21/09/2011

Chanel files Internet trademark lawsuit in Vegas

(AP) -- Chanel Inc. has filed a sweeping cyberpiracy and trademark infringement lawsuit in Las Vegas against 399 websites it accuses of selling counterfeit items bearing the luxury retailer's trademark.

The secret lives of solar flares

One hundred and fifty two years ago, a man in England named Richard Carrington discovered solar flares. 

How to produce flexible CIGS solar cells with record efficiency

High-performance flexible and lightweight solar cells, say, on plastic foils, have excellent potential to lower the manufacturing costs through roll-to-roll processing and the so called "balance-of-system" cost, thus enabling ...

Can smart meters make us greener?

The UK government wants every home to have one by 2020, but might the new generation of electricity meters help to change people’s attitudes to climate change?

From protein to planes and pigskin

Scientists may soon be able to make pest insects buzz off for good or even turn them into models for new technologies, all thanks to a tiny finding with enormous potential.

Rapidly rescuing those trapped beneath concrete

When the twin towers collapsed on September 11, 2011, one of the most critical challenges that first responders faced was cutting through concrete to get to victims trapped under debris – a painful and tedious race against ...

Were Twin Towers felled by chemical blasts? (Update)

A mix of sprinkling system water and melted aluminium from aircraft hulls likely triggered the explosions that felled New York's Twin Towers on September 11, 2001, a materials expert has told a technology conference.

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