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Research Highlights Potential for Improved Solar Cells

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Los Alamos researchers led by Victor Klimov has shown that carrier multiplication—when a photon creates multiple electrons—is a real phenomenon in tiny semiconductor crystals and not a false observation ...





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Researchers develop thin films showing promise for solar applications

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed thin films that exhibit carrier multiplication (CM). This development is of great interest for future solar cells.


Tiny crystals promise big benefits for solar technologies

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created Jan 05, 2006 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 0

Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have discovered that a phenomenon called carrier multiplication, in which semiconductor nanocrystals respond to photons by producing multiple electrons, is applicable to a broader ...


Mandatory alcohol testing for truck and bus drivers reduces alcohol involvement in fatal crashes

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mandatory alcohol testing programs for truck and bus drivers have contributed to a significant reduction in alcohol involvement in fatal crashes, according to a new study by researchers at the Mailman School of Public Health ...


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Dell developing smart phone for China Mobile

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- PC maker Dell Inc. is working on a smart phone for China Mobile Ltd., China's biggest cell phone carrier.


Bone formation from embryonic stem cells

Bone formation from embryonic stem cells

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Jojanneke Jukes of the University of Twente, The Netherlands, has succeeded in growing bone tissue with the help of embryonic stem cells for the first time.


Anxiety's hidden cost

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

The effect of anxiety on academic performance is not always obvious but new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council suggests that there may be hidden costs. The research found that anxious individuals ...


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Carrier Pigeon Faster Than Broadband Internet

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- In South Africa, a carrier pigeon carrying a 4GB memory stick proved to be faster than the ADSL service from the country's biggest web firm, Telkom. Winston the pigeon took one hour and eight ...


Google Voice service blocks fewer than 100 numbers

Technology / Internet

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Google Inc. says its free messaging and calling service, Google Voice, blocks calls to fewer than 100 phone numbers likely to be adult chat lines and free conference call services.


FCC to look at exclusive cell phone deals

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Regulators will investigate whether exclusive cell phone deals, such as the one that locks the iPhone to AT&T, are good for consumers.


AT&T: Tighter control of cell data usage ahead

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(AP) -- Wireless data hogs who jam the airwaves by watching video on their iPhones will be put on tighter leashes, an AT&T Inc. executive said Wednesday.



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