News tagged with electromagnetic induction
Improving Plug-In Electric Cars
Jun 04, 2009 |
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One of the issues that comes with plug-in autos, whether they are hybrid or straight-up electric, is the ability to charge the battery. It can be difficult to charge batteries on the go, and it can take hour ...
New testing facility helps researchers improve land mine detection equipment
May 13, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have built a test facility to evaluate and enhance sensors designed to detect buried land mines. The unique automated system measures the response of individual ...
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Dell's Latitude Z introduces wireless charging (w/ Video)
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Dell has introduced its new ultra-thin Latitude Z laptop with the world's first wireless laptop battery charger.
New instrument has potential to detect water deep underground on Mars (w/ Video)
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With the whoosh of compressed gas and the whir of unspooling wire, a team of Boulder scientists and engineers tested a new instrument prototype that might be used to detect groundwater deep ...
Team finds labor induction need not increase cesarean risk
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Contrary to a belief widely held by obstetricians, inducing labor need not increase a woman's risk for cesarean section delivery in childbirth, scientists at the University of California, San Francisco and the Stanford University ...
Beyond the looking glass...
Aug 13, 2009 |
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While the researchers can't promise delivery to a parallel universe or a school for wizards, books like Pullman's Dark Materials and JK Rowling's Harry Potter are steps closer to reality now that researchers ...
NSAIDs prevent early sign of Alzheimer disease in mice
Nov 09, 2009 |
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If taking nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen or naproxen is to protect you from developing Alzheimer disease then you will have to start taking them at a very early age according to new research ...
Mobile phone towers a threat to honey bees: study
Aug 31, 2009 |
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The electromagnetic waves emitted by mobile phone towers and cellphones can pose a threat to honey bees, a study published in India has concluded.
Softphone is a Squeezable Concept
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 28, 2008 |
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At first glance, Qian Jiang's Softphone looks more like a mini trampoline than a cell phone. It doesn´t flip or slide to open, but rather it has that nerf type of appeal that just begs to be squeezed - which ...
Wireless energy could power consumer, industrial electronics
Nov 14, 2006 |
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Recharging your laptop computer -- and also your cell phone and a variety of other gadgets -- might one day be doable in the same convenient way many people now surf the Web: wirelessly.
Calming Parents Might Help Kids Cope With Anesthesia
Jul 15, 2009 |
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The start of anesthesia can be distressing for children. Although antianxiety drugs can help keep kids calm, side effects exist. Non-drug methods offer alternatives, but a new review of studies finds that no single method ...
Broadband invisibility in the microwave range
Sep 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the series Star Trek, Klingons and Romulans have spaceships outfitted with cloaking devices that hide their presence from sight, as well as from the sensors of their rivals' spaceships. Unlike current invisi ...
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