Search results for joule heating
Genome Engineering Could Provide New Method of Creating Diesel
Nov 16, 2009 |
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When we think of genetic engineering, our minds often jump to giant tomatoes and animal cloning. However, this is not always the case.
New 'Nanowelding' Technique for Building Electronic Nanostructures
Dec 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered a way to link nanowires and other nanoobjects into complex nanostructures and circuits by fusing them together with tiny amounts of solder. The researchers, from ...
JOULE II rockets launch with success
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 22, 2007 |
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From Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks, four NASA rockets launched into an aurora display over northern Alaska, starting at 3:29 a.m. Alaska Standard Time. Scientists hope to learn more about electrical heating ...
Scientists pinpoint the 'edge of space'
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Where does space begin? Scientists at the University of Calgary have created a new instrument that is able to track the transition between the relatively gentle winds of Earth's atmosphere and the more violent flows of charged ...
Global warming goes deep
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 26, 2006 |
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With theaters everywhere screening Al Gore's movie, "An Inconvenient Truth," and the National Research Council issuing a new report on global warming, you'd have to be hiding under a rock to be unaware that Earth is heating ...
From zero to a billion electron volts in 3.3 centimeters
Sep 24, 2006 |
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In a precedent-shattering demonstration of the potential of laser-wakefield acceleration, scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, working with colleagues at the University ...
Graphene Takes the Heat
Feb 20, 2008 |
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Carbon nanotubes are being touted by many scientists and engineers as the material of the future, with the potential to revolutionize electronic technologies. But a new study shows that nanotubes may not be ...
Nanowire generates power by harvesting energy from the environment
Sep 27, 2007 |
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As the sizes of sensor networks and mobile devices shrink toward the microscale, and even nanoscale, there is a growing need for suitable power sources. Because even the tiniest battery is too big to be used in nanoscale ...
Private papers reveal ‘Who’s Who of British Science’
Jun 11, 2009 |
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One of the most important archives of nineteenth-century science - stored in obscurity for over 100 years - has been reunited and acquired by the John Rylands University Library at The University of Manchester.
World's largest laser gears up for ignition experiments
Mar 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Construction of the National Ignition Facility (NIF), the world's largest and highest-energy laser system, was essentially completed on Feb. 26, when technicians at Lawrence Livermore National ...
Shrinking medical labs onto tiny chips
Sep 26, 2006 |
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According to Dongqing Li, just about anything you can do in a medical lab, he can do faster, cheaper and better with a device that fits nicely in the palm of your hand.
Accelerators and Light Sources of Tomorrow (Part 2: Accelerating with Light)
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Accelerators are far from achieving the highest energies their builders aspire to, but size and cost may limit the kinds of facilities funding agencies can support. In the future, new kinds of machines will ...
Where broken DNA is repaired
Biology /
Aug 03, 2007 |
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Ionizing radiation, toxic chemicals, and other agents continually damage the body's DNA, threatening life and health: unrepaired DNA can lead to mutations, which in turn can lead to diseases like cancer. Intricate DNA repair ...
NIST improves accuracy of 'watt balance' method for defining the kilogram
Physics /
Sep 13, 2005 |
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A leading experimental method for defining the kilogram in terms of properties of nature is now more accurate than ever, scientists at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology ...
