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Rust-proof -- Even Without Chromium
For a long time, chromium plating protected car bodies against rust, but this has been prohibited since 2007. However, chromium-free coatings are not suitable for universal use; they have to...
Portable Precision: A New Type of Atomic Clock
(PhysOrg.com) -- The most accurate atomic clocks in the world are based on the output of cesium atoms. These ultra-precise fountain clocks measure the frequency and time interval of seconds...
NPL research shows there could be no end in sight for Moore's Law
The fast pace of growing computing power could be sustained for many years to come thanks to new research from the UK's National Physical Laboratory (NPL) that is applying advanced...
Plastic as a conductor
You could hardly find greater contrasts in one and the same team. Plastic is light and inexpensive, but insulates electric current. Metal is resilient and conducts electricity, but it is...
Keeping track
The apron of an airport is a hive of activity. Ground staff drive baggage trolleys to the aircraft, load air freight containers in the hold and refuel the aircraft. Cleaning...
New work on leading wave power
A technology that is adapted to the special conditions for wave energy places the wave energy technology from Uppsala on the absolute cutting edge in the world. In his...
First detection of carbon dioxide in an exoplanet
Finding bodes well in searching for life signatures beyond the solar system
Neutron Researchers Discover Widely Sought Property In Magnetic Semiconductor
Researchers have demonstrated for the first time the existence of a key magnetic property of specially built semiconductor devices that raises hopes for even smaller and faster gadgets that could...
No Batteries Required: Future Devices Could Power Themselves
Physicists aim to eliminate replaceable power supplies, such as batteries, by improving energy harvesting, nanometer-sized materials already found in portable high-tech devices.
Lighted Fabric, Packaging, Easy With New Manufacturing Process
Ultra-thin and energy efficient displays that use organic compounds to emit light have been stirring up excitement in the consumer electronics industry for several years. Researchers have now developed a...
New hybrid nanostructures detect nanoscale magnetism
A key challenge of nanotechnology research is investigating how different materials behave at lengths of merely one-billionth of a metre. When shrunk to such tiny sizes, many everyday materials exhibit...
IBM and researchers from Harvard launch new World Community Grid project
IBM and researchers from Harvard University are launching a new World Community Grid project to discover organic materials to create a more efficient and lower cost solar cell. The path-breaking...
Ship-in-a-bottle Kit On A Microchip
Remote-controlled with a magnetic field, aggregates of plastic particles on a microchip function like stirrers and pumps.
Is the hunt for extraterrestrial life misguided?
Attempts to probe the Universe for advanced civilizations may be unscientific, says Philip Ball, but that shouldn't stop us.
Efficiency records claimed for solar devices
Light concentrator promises higher power output.
Electronic Arts and 2K add reality to videogames with PhysX
Elite graphics chip maker NVIDIA announced Monday that Electronic Arts and 2K Games will use its PhysX technology to add realism to their videogames.
LHC to Restart in 2009
CERN today confirmed that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will restart in 2009. This news forms part of an updated report, published last week, on the status of the LHC...
Silicon Photonics Advancement Aims to Accelerate Future Computing, Communications
(PhysOrg.com) -- Intel researchers have made the next advance in the field of Silicon Photonics by achieving world-record performance using a silicon-based Avalanche Photodetector (APD) that could lower costs and...
New Hybrid Nanostructures Detect Nanoscale Magnetism
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created a new process for growing a single multi-walled carbon nanotube that is embedded with cobalt nanostructures. Using this new hybrid material, the team...
Researchers generate electric power savings
Imagine being away over the holidays with most of the electric power in your home turned off while the neighbors host their holiday guests, using lots of electricity.
Sun shines on a solution for hydrogen production
UK scientists have made hydrogen from water in a simple experiment on a lab bench
Dean Kamen's LED Island Goes Off the Grid
(PhysOrg.com) -- Dean Kamen, best known as the inventor of the Segway scooter and a thought-controlled prosthetic arm, has taken a personal interest in reducing energy consumption.
Scientific Advances and Their Enabling Technologies to be Published in Computational Science & Discovery
IOP Publishing is delighted to introduce Computational Science & Discovery, the new journal dedicated to publishing scientific advances, together with details of their enabling technologies.
An Old Dream Fulfilled: Zinc Oxide As Semiconductor
Zinc oxide is a “jack of all trades” – thousands of tons are produced all over the world every year for a wide range of uses. Zinc oxide has been...
NYC Recycles 360,000 Tons of E-Waste
TVs, cell phones, radios, cameras, VCRs, speakers, telephones and other electronics were collected.
Ontario to set standards for electric car
The Ontario government says it is prepared to develop safety standards that could pave the way for the arrival of the electric car in the province.
ESA Tests Laser To Measure Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
A recent ESA campaign has demonstrated how a technique using lasers could be employed to measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The campaign supports one of the main objectives of...
Microreactor's holey coat improves syntheses
A thin catalytic coating on the walls of chemical reactors could make a wide range of industrial processes more efficient, say a team of European researchers