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Panasonic Starts Mass-Production of High-Capacity 3.1 Ah Lithium-ion Battery

Technology / Energy

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Panasonic Corporation developed a 18650-type high-capacity 3.1 Ah lithium-ion battery and began mass production of the battery this December. The new 3.1 Ah battery has a nickel positive electrode and an energy density of ...


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Peckish bird briefly downs big atom smasher

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (16) | comments 22

A peckish bird briefly knocked out part of the world's biggest atom smasher by causing a chain reaction with a piece of bread, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said Monday.


The Medical Minute: Putting the freeze on abnormal heart beats

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In some people, the heart has a tendency to race due to abnormal electrical signals that tell the heart muscle when to contract. Abnormal electrical activation of the heart with changes in the rate or regular ...


Phoenix to Bake Ice-Rich Sample Next Week

Phoenix to Bake Ice-Rich Sample Next Week

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 03, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The next sample delivered to NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA) will be ice-rich.





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Got smell? Research shows that accurate taste perception relies on a functioning olfactory system

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created 3 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As anyone suffering through a head cold knows, food tastes wrong when the nose is clogged, an experience that leads many to conclude that the sense of taste operates normally only when the olfactory system is also in good ...


Accelerators and Light Sources of Tomorrow (Part 2: Accelerating with Light)

Accelerators and Light Sources of Tomorrow (Part 2: Accelerating with Light)

Physics / General Physics

created 4 hours ago | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Accelerators are far from achieving the highest energies their builders aspire to, but size and cost may limit the kinds of facilities funding agencies can support. In the future, new kinds of machines will ...


Part 1: From Linacs to Lasers: Accelerators and Light Sources of Tomorrow

Accelerators and Light Sources of Tomorrow (Part 1: From Linacs to Lasers)

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created 4 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

From their humble beginnings as offshoots of the ordinary electric light bulb, particle accelerators have evolved in surprising directions. Among the most productive and promising developments have been light ...


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Court bans sale of Word; Microsoft promises fix

Technology / Software

created 4 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

(AP) -- A federal appeals court ordered Microsoft Corp. to stop selling its Word program in January and pay a Canadian software company $290 million for violating a patent, upholding the judgment of a lower ...


Australian fossil unlocks secrets to the origin of whales

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created 4 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Museum Victoria palaeobiologist Dr Erich Fitzgerald has made new groundbreaking discoveries into the origin of baleen whales, based on a 25 million year old fossil found near Torquay in Victoria.


Formation of the Gulf of Corinth rift, Greece

Formation of the Gulf of Corinth rift, Greece

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 5 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study of the structure and evolution of the Gulf of Corinth rift in central Greece will increase scientific understanding of rifted margin development and the tectonic mechanisms underlying seafloor spreading ...


Glitter-sized solar photovoltaics produce competitive results

Glitter-sized solar photovoltaics produce competitive results

Technology / Energy

created 5 hours ago | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 0

Sandia National Laboratories scientists have developed tiny glitter-sized photovoltaic cells that could revolutionize the way solar energy is collected and used.


Is nicotinamide overload a trigger for type 2 diabetes?

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created 6 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Facing the increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes worldwide in the past few decades, one may ask what is wrong with humans. Geneticists tell us that the human genome has not changed markedly in such a short time. Therefore, ...


Police service faces unprecedented challenges amid global recession

Other Sciences / Economics

created 7 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The issues are raised in a new Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) publication - What is policing for? Examining the impact and implications of contemporary policing intervention. The publication which highlights ...


Researchers crack part of the neuronal code

Researchers crack part of the neuronal code

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created 10 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Prostheses for paralysed patients, communication with patients who have lost all capacity for normal communication - the hopes for modern brain research are high. However, such brain-machine ...



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