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Why is the Earth's mantle conductive?

Why is the Earth's mantle conductive?

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 04, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (24) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from INSU-CNRS (France), working with chemists at a CNRS research unit, have explained that the high conductivity of the Earth's upper mantle is due to molten carbonates. They ...





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Baked Slug: New Method to Test Fireproofing Material

Baked Slug: New Method to Test Fireproofing Material

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 02, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In a high-temperature blaze, how well does a fireproofing material shield a building’s important steel structures from heat? Answering this question has been surprisingly difficult, but it is important information ...


Water in Earth's mantle may be associated with subduction

Water in Earth's mantle may be associated with subduction

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 3

A team of scientists from Oregon State University has created the first global three-dimensional map of electrical conductivity in the Earth's mantle and their model suggests that that enhanced conductivity ...


Graphene Takes the Heat

Graphene Takes the Heat

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 20, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (109) | comments 2

Carbon nanotubes are being touted by many scientists and engineers as the material of the future, with the potential to revolutionize electronic technologies. But a new study shows that nanotubes may not be ...


Researchers analyze material with 'colossal ionic conductivity'

Researchers analyze material with 'colossal ionic conductivity'

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jul 31, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (46) | comments 5

A new material characterized at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could open a pathway toward more efficient fuel cells.


Chemist develops plastic with changeable conductivity

Chemist develops plastic with changeable conductivity

Chemistry /

created Apr 09, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (19) | comments 0

Dr. Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo at The University of Texas at Austin has modified a plastic so its ability to carry an electrical current can be altered during manufacturing to meet the needs of future electronic ...


New knowledge about thermoelectric materials could give better energy efficiency

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 07, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Thermoelectric materials can be assembled into units, which can transform the thermal difference to electrical energy or vice versa – electrical current to cooling. An effective utilization requires however that the material ...


Graphene Shows High Current Capacity and Thermal Conductivity

Graphene Shows High Current Capacity and Thermal Conductivity

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent research into the properties of graphene nanoribbons provides two new reasons for using the material as interconnects in future computer chips. In widths as narrow as 16 nanometers, ...


Engineers develop method to disperse chemically modified graphene in organic solvents

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A method for creating dispersed and chemically modified graphene sheets in a wide variety of organic solvents has been developed by a University of Texas at Austin engineering team led by Professor Rod Ruoff, opening the ...


Heat-Transfer Material Could Allow More Powerful Radar Electronics

Heat-Transfer Material Could Allow More Powerful Radar Electronics

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Open any computer and you're sure to see at least one massive cooling device, complete with metal fins and a noisy fan. Today's high-power processing chips generate lots of heat -- and those ...


A new material could act as a nanofridge for microchips

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 08, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 0

In the past few years, the design and manufacturing of circuits at nanoscopic scale for integrated devices has become one of the frontier fields in new material science and technology. The significant reduction achieved in ...



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