News tagged with energy laws

Scientists invent long-lasting, near infrared-emitting material

Materials that emit visible light after being exposed to sunlight are commonplace and can be found in everything from emergency signage to glow-in-the-dark stickers. But until now, scientists have had little ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 20, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (26) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

New 'Koomey’s Law' of power efficiency parallels Moore'e Law

(PhysOrg.com) -- For most of the computer age, the central theme in computer hardware architecture has been: create more computational power using the same amount of chip space. Intel founder Gordon Moore ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 21 | with audio podcast report

Magnetic memory and logic could achieve ultimate energy efficiency

Future computers may rely on magnetic microprocessors that consume the least amount of energy allowed by the laws of physics, according to an analysis by University of California, Berkeley, electrical engineers.

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 01, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Powerful computers, experiments provide insights into ion's behavior near interfaces

(PhysOrg.com) -- From renewable energy sources to pharmaceuticals, iodide ions are a common actor, and now, thanks to scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the ion's behavior can be better predicted. ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Climate change is analyzed from the perspective of the social sciences

Research being carried out at Carlos III University of Madrid analyzes the key factors in climate change and the risks to public policies that it implies. This study approaches the issue from the perspective ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 31, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 72

Maxwell's demon demonstration turns information into energy

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Japan are the first to have succeeded in converting information into free energy in an experiment that verifies the "Maxwell demon" thought experiment devised in 1867.

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 15, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (47) | comments 23 | with audio podcast report

Redefining electrical current law with the transistor laser

(PhysOrg.com) -- While the laws of physics weren't made to be broken, sometimes they need revision. A major current law has been rewritten thanks to the three-port transistor laser, developed by Milton Feng ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 12, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (23) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Second Law of Thermodynamics May Explain Economic Evolution

(PhysOrg.com) -- Terms such as the "invisible hand," laissez-faire policy, and free-market principles suggest that economic growth and decline in capitalist societies seem to be somehow self-regulated. Now, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (34) | comments 30 feature

Calif. board postpones decision on pollution tax

(AP) -- California regulators on Thursday delayed a decision on whether to implement the nation's first statewide carbon fee on utilities, oil refineries and other polluting industries.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Could Maxwell's Demon Exist in Nanoscale Systems?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Maxwell’s demon may be making a comeback. Physicists know that the demon, an imaginary creature that decreases the entropy of a system, cannot exist in macroscopic systems due to the energy ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (19) | comments 30 feature