News tagged with energy losses
Temperature differences give rise to electricity
More than half of today's energy consumption is squandered in useless waste heat, such as the heat from refrigerators and all sorts of gadgets and the heat from factories and power plants. The energy losses ...
Nov 09, 2011 |
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Scientists collaborate to improve energy transmission for more efficient grids
Scientists at IBM and ABB, the world's largest builder of electricity grids, are using supercomputers to study and potentially develop a new type of high-voltage insulator that will improve the efficiency ...
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Nov 02, 2011 |
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Wind farm development can be powerful, as long as proper design is implemented
Wind energy helps alleviate some of the environmental concerns about burning fossil fuels, but wind farms also introduce their own problems related to wildlife conservation, including habitat loss and mortality to birds and ...
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Oct 26, 2011 |
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Eating a lighter lunch can prompt weight loss
Losing weight without dieting, going hungry or using an expensive high-protein liquid diet can be as simple as eating a smaller lunch, reports a new Cornell study that is online and will be published in the journal Appetite in Oct ...
Aug 23, 2011 |
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Discovery in parent of one high-temperature superconductor may lead to predictive control
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists studying the parent compound of a cuprate (copper-oxide) superconductor has discovered a link between two different states, or phases, of that matter - and written a mathematical ...
Jul 21, 2011 |
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Solar tunnel powers part of Paris-Amsterdam train line
High-speed international trains linking Paris and Amsterdam as of Monday became the first in Europe to use electricity generated by solar panels installed in a tunnel on the line.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 06, 2011 |
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Anti-obesity vaccine reduces food consumption in animals
A new therapeutic vaccine to treat obesity by suppressing the appetite-stimulating hormone ghrelin decreases food intake and increases calorie burning in mice, a new study finds. The results will be presented Sunday at The ...
Jun 06, 2011 |
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The big picture on energy loss
Getting an energy audit of a home or a commercial building can be a time-consuming and labor-intensive process. But new techniques and technology developed by a team of MIT researchers have streamlined the ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 16, 2011 |
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Potential mechanisms for future anti-obesity drugs identified
An interdisciplinary group of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania has, for the first time, identified the neurological and cellular signaling mechanisms that contribute to satiety — the sensation of feeling ...
Mar 03, 2011 |
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Plasmonics: From metallic foils to cancer treatment
In a timely review paper, scientists from Japan, Germany, and Spain provide a highly relevant overview of the history, physical interpretation and applications of plasmons in metallic nanostructures.
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Case study on Alzheimer's disease looks at progression before and after death
A case study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet sheds light on the pathological course of Alzheimer's disease. The brain of the first Alzheimer's patient to display amyloids demonstrable with a PET ...
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Dec 14, 2010 |
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How pathogens hijack host plants
Infestation by bacteria and other pathogens result in global crop losses of over $500 billion annually. A research team led by the Carnegie Institution's Department of Plant Biology developed a novel trick for identifying ...
Nov 24, 2010 |
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Study examines risks, rewards of energy drinks
Popular energy drinks promise better athletic performance and weight loss, but do the claims hold up? Not always, say researchers at Nova Southeastern University in Florida.
Aug 17, 2010 |
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New superconductor research may solve key problem in physics
Binghamton University physicist Michael Lawler and his colleagues have made a breakthrough that could lead to advances in superconductors. Their findings will be published this week in the prestigious British journal Nature.
Jul 14, 2010 |
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Desert bats reveal the secret of their survival
This is surprising as with large naked wings and the energy they expend in flight, bats are expected to have high rates of water loss by evaporation, say the scientists from the Ben-Gurion University in Israel.
Jun 29, 2010 |
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