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Air-fueled battery could last up to 10 times longer

Air-fueled battery could last up to 10 times longer

Technology / Energy

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (36) | comments 16

A new type of air-fuelled battery could give up to ten times the energy storage of designs currently available.


Virus battery could power cars, electronic devices

Virus battery could power cars, electronic devices

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 4

For the first time, MIT researchers have shown they can genetically engineer viruses to build both the positively and negatively charged ends of a lithium-ion battery.


Artificial Photosynthesis System

Turning sunlight into liquid fuels (Video)

Chemistry / Other

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (21) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- For millions of years, green plants have employed photosynthesis to capture energy from sunlight and convert it into electrochemical energy. A goal of scientists has been to develop an artificial ...





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Creating Denser Magnetic Memory

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the issues afflicting magnetic memory is the fact that it is difficult to store information for as long as 10 years. In order to overcome this problem, scientists and engineers have been looking for ...


The structure of lithium nickel manganese oxide

Researchers power up new lithium battery for hybrid cars

Physics /

created Feb 16, 2006 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (48) | comments 0

Researchers at MIT have developed a new type of lithium battery that could become a cheaper alternative to the batteries that now power hybrid electric cars.


Nanopatterns Regulate Electricity

Nanopatterns Regulate Electricity

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 08, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (19) | comments 0

Regular arrangements of sodium atoms make sodium cobalt oxide a perfect material for laptop batteries, an efficient cooling material and a superconductor. The concentration of sodium atoms in the material can ...


Shape matters in the case of cobalt nanoparticles

Shape matters in the case of cobalt nanoparticles

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Shape is turning out to be a particularly important feature of some commercially important nanoparticles—but in subtle ways. New studies* by scientists at the National Institute for Standards and Technology ...


Studying Magnetic Interface Ferromagnetism

Studying Magnetic Interface Ferromagnetism

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 28, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 0

The development of various magnetic-based devices, such as read-heads found inside your computer, depends on the discovery and improvement of new materials and magnetic effects.


This idea doesn't stink: New tech cuts industrial odors, pollutants

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A North Carolina State University researcher has devised a new technology that really does not stink. In fact, it could be the key to eliminating foul odors and air pollutants emitted by industrial chicken rendering facilities ...


Pigment formulated 225 years ago could be key in emerging technologies

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Aug 02, 2006 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (38) | comments 0

Imagine turning on your computer and not having to wait for it to load the operating system, virus protection, firewalls and other programs. Imagine that random access memory is accessible immediately, like turning on room ...


Creating Highly Sought Magnetic Nanoparticles in One Step

Creating Highly Sought Magnetic Nanoparticles in One Step

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 02, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Researchers from the University of Minnesota have demonstrated a one-step technique for producing a class of magnetic nanoparticles that could be used in everything from biomedical applications to data storage. ...


Accidental discovery produces durable new blue pigment for multiple applications

Accidental discovery produces durable new blue pigment for multiple applications

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (32) | comments 6

An accidental discovery in a laboratory at Oregon State University has apparently solved a quest that over thousands of years has absorbed the energies of ancient Egyptians, the Han dynasty in China, Mayan ...


IAEA removes dangerous radioactive sources from Lebanon

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An IAEA mission to get powerful radioactive sources out of Lebanon was completed 30 August 2009, after a plane carrying the high-activity cargo safely touched down in Russia, where the sources are now securely and safely ...



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