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People in the US and the UK show strong similarities in their attitudes toward nanotechnologies

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 09, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

The results of a new U.S.–U.K. study published in this week's journal Nature Nanotechnology show that ordinary people in both countries hold very positive views of nanotechnologies and what the future of these technologies might ...





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Panasonic Develops High Energy Lithium-ion Battery Module  with High Reliability

Panasonic Develops High Energy Lithium-ion Battery Module with High Reliability

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Panasonic Corp. has developed a 1.5 kWh battery module from 18650-type (18 mm in diameter x 65 mm in length) lithium-ion battery cells, which are widely used in laptop computers, to provide energy storage ...


Pickin' Up Good Vibrations to Produce Green Electricity

Pickin' Up Good Vibrations to Produce Green Electricity

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (11) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Vibrations from the environments we live and work in could be much more widely harnessed as a clean source of electricity, due to cutting-edge UK research.


Researchers save electricity with low-power processors and flash memory

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Intel Labs Pittsburgh (ILP) have combined low-power, embedded processors typically used in netbooks with flash memory to create a server architecture that is fast, but far more ...


Launch of first operating system for smart grid home automation

Technology / Energy

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fraunhofer IWES (Germany) presents the OGEMA Alliance, which will offer an open software platform for energy management.


Intel Offers Developer Kit For Future Atom Processor Netbook Apps

Technology / Software

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Intel Corporation has made its beta version of the Intel Atom Developer Program Software Development Kit (SDK) available for Microsoft Windows and Moblin operating systems developers. The kit helps software companies and ...


Panasonic Starts Mass-Production of High-Capacity 3.1 Ah Lithium-ion Battery

Technology / Energy

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Panasonic Corporation developed a 18650-type high-capacity 3.1 Ah lithium-ion battery and began mass production of the battery this December. The new 3.1 Ah battery has a nickel positive electrode and an energy density of ...


STEM gets greener: Promoting critical thinking using renewable energy technology

Technology / Energy

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

Can building model cars really help create the next generation of electric vehicle designers and engineers? Researchers at North Carolina State University think so. Through a recent grant, they will develop a curriculum that ...


Troublesome green algae serve as coating substrate in record-setting battery

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (10) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Unwanted blooms of Cladophora algae throughout the Baltic and in other parts of the world are not entirely without a positive side. A group of researchers at the Angstrom Laboratory at Uppsala University have d ...


The Future in Two Words: Ionic Liquids

The Future in Two Words: Ionic Liquids

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ionic liquids are molecular solutions that have a wide range of potential applications, including next-generation solar cells, hydrogen fuel cells and lithium batteries.


Confined electrons live longer

Confined electrons live longer

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Electrons that are trapped in very small structures of only a few nanometer, demonstrate fascinating features. These could be useful for novel computers or semiconductor lasers. Researchers from the University ...



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