Feasible use of methane as a raw material
A team of EU-funded researchers has moved one step closer to using methane as a raw material.
Materials Science
Jun 23, 2011
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Under pressure, sodium and hydrogen could undergo a metamorphosis, emerging as a superconductor
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the search for superconductors, finding ways to compress hydrogen into a metal has been a point of focus ever since scientists predicted many years ago that electricity would flow, uninhibited, through ...
Superconductivity
Jun 13, 2011
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Honda's 'greenest' Civic to hit US showrooms
The greenest car you've likely never heard of will soon be hitting Honda showrooms across the United States as the Japanese automaker expands sales of its compressed natural gas powered Civic.
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 12, 2011
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Minimizing communication between cores
In the mid-1990s, Matteo Frigo, a graduate student in the research group of computer-science professor Charles Leiserson (whose work was profiled in the previous installment in this series), developed a parallel version of ...
Computer Sciences
Feb 28, 2011
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Creating simplicity: How music fools the ear
What makes music beautiful? The best compositions transcend culture and time – but what is the commonality which underscores their appeal? New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Research Notes ...
Mathematics
Jan 20, 2011
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Surgeons, CCTV and TV football gain from new video technology that banishes shadows and flare
Researchers at the University of Warwick have developed the world's first complete High Dynamic Range (HDR) video system, from video capture to image display, that will help a range of users including: surveillance camera ...
Computer Sciences
Jan 18, 2011
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OnLive instant video game streaming box could become the Netflix of games
I've been playing with OnLive's new video game streaming box for a few days now - the MicroConsole - and I am very impressed.
Business
Nov 26, 2010
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Short, on-chip light pulses for ultrafast data transfer within computers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Electrical engineers generated short, powerful light pulses on a chip -- an important step toward the optical interconnects that will likely replace the copper wires that carry information between chips within ...
Engineering
Nov 24, 2010
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Linking geometric problems to physics could open door to new solutions
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Princeton scientist with an interdisciplinary bent has taken two well-known problems in mathematics and reformulated them as a physics question, offering new tools to solve challenges relevant to a host ...
Mathematics
Nov 16, 2010
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SwRI-developed test rig performs well under wet gas condition
Engineers in Southwest Research Institute's (SwRI) Mechanical Engineering Division have successfully tested a two-stage centrifugal compressor for offshore production. A test loop designed and built at SwRI was used to evaluate ...
Engineering
Sep 27, 2010
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