A battery that can be charged in seconds, has a large capacity and lasts ten to twelve years? Certainly, many have wanted such a thing. Now the FastStorageBW II project – which includes Fraunhofer – is working on making ...
Energy & Green Tech
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In a new study published last week in Science Advances, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory created tiny swirling vortices out of magnetic particles, providing insight into the ...
General Physics
Mar 1, 2017
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Enhancing a soldier's capacity to fight is nothing new. Arguably one of the first forms of enhancement was through improving diet. The phrase "an army marches on its stomach" goes back at least to Napoleon, and speaks to ...
Other
Mar 1, 2017
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Phones rugged enough to survive falling from the sky or resistant to foaming hand soap—just some of the special features mobile phonemakers are offering to appeal to niche markets.
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 1, 2017
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Restoring parts of the Fremont-Winema National Forest in southern Oregon to withstand a warmer, more fire-prone future may require thinning young trees and promoting the growth of large, old ponderosa pine.
Environment
Mar 1, 2017
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Researchers from The University of Manchester have shown it is possible to build a new super-fast form of computer that "grows as it computes".
General Physics
Mar 1, 2017
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Washrooms are among the highest-maintenance rooms in companies. A new Fraunhofer technology now monitors soap, cotton towel and toilet paper dispensers fully automatically, and notifies the cleaning staff when levels are ...
Engineering
Mar 1, 2017
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American homeowners could have recently had $5.4 billion more in their pockets. However, they don't because they failed to refinance their mortgages when they should have, according to a new study published in the Journal ...
Economics & Business
Mar 1, 2017
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An academic from the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) who has extensively studied communities on the borderlands between the US and Mexico, says these communities' strong cross-border cultural identity and ...
Social Sciences
Mar 1, 2017
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Korean researchers are improving the fabrication of transistor-based biosensors by using silicon nanowires on their surface.
Nanophysics
Mar 1, 2017
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