News tagged with combustion engine


Generating electricity from air flow

Physics / General Physics

created 8 hours ago | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 1

A group of researchers at the City College of New York is developing a new way to generate power for planes and automobiles based on materials known as piezoelectrics, which convert the kinetic energy of motion into electricity. ...





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Chinese site to steer users to legit music source

Technology / Internet

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A free and legal song download service says it now will be getting traffic from China's largest search engine, which is trying to reduce online music piracy.


Bing has gained search market share

Bing gains search market share, nears 10 percent

Technology / Internet

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

Microsoft's new Internet search engine Bing increased its share of the US search market in October, edging up half-a-point to nearly 10 percent, online tracking firm comScore said Tuesday.


Search engines are source of learning

Technology / Internet

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Search engine use is not just part of our daily routines; it is also becoming part of our learning process, according to Penn State researchers.


Not just bleach: Hydrogen peroxide may tell time for living cells

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 2

If a circadian rhythm is like an orchestra - the united expression of the rhythms of millions of cells - a common chemical may serve as the conductor, or at least as the baton.


Yahoo jumps on Twitter bandwagon to improve search

Technology / Internet

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. is jumping on the Twitter bandwagon in its latest attempt to get people to use its Internet search engine more frequently.


Another dual launch for Ariane 5

Ariane 5 rocket places two satellites into orbit (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last night, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on a journey to place two telecommunications satellites, NSS-12 and Thor 6, into geostationary transfer ...


LinkedIn was launched in 2003 as an online community for people to advance career and job prospects

Twitter links to LinkedIn

Technology / Internet

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twitter on Tuesday linked to LinkedIn, letting people share updates and tweets between the hot microblogging service and the career-oriented online social networking website.


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WOWD, the real-time search engine

Technology / Internet

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (9) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The beta version of WOWD, the Internet's newest search engine, was launched last week at the 2009 Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. It aims to differentiate itself from other search engines ...


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Car That Runs on Compressed Air Questioned by Critics (w/ Video)

Technology / Energy

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (21) | comments 38

(PhysOrg.com) -- As electric cars begin breaking into the short-distance vehicle market, one French company thinks that it has an alternative to the electric vehicle: a car that runs on compressed air. Motor ...


The x-ray machine has revolutionised how doctors detect disease and injury

X-ray named top achievement by British museum

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The X-ray was named the most important modern scientific achievement Wednesday in a poll conducted for Britain's Science Museum, beating Apollo spacecraft and DNA.



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