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Bright idea illuminates LED standards

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 25, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

The lack of common measurement methods among light-emitting diode (LED) and lighting manufacturers has affected the commercialization of solid-state lighting products. In a recent paper, researchers at the National Institute ...





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Self-validating thermocouples based on metal-carbon eutectic fixed points

Self-validating thermocouples based on metal-carbon eutectic fixed points

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When used at high temperatures (above 1100 °C) thermocouples are prone to substantial calibration drift. To gauge the extent of the drift, for example, in an industrial setting, it is highly desirable for ...


Sharp Develops Solar Cell with World’s Highest Conversion Efficiency of 35.8%

Sharp Develops Solar Cell with World's Highest Conversion Efficiency of 35.8%

Technology / Energy

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (26) | comments 12

Sharp Corporation has achieved the world's highest solar cell conversion efficiency (for non-concentrator solar cells) of 35.8% using a triple-junction compound solar cell.


AC Josephson Effect Detects Mechanical Motion

Scientists discover new way to study nanostructures

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jul 24, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (32) | comments 0

Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a phenomenon which allows measurement of the mechanical motion of nanostructures by using the AC Josephson effect. The findings, which may ...


New Smart Material Bends Under Internal Heat Source

New Smart Material Bends Under Internal Heat Source

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Feb 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have developed a new smart material that can bend under the influence of an internal heat source. The material could be used as an aerodynamic flap in cars, in order to stabilize ...


A 20-year old mystery mechanism influencing DRAM cell retention time fluctuation clarified

Physics /

created Dec 08, 2005 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Hitachi, Ltd., in cooperation with Elpida Memory announced today that they have identified that the leakage current fluctuation of the p-n junction*1) is the primary factor influencing the charge retention time fluctuation ...


Complex order parameter in ruthenate superconductors confirmed

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 27, 2006 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (24) | comments 0

Since it was discovered to be superconducting over a decade ago, the pairing symmetry of strontium ruthenium oxide has been widely explored and debated. Now, a team of researchers led by Dale Van Harlingen at the University ...


Circadian surprise: Mechanism of temperature synchronization in drosophila

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research reveals a pathway that links peripheral sensory tissues with a "clock" in the brain to regulate molecular processes and behaviors in response to cyclical temperature changes. The research, published by Cell Press ...


Elpida Verifies the Physical Phenomena of Defect Repair Technology on a Microscopic Level

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created Apr 14, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Elpida Memory announced recently that it has successfully developed defect repair technology that leads to dramatic improvement of data retention, and has also identified the physical phenomena that dominate DRAM retention ...


New T-ray source could improve airport security, cancer detection

New T-ray source could improve airport security, cancer detection

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 26, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Going through airport security can be such a hassle. Shoes, laptops, toothpastes, watches and belts all get taken off, taken out, scanned, examined, handled and repacked. But "T-rays", a completely safe form ...


Bioengineering of nerve-muscle connection could improve hand use for wounded soldiers

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Modern tissue engineering developed at the University of Michigan could improve the function of prosthetic hands and possibly restore the sense of touch for injured patients.



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