http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have embraced the Grid, but businesses have held back, concerned about complexity and security. Now a European research team has built a platform opening the Grid's vast resources to business users. http://www.physorg.com/news177671538.html Technology Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:30:01 EST news177671538 Massive power outages in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 that impacted millions were caused by cyber hackers attacking control systems, the US television network CBS said Sunday. http://www.physorg.com/news176810339.html Technology Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:59:44 EST news176810339 (AP) -- Residents of a West Bank village with no electricity have been helped out of the darkness by unlikely benefactors - a group of Israelis who installed solar panels and wind turbines to illuminate the Palestinians' makeshift homes. http://www.physorg.com/news174290376.html Technology Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:10:02 EST news174290376 The Frankfurt auto show hummed with talk of electric vehicles Wednesday but experts predict cars will roll on a variety of power sources for a while. http://www.physorg.com/news172328096.html Technology Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:40:13 EST news172328096 (PhysOrg.com) -- In a first step toward turning highways into energy-generating solar panels, the Sagle, Idaho-based startup Solar Roadways has recently received a $100,000 grant from the US Department of Transportation (DOT). The company will use the money to build a prototype of its Solar Road Panel, made from solar cells and glass, that is meant to replace petroleum-based asphalt on roads and in parking lots. http://www.physorg.com/news171545860.html Technology Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:38:32 EST news171545860 (PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. will need to expand and modernize its outdated power transmission grid to incorporate more renewable energy sources, but balkanized ownership and regulation are going to make that process slow and difficult, according to a new Duke University analysis. http://www.physorg.com/news170955192.html Technology Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:34:33 EST news170955192 (PhysOrg.com) -- Solar flares are amongst the most dangerous cosmic phenomena man has ever known. Though they pose no harm to humans, their effect on technology is vast. When they occur, they possess the capability to knock out satellites orbiting earth and bring down power grids that provide electricity to millions of people. In order to avoid catastrophe physicists around the globe are working to accurately forecast these solar flares. http://www.physorg.com/news170535071.html Physics Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:51:47 EST news170535071 (AP) -- Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday its future electric cars will "talk" to power grids across the country, part of an effort to drive interest in alternative energy vehicles. http://www.physorg.com/news169837918.html Technology Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:12:41 EST news169837918 (AP) -- The race to build a "smarter" electrical grid could have a dark side. Security experts are starting to show the dangers of equipping homes and businesses with new meters that enable two-way communication with utilities. http://www.physorg.com/news168270648.html Technology Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:51:33 EST news168270648 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have designed a synthetic tree that traps carbon dioxide from the air in an attempt to combat growing emissions. The device looks less like a tree and more like a small building, but it can collect carbon about 1,000 times faster than a real tree. One synthetic tree could absorb one ton of carbon dioxide per day, an amount equivalent to that produced by about 20 cars, on average. After being trapped in a chamber, the carbon would be compressed and stored in liquid form for sequestration. http://www.physorg.com/news166374180.html Technology Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:20:01 EST news166374180 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have discovered that a reduction in mechanical strain at the boundaries of crystal grains can significantly improve the performance of high-temperature superconductors (HTS). Their results* could lead to lower cost and significantly improved performance of superconductors in a wide variety of applications, such as power transmission, power grid reliability and advanced physics research. http://www.physorg.com/news164457791.html Physics Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:10:02 EST news164457791 America's power grid today resembles the country's canal system of the 19th Century. A marvel of engineering for its time, the canal system eventually could not keep pace with the growing demands of transcontinental transportation. http://www.physorg.com/news160942405.html Technology Thu, 07 May 2009 19:14:19 EST news160942405 Electric vehicle owners can plug in their cars and forget about them, knowing they'll get the cheapest electricity available and won't crash the grid - using a new technology called the Smart Charger Controller. Developed at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the controller automatically recharges electric vehicles during times of least cost to the consumer and lower demand for power. Widespread use of these devices could help advance a smart power grid. http://www.physorg.com/news160304599.html Technology Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:04:56 EST news160304599 Computer spies have hacked into the Pentagon's most costly weapons program, a US newspaper reported Tuesday, raising the prospect of adversaries gaining access to top-secret security data. http://www.physorg.com/news159521246.html Technology Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:28:00 EST news159521246 President Barack Obama and others are calling for a boom in electric vehicle production, which seems simple enough on the surface: Build the cars and plug them in. If only it were that easy. http://www.physorg.com/news159201760.html Technology Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:43:14 EST news159201760 Long touted as an energy-saving alternative for home lighting, compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) now have the potential to be even more efficient, as well as dimmable, thanks to research at Queen's University. http://www.physorg.com/news158337236.html Technology Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:34:42 EST news158337236 (PhysOrg.com) -- Smart Grids are digitally based electricity distribution and transmission systems and test have shown that a hacker can break into the system resulting in a massive blackout. http://www.physorg.com/news157035939.html Technology Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:07:08 EST news157035939 Electric grids are getting smarter in an IBM lab in Texas as the promise of billions of US economic stimulus dollars fuels a drive to make power delivery more efficient and greener. http://www.physorg.com/news156914849.html Technology Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:28:16 EST news156914849 On March 13, 1989 the entire province of Quebec, Canada suffered an electrical power blackout. Hundreds of blackouts occur in some part of North America every year. The Quebec Blackout was different, because this one was caused by a solar storm! http://www.physorg.com/news156176740.html Space & Earth Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:26:39 EST news156176740 Did you know a solar flare can make your toilet stop working? http://www.physorg.com/news151862269.html Space & Earth Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:58:31 EST news151862269 When you flip a light switch to illuminate the pages of your favorite book or reach into your refrigerator for that last piece of key lime pie, you expect the electric current coursing through the outlets to power everything from your lights to your nifty new big-screen television. When the power goes out, it can be more than just an inconvenience. http://www.physorg.com/news134138203.html Space & Earth Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:36:43 EST news134138203