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World first for sending data using quantum cryptography

World first for sending data using quantum cryptography

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 08, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (64) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time the transmission of data secured by quantum cryptography is demonstrated within a commercial telecommunications network. 41 partners from 12 European countries, including ...


Researchers evaluate highway rest areas for wind power

Technology / Energy

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (45) | comments 0

Illinois is the Prairie State and home to the Windy City. And sometimes, when standing out in that prairie and feeling the wind racing across the state, you begin to wonder if there is anything between here and Kansas that ...


Solar power generation around the clock

Solar power generation around the clock

Technology / Energy

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (29) | comments 15

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Californian company, SolarReserve, is developing a solar power system that can store seven hours' worth of solar energy by focusing mirrors onto millions of gallons of molten salt, allowing ...


Innovation puts next-generation solar cells on the horizon

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (30) | comments 12

In a world first, a Monash University-led international research team has developed an innovative way to boost the output of the next generation of solar cells.


A technician of German automaker Volkswagen's adjusts a mini gas-fired power plant

Home power plants project unveiled in Germany

Technology / Energy

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (21) | comments 23

An ambitious project was unveiled in Germany on Wednesday to install mini gas-fired power plants in people's basements and produce as much electricity as two nuclear reactors within a year.


New geothermal heat extraction process to deliver clean power generation (w/ Video)

New geothermal heat extraction process to deliver clean power generation (w/ Video)

Technology / Energy

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (19) | comments 16

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new method for capturing significantly more heat from low-temperature geothermal resources holds promise for generating virtually pollution-free electrical energy. Scientists at the Department ...


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General Electric Plans Net-Zero Energy Home by 2015

Technology / Energy

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (16) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using solar panels, wind turbines, appliance monitoring, and on-site energy storage, General Electric has a plan to enable homeowners to cut their annual energy consumption (from the electric ...


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.


'Blue energy' seems feasible and offers considerable benefits

Technology / Energy

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Generating energy on a large scale by mixing salt and fresh water is both technically possible and practical. The worldwide potential for this clean form of energy - 'blue energy' or 'blue electricity' - is enormous. However, ...


Electricity supply: Sustainable sources remain expensive

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 07, 2008 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (14) | comments 5

Ambitious governments' environmental objectives for the electricity sector are only possible at a high price. This is one of the conclusions of researcher ir. Hans Rödel, who is to receive his PhD at TU Delft on Thursday ...


Sharp to sell solar power systems applicable to various roofs

Technology / Energy

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (10) | comments 5

Sharp Corp. said Tuesday it will release a home-use solar power generation system in April that can be installed on a wide range of roof shapes with various roof surface areas.


Growth versus global warming

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Houses on stilts, small scale energy generation and recycling our dishwater are just some of the measures that are being proposed to prepare our cities for the effects of global warming.


packing peanuts

Study Finds that Styrofoam Increases Biodiesel Power Output

Technology / Energy

created May 04, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (11) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- By dissolving polystyrene packing peanuts in biodiesel, scientists have found that they can boost the power output of the fuel while getting rid of garbage at the same time.


Cutting greenhouse pollutants could directly save millions of lives worldwide

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 2.1 / 5 (14) | comments 8

Tackling climate change by reducing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse emissions will have major direct health benefits in addition to reducing the risk of climate change, especially in low-income countries, according to ...


A Cuban student sets up a blog at home

Cuba's cyberwar intensifies

Technology / Internet

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Cuban bloggers are fighting a cyberwar with the government to give their own version of reality on the communist island, from hotels and using memory sticks and laptops obtained from abroad.