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Toward giving artificial cells the ability for sustained movement (w/Video)
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Scientists in Japan are reporting an advance toward giving artificial cells another hallmark of life -- the ability to tap an energy source and use it to undergo sustained movement. Their study, published ...
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Superfast airplanes through super tiny technology
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 13, 2009 |
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An interdisciplinary team of scientists led by Princeton engineers has been awarded a $3 million grant to study how fuel additives made of tiny particles known as nanocatalysts can help supersonic jets fly ...
Unregulated nanoparticles from diesel engines inhibit lungs
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 20, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Diesel engines emit countless carbon nanoparticles into the air, slipping through government regulation and vehicle filters. A new University of Michigan simulation shows that these nanoparticles can get ...
Evidence that inexpensive device boosts fuel economy by up to 20 percent
Sep 29, 2008 |
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Amid sticker-shock fuel prices, researchers in Pennsylvania are reporting results of laboratory tests and road tests verifying that a simple, inexpensive device attached to a car engine's fuel injector can ...
Scientists prepare for Mars experiments
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 18, 2007 |
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U.S. scientists are trying to determine the affect the Phoenix Mars Lander's descent will have on later soil experiments on the Red Planet.
New biofuel from trees developed at UGA
May 18, 2007 |
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A team of University of Georgia researchers has developed a new biofuel derived from wood chips. Unlike previous fuels derived from wood, the new and still unnamed fuel can be blended with biodiesel and petroleum ...
Economical and cleaner cars with lean-burn catalytic converter
Jul 05, 2007 |
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Dutch researcher Karen Scholz has taken a careful look at the properties of a new type of catalytic converter found in cars. For this so-called NOx Storage Reduction (NSR) catalytic converter the fuel is alternately combusted ...
New diesel fuel filtering process created
Mar 08, 2007 |
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U.S. researchers have developed a simple, inexpensive filtering process that could prevent costly instability and deterioration of military diesel fuel.
'Omnivorous engine' hopes to run on many fuels
Sep 08, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The 'omnivorous engine' is no picky eater. Gasoline? Down the hatch. Ethanol? Butanol? It'll slurp those up too. The creators of the omnivorous engine, engineers at the U.S. Department of ...
Infovell's 'research engine' finds deep Web pages that Google, Yahoo miss
Sep 08, 2008 |
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According to a study by the University of California at Berkeley, traditional search engines such as Google and Yahoo index only about 0.2% of the Internet. The remaining 99.8%, known as the "deep Web," is ...
Simple device which uses electrical field could boost gas efficiency
Sep 25, 2008 |
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With the high cost of gasoline and diesel fuel impacting costs for automobiles, trucks, buses and the overall economy, a Temple University physics professor has developed a simple device which could dramatically improve fuel ...
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