Research shows how householders could stay warm for less simply by storing heat better
Research by the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) shows how householders could stay warm for less simply by storing heat better.
Research by the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) shows how householders could stay warm for less simply by storing heat better.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 24, 2014
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A new discovery will make it possible to create pixels just a few hundred nanometres across that could pave the way for extremely high-resolution and low-energy thin, flexible displays for applications such as 'smart' glasses, ...
Engineering
Jul 9, 2014
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Graphene, a one-atom-thick form of the carbon material graphite, has been hailed as a wonder material—strong, light, nearly transparent and an excellent conductor of electricity and heat—and it very well may be. But a ...
Nanophysics
Apr 24, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Lawrence Livermore researchers for the first time have created movies of irreversible reactions that occur too rapidly to capture with conventional microscopy.
Condensed Matter
Jun 14, 2013
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Nonvolatile memory that can store data even when not powered is currently used for portable electronics such as smart phones, tablets, and laptop computers. Flash memory is a dominant technology in this field, but its slow ...
Nanophysics
Mar 18, 2013
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(Phys.org) -- A field of young sunflowers will slowly rotate from east to west during the course of a sunny day, each leaf seeking out as much sunlight as possible as the sun moves across the sky through an adaptation called ...
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 16, 2012
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Scientists have designed a simple system to study how electrons travel through energy barriers instead of over them.
General Physics
Aug 1, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- Memory devices for computers require a large collection of components that can switch between two states, which represent the 1's and 0's of binary language. Engineers hope to make next-generation chips with ...
Condensed Matter
Jun 21, 2012
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Collaboration between the University of Southampton and the University of Cambridge has made ground-breaking advances in our understanding of the changes that materials undergo when rapidly heated.
Condensed Matter
Mar 29, 2012
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A cheap material that can store heat energy collected from the sun during the day that can be released slowly over night has been developed by researchers in the India. The material based on paraffin wax and stearic acid ...
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 2, 2011
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