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Malaysian authorities seize 'Viagra coffee' : report

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Malaysia's health authorities have seized over 20,000 dollars worth of coffee mixed with sildenafil, the main ingredient in erectile dysfunction drug Viagra, a report said Sunday.





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Energy drinks work -- in mysterious ways

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Runners clutching bottles of energy drink are a common sight, and it has long been known that sugary drinks and sweets can significantly improve athletes' performance in endurance events. The question is how?


The clean-energy industry is expected to produce some 100 billion Taiwan dollars in revenue within two years

Taiwan plans massive growth in solar energy

Technology / Energy

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Taiwan plans to boost its use of solar panels by a factor of 200 over the next decade and a half in an effort to increase clean energy, a ranking official said Friday.


'Smart water' may help boost production from oil wells by 60 percent

'Smart water' may help boost production from oil wells by 60 percent

Chemistry /

created Sep 08, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (29) | comments 0

Researchers in Norway report that injecting a special type of seawater called "smart water" into certain low-yield oil wells may help boost oil extraction by as much as 60 percent. The study could help meet ...


Taiwanese researchers have revealed that they have developed hydrogen-powered mobile phone chargers

Taiwan unveils hydrogen-powered mobile phone chargers

Technology / Energy

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Taiwanese researchers said Friday they have developed hydrogen-powered mobile phone chargers, in a development that could boost the island's efforts to become a player in green technologies.


Researchers identify new function of protein in cellular respiration

Biology /

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have found that the protein Stat3 plays a key role in regulating mitochondria, the energy-producing machines of cells. This discovery could one day lead to the ...


Scientists said they tweaked organic light-emitting diodes to become flexible, energy-efficient sources of white light

Diode lights offer bright future for low energy

Technology / Engineering

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0

German scientists said Wednesday they had tweaked organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) -- the materials used in flat-screen TVs, laptop computer screens and mobile phone displays -- to become flexible, energy-efficient ...


Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing is planning to invest in the island's largest producer of solar cells

Taiwan chip giant TSMC to enter solar energy

Technology / Energy

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is planning its first foray into solar energy with an investment in the island's largest producer of solar cells, a spokesman said Thursday.


Researchers Develop Material That Could Boost Data Storage, Save Energy

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (18) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- North Carolina State University engineers have created a new material that would allow a fingernail-size computer chip to store the equivalent of 20 high-definition DVDs or 250 million pages of text, far ...


Renewable energy

Barack Obama Announces Another $1.2 billion for Energy R&D

Technology / Energy

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the more interesting areas of technological development in the coming years is likely to be energy development -- specifically green energy development. With new advances in physics ...


Digital quantum battery

Digital Quantum Battery Could Boost Energy Density Tenfold

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (24) | comments 9

(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 ...



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