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Achieving optimal efficiencies for nanoengines

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- "There's a lot of recent interest in understanding the functioning and optimal performance of small systems," Katja Lindenberg tells PhysOrg.com. Lindenberg is a scientist in the Department of Chemistry and Bi ...





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NEC Integrates NanoBridge in the Cu Interconnects of Si LSI

NEC Integrates NanoBridge in the Cu Interconnects of Si LSI

Technology / Semiconductors

created 19 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

NEC Corporation, in collaboration with the National Institute of Materials Science, today announced the successful integration of NanoBridge, a solid electrolyte non-volatile crossbar switch, in Cu interconnects ...


New structure could produce efficient semiconductor laser sources

New structure could produce efficient semiconductor laser sources

Physics / General Physics

created 20 hours ago | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have achieved a nanoscale laser structure they anticipate will produce semiconductor lasers in the next two years that are more than twice as efficient ...


Researcher studying ways to handle huge quantities of biomass

Researcher studying ways to handle huge quantities of biomass

Technology / Energy

created 21 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- As scientists scramble to develop ways to generate enormous amounts of energy from cleaner-burning, renewable fuels to replace coal and oil, promising agricultural crops such as switchgrass ...


Pandemic toolkit offers flu with a view

Pandemic toolkit offers flu with a view

Technology / Computer Sciences

created 22 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As communities brace for rising wintertime influenza cases, scientists are developing a mathematical and visual analytic toolkit to help health officials quickly analyze pandemics and craft ...


How categories and environment create satisfied and well-informed consumers

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created 22 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Expert consumers like to be surprised by unusual product formats, while novices crave familiarity, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.


Going vertical: Fleeing tsunamis by moving up, not out

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 23 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In the minutes after a strong earthquake struck offshore of the Indonesian city of Padang on Sept. 30, fears of a tsunami prompted hundreds of thousands of residents to evacuate the coastal city. Or try to.


Virtual testing gives lightweight planes lift-off

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Monash University aeronautical engineers are working with the world's leading aerospace company to fast-track the design and construction of a new generation of super lightweight and efficient passenger airplanes.


Ethanol-powered vehicles generate more ozone than gas-powered ones

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 4

Ethanol, often promoted as a clean-burning, renewable fuel that could help wean the nation from oil, would likely worsen health problems caused by ozone, compared with gasoline, especially in winter, according to a new study ...


Gas improves blood flow and organ status during minimally invasive surgery

Medicine & Health / Research

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

As good as laparoscopy is in preventing some of the stresses of open surgery on the body, it does have drawbacks, including reduced blood flow and organ dysfunction. Laparoscopy is a type of surgery in the abdomen done through ...


World's mayors tackle climate change on their own (AP)

World's mayors tackle climate change on their own

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- It isn't easy getting Italy's city dwellers out of their Fiats, off their Vespa scooters and onto bicycles to ride to work, "like here in Copenhagen," says an Italian environmental official.



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