News tagged with electric system

Japan's Fukushima reactor may be reheating: operator

Temperature readings at one of the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactors have risen above Japan's stringent new safety standard but there was no immediate danger, its operator said Sunday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

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UT biosolar breakthrough promises cheap, easy green electricity

Barry D. Bruce, professor of biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is turning the term "power plant" on its head. The biochemist and a team of researchers have developed ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Wireless power could revolutionize highway transportation, researchers say

A Stanford University research team has designed a high-efficiency charging system that uses magnetic fields to wirelessly transmit large electric currents between metal coils placed several feet apart. The ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (27) | comments 66 | with audio podcast

US cybersecurity efforts trigger privacy concerns

(AP) -- The federal government's plan to expand computer security protections into critical parts of private industry is raising concerns that the move will threaten Americans' civil liberties.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Rap music powers rhythmic action of medical sensor

(PhysOrg.com) -- The driving bass rhythm of rap music can be harnessed to power a new type of miniature medical sensor designed to be implanted in the body.

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

LED lights point shoppers in the right direction

Looking for an item in a large department store or mall can be like searching for a needle in a haystack, but that could change thanks to a hybrid location-identification system that uses radio frequency transmitters and ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research reveals power of the subconscious in human fear

The human subconscious has a bigger impact than previously thought on how we respond to danger, according to research led by the University of Exeter. Published today, the study shows that our primitive response to fear can ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Powering electric vehicles with sunlight

The Riverside area will become a leader in powering electric vehicles from the sun under a $2 million award to the Center for Environmental Research and Technology at the University of California, Riverside's Bourns College ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Qualcomm's HaloIPT tech brings wireless charging for EVs

(PhysOrg.com) -- Qualcomm has demonstrated its new wireless power transmission system for electric vehicles (EVs) at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The system, including one pad for power transmitting, ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 5 | with audio podcast report

Researchers hope to use bugged bugs for search and rescue

(PhysOrg.com) -- While search and rescue dogs are currently used to help locate survivors of earthquakes or other disasters, new research hopes to make this job easier by turning to bugs. Insects have the ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 7 | with audio podcast report

Scientists record electrical currents that control male fertility

Performance anxiety? Not for this human sperm.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Future is bright for ONR's lightweight, sun-powered generator

The Department of the Navy continues its move toward renewable energy with an Office of Naval Research (ONR)-funded solar generator that recently entered full production, with several systems already in the ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Affordable solar: It's closer than you think

It's time to stop thinking of solar energy as a boutique source of power, says Joshua Pearce.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (31) | comments 59 | with audio podcast

Japan nuclear meltdown 'maybe worse than thought'

Molten nuclear fuel at Japan's Fukushima plant might have eaten two thirds of the way through a concrete containment base, its operator said, citing a new simulation of the extent of the March disaster.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 13

Reliable nuclear device to heat, power Mars Science Lab

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, which is scheduled to launch this week, has the potential to be the most productive Mars surface mission in history. That's due in part to its nuclear heat and power ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 16 | with audio podcast