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China rapidly catching up in research impact

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Data from a recent Thomson Reuters study show that Chinese research output has increased from just over 20,000 papers in 1998 to nearly 112,000 in 2008.


Fujitsu Succeeds in World's First Operation of 100W-Class Amplifiers Employing Carbon Nanotubes for Next-Generation Mobile Base

Fujitsu Announces World's First Operation of 100W-Class Amplifiers Employing Carbon Nanotubes

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Fujitsu Laboratories today announced that, using carbon nanotubes as heat-dissipation material in amplifier transistors, Fujitsu has become the first to achieve the successful operation of high-frequency, ...


Researchers demonstrate 100-watt-level mid-infrared lasers

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Northwestern University researchers have achieved a breakthrough in quantum cascade laser output power, delivering 120 watts from a single device at room temperature.


Recession may be over, but recovery will be gradual

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the severe national recession of the past two years finally behind us, the pace of economic recovery will be slow and unemployment will remain high for quite some time, say economists at the University ...


Lasers put a shine on metals

Lasers put a shine on metals

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Polishing metal surfaces is a demanding but monotonous task, and it is difficult to find qualified young specialists. Polishing machines do not represent an adequate alternative because they ...


University research worth $187 billion over 12 years, group says

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In what it calls a first-of-its-kind study, the nation's leading biotechnology trade group this week put a dollar figure on the value of university-driven research, asserting that economic output grew $187 billion from 1996-2007 ...


Sharp's New Semiconductor Laser for Triple- and Quadruple- Layer Blu-ray Discs

Sharp's New Semiconductor Laser for Triple- and Quadruple- Layer Blu-ray Discs

Technology / Semiconductors

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sharp Corporation has announced the development of a new 500 mW semiconductor laser for triple- and quadruple- layer Blu-ray discs.


Handheld 3M digital projector offers glimpse of the future

Handheld 3M digital projector offers glimpse of the future

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 1

You probably shouldn't buy the MPro120 handheld digital projector from 3M. But you should definitely be excited about it.


Satellite data explains vanishing India groundwater

Satellite data explains vanishing India groundwater

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using satellite data, UC Irvine and NASA hydrologists have found that groundwater beneath northern India has been receding by as much as 1 foot per year over the past decade - and they believe ...


Study finds rapid growth in health costs hurts economic performance of US industries

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A first-of-its-kind RAND Corporation study has linked the rapid growth in health care costs in the United States with job losses and lower output among industries that commonly provide workers with health insurance.


National Semiconductor Introduces Industry's Lowest-Noise Frequency Synthesizer

National Semiconductor Introduces Industry's Lowest-Noise Frequency Synthesizer

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

National Semiconductor today announced the industry’s lowest-noise, fully integrated frequency synthesizer. The PowerWise LMX2541 provides less than 2 milli-radians (mrad) root-mean-square (rms) noise at 2.1 ...


Cutting greenhouse gases could grow the economy

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (10) | comments 1

Over £14 ($23) billion more in products and services could be produced in Northern Ireland's economy each year if greenhouse gas producing resources were used as efficiently as they are in the rest of the UK, a research group ...


Nanoparticle Scattering Improves Laser Performance

Nanoparticle Scattering Improves Laser Performance

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- “Light scattering” and “optical performance” are two concepts that usually head in opposite directions, but they have recently been shown to walk happily hand-in-hand. The results are impressive ...


Under the weather: Early-life rainfall has lasting effect on Indonesian women

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Indonesian women born into rural communities in rainy years grow taller, stay in school longer and live in households with greater wealth than women born in years with lower rainfall, a new University of ...


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.