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New material could expand applications and lower costs for solid oxide fuel cells

New Sulfur- and Coking-Tolerant Material Could Expand Applications for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new ceramic material described in this week's issue of the journal Science could help expand the applications for solid oxide fuel cells - devices that generate electricity directly from a ...


New insights, and a new angle, on high-temperature superconductivity

New insights, and a new angle, on high-temperature superconductivity

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Princeton-led research team has revealed surprising information about how electron behavior influences the conduction of electricity in a class of high-temperature superconductors. An increased ...


CNT Film

Transparent Carbon Nanotube Films Likely Successor to ITO for Commercial Applications

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (19) | comments 12 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- Will the legacy of Nobel prize winner Richard Smalley finally be fulfilled? Ever since his pioneering work in the mid 1990's on the synthesis of carbon nanotubes, companies have been struggling ...


3-D printing hits rock-bottom prices with homemade ceramics mix

3-D printing hits rock-bottom prices with homemade ceramics mix

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (17) | comments 3

This story is, literally, stone age meets digital age: University of Washington researchers are combining the ancient art of ceramics and the new technology of 3-D printing. Along the way, they are making ...


Lunar rock-like material may someday house moon colonies

Lunar rock-like material may someday house moon colonies

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dwellings in colonies on the moon one day may be built with new, highly durable bricks developed by students from the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech.


World's oldest submerged town dates back 5,000 years (w/ Video)

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Archaeologists surveying the world's oldest submerged town have found ceramics dating back to the Final Neolithic. Their discovery suggests that Pavlopetri, off the southern Laconia coast of Greece, was occupied some 5,000 ...


Laser processes promise better artificial joints, arterial stents

Laser processes promise better artificial joints, arterial stents

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers are developing technologies that use lasers to create arterial stents and longer-lasting medical implants that could be manufactured 10 times faster and also less expensively than is now possible.


Chinese pottery may be earliest discovered

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(AP) -- Bits of pottery discovered in a cave in southern China may be evidence of the earliest development of ceramics by ancient people.


Was a 'mistress of the lionesses' a king in ancient Canaan?

Was a 'mistress of the lionesses' a king in ancient Canaan?

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 0

The legend is that the great rulers of Canaan, the ancient land of Israel, were all men. But a recent dig by Tel Aviv University archaeologists at Tel Beth-Shemesh uncovered possible evidence of a mysterious ...


Engineers crack ceramics production obstacle

Engineers crack ceramics production obstacle

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at the University of Leicester have invented a new technique in the manufacture of ceramics that has the potential to save the industry time and costs while reducing wastage.


Ceramic material revs up microwaving

Chemistry /

created Aug 28, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (19) | comments 8

Quicker microwave meals that use less energy may soon be possible with new ceramic microwave dishes and, according to the material scientists responsible, this same material could help with organic waste remediation.


Cookware

New materials for microwave cookware that heats faster with less energy

Chemistry /

created Jul 28, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (10) | comments 0

You may soon be enjoying microwave popcorn and other 'nuked' foods and beverages faster than ever before, while saving on electricity. Researchers in Pennsylvania and Japan report development of new ceramic ...


Keeping the heat down

Keeping the heat down

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic products are having to accommodate more and more components, all of which generate heat. Too much heat could put laptops and other devices out of action, so manufacturers equip ...


Engineer helps poor in developing nations purify drinking water

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The device looks deceptively simple - a porous clay pot placed in a five-gallon plastic bucket with a spigot - but Vinka Craver believes it can save millions of lives each year.


Antimicrobials: Silver (and copper) bullets to kill bacteria

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Dana Filoti of the University of New Hampshire will present thin films of silver and copper she has developed that can kill bacteria and may one day help to cut down on hospital infections. The antimicrobial properties of ...