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China has been criticised for obstructing the adoption of a key treaty on climate change

China adopts law to boost renewable energy industry

Technology / Energy

created Dec 27, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (8) | comments 1

China's national assembly Saturday signalled the country's commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by adopting a law supporting its renewable energy industry.


Apple's  iPod Touch

Curtain falling on 'Digital Decade'

Technology / Hi Tech

created Dec 27, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (10) | comments 8

While it got off to a rocky start with the overhyped Y2K bug and dotcom bubble, the era dubbed the "Digital Decade" by Microsoft's Bill Gates has turned out to be a dizzying period of innovation.


Tiny nano-electromagnets turn a cloak of invisibility into a possibility

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (15) | comments 9

A team of researchers at the FOM institute AMOLF (The Netherlands) has succeeded for the first time in powering an energy transfer between nano-electromagnets with the magnetic field of light.


Glitter-sized solar photovoltaics produce competitive results

Glitter-sized solar photovoltaics produce competitive results

Technology / Energy

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (33) | comments 0

Sandia National Laboratories scientists have developed tiny glitter-sized photovoltaic cells that could revolutionize the way solar energy is collected and used.


Digital quantum battery

Digital Quantum Battery Could Boost Energy Density Tenfold

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (39) | comments 16 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists theorize that quantum phenomena could provide a major boost to batteries, with the potential to increase energy density up to 10 times that of lithium ion batteries. According to ...


Argonne advanced battery research driving to displace gasoline

Argonne advanced battery research driving to displace gasoline (w/ Video)

Technology / Energy

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- In excess of seven million barrels of gasoline are consumed by vehicles in the United States every day. As scientists race to find environmentally sound solutions to fuel the world’s ever-growing ...


Intel Announces Next-Generation Atom Platform

Intel Announces Next-Generation Atom Platform (w/ Video)

Electronics / Hardware

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Intel Corporation announced new Intel Atom processors today that feature integrated graphics built directly into the CPU, enabling improved performance and smaller, more energy-efficient designs in a new generation ...


Putting the squeeze on data

Putting the squeeze on data

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Data compression is one of the fundamental research areas in computer science, letting information systems do more with less. It’s the reason the iPod nano can hold thousands of songs instead ...


Google-Fujitsu join 'smart objects' alliance

Technology / Hi Tech

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Internet powerhouse Google and Japanese electronics giant Fujitsu have joined an alliance to promote the ability of objects from appliances to cars to communicate with one another online.


Computer-simulated Thunderstorms with Ice Clouds Reveal Insights for Next-generation Computer Models

Computer-simulated Thunderstorms with Ice Clouds Reveal Insights for Next-generation Computer Models

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer simulations of thunderstorms using data from a field campaign in Australia confirm that the "ice-phase" cloud processes in climate models contribute most to the wide discrepancy between ...



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