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Carbon Nanotube Windmills Powered by 'Electron Wind'

Carbon Nanotube Windmills Powered by 'Electron Wind'

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jul 08, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (65) | comments 12 feature

Theoretical physicists from Lancaster University in the UK have designed a nanomotor that operates by a novel mechanism: an electron wind.





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Moondust in the Wind

Moondust in the Wind

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 11, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Moondust is dry, desiccated stuff, and may seem like a dull topic to write about. Indeed, you could search a ton of moondust without finding a single molecule of water, so it could make for a pretty "dry" ...


ESA’s Cluster flies through Earth’s electrical switch

ESA’s Cluster flies through Earth’s electrical switch

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 19, 2006 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

ESA’s Cluster satellites have flown through regions of the Earth’s magnetic field that accelerate electrons to approximately one hundredth the speed of light. The observations present Cluster scientists with ...


Heliosphere

First images of solar system's invisible frontier

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 02, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (35) | comments 5

NASA's sun-focused STEREO spacecraft unexpectedly detected particles from the edge of the solar system last year, allowing University of California, Berkeley, scientists to map for the first time the energized ...


No widespread impact of wind power projects on surrounding residential property values in the US

Technology / Energy

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A major new Berkeley Lab report finds that proximity to wind energy facilities does not have a pervasive or widespread adverse effect on the property values of nearby homes.


'Impressionist' Spacecraft to View Solar System's Invisible Frontier

'Impressionist' Spacecraft to View Solar System's Invisible Frontier

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 25, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- At the edge of our solar system in December 2004, the Voyager 1 spacecraft encountered something never before experienced during its then 26-year cruise through the solar system — an invisible ...


Nuclear weapons: Predicting the unthinkable

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (7) | comments 5

If a nuclear weapon were detonated in a metropolitan area, how large would the affected area be? Where should first responders first go? According to physicist Fernando Grinstein, we have some initial understanding to address ...


Pollution alters isolated thunderstorms

Pollution alters isolated thunderstorms

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 10

New climate research reveals how wind shear -- the same atmospheric conditions that cause bumpy airplane rides -- affects how pollution contributes to isolated thunderstorm clouds. Under strong wind shear ...


How the Moon produces its own water

How the Moon produces its own water

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Moon is a big sponge that absorbs electrically charged particles given out by the Sun. These particles interact with the oxygen present in some dust grains on the lunar surface, producing ...


China is the world's largest emitter of the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming

China harnesses mountain wind power

Technology / Energy

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (12) | comments 3

In the mountains above the southwestern Chinese town of Dali, dozens of new wind turbines dot the landscape -- a symbol of the country's sky-high ambitions for clean, green energy.


System 97W's 'castle wall' breached, and opened up to dissipation

System 97W's 'castle wall' breached, and opened up to dissipation

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The "walls" of System 97W have been breached, and residents in the Western Pacific Ocean no longer have a tropical cyclone to worry about today. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center cancelled their "formation ...



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