Moving heat around where you want it to go—adding it to houses and hairdryers, removing it from car engines and refrigerators—is one of the great challenges of engineering.
Condensed Matter
Sep 30, 2021
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Engineers from the University of Sheffield have developed a novel technique to predict when bearings inside wind turbines will fail which could make wind energy cheaper.
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 13, 2015
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Carbon nanotubes are a novel material that is 100 times stronger than steel while only one-fourth its weight and has electrical conductivity as high as that of copper. If fibers could be made using carbon nanotubes, theoretically, ...
Nanomaterials
Feb 14, 2023
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An international team of computer scientists has for the first time developed a method to find antibiotics hidden in huge but still unexplored mass spectrometry datasets. They detailed their new method, called DEREPLICATOR, ...
Biochemistry
Nov 18, 2016
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A novel bioremediation technology for cleaning up per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, chemical pollutants that threaten human health and ecosystem sustainability, has been developed by Texas A&M AgriLife researchers. ...
Materials Science
Jul 28, 2022
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Open any computer and you're sure to see at least one massive cooling device, complete with metal fins and a noisy fan. Today's high-power processing chips generate lots of heat -- and those chips can fry ...
Materials Science
Jul 9, 2009
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Royal Philips Electronics today premiered the world’s first OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diodes) -based interactive lighting concepts, created for both consumer as well as professional use, during the Euroluce International ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 23, 2009
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The realisation of quantum networks is one of the major challenges of modern physics. Now, new research shows how high-quality photons can be generated from 'solid-state' chips, bringing us closer to the quantum 'internet'.
Quantum Physics
Mar 19, 2013
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Each year, a new bird is found and every four years a new mammal discovered in the Peruvian Amazon, a haven for biodiversity where conservation and danger often go hand in hand.
Ecology
Dec 28, 2010
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An international team of scientists collaborating within the Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat has achieved a breakthrough in quantum research—the first detection of excitons (electrically neutral quasiparticles) ...
Condensed Matter
Jan 10, 2023
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