light bulb with nanotube wire

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cables made of carbon nanotubes are inching toward electrical conductivities seen in metal wires, and that may light up interest among a range of industries, according to Rice University researchers.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 9 | 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

Tiny wires change behavior at nanoscale

Thin gold wires often used in high-end electronic applications are wonderfully flexible as well as conductive. But those qualities don't necessarily apply to the same wires at the nanoscale.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists put a new spin on traditional information technology

Is it time for a communications paradigm shift? Scientists calculate that encoding and sending information via electron spin, instead of voltage changes, may mean tiny chips could transmit more information and consume less ...

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast