News tagged with thermal stress

Researchers develop unique combination of elements for thermal nanotape

Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) and researchers from Stanford University have developed a novel combination of elements that yields a unique nanostructure material for packaging. This advance should allow longer ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 24, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Global warming slows coral growth in Red Sea

In a pioneering use of computed tomography (CT) scans, scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have discovered that carbon dioxide (CO2)-induced global warming is in the process of killing ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 15, 2010 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (9) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Self-healing polymer 'starfish' prolong lifetime of automotive oils

Researchers have created self-healing polymers that could extend the lifetime of automotive oils. These polymers are suitable to add to lubricants and could maintain the physical properties of engine oils for longer, they ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Jan 29, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Coral bleaching increases chances of coral disease

Mass coral bleaching has devastated coral colonies around the world for almost three decades. Now scientists have found that bleaching can make corals more susceptible to disease and, in turn, coral disease ...

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Panasonic Develops High Efficiency CRT Recycling Technology Using Laser

Panasonic has developed a recycling technology using laser beams to separate the front panel and back part (funnel) of a cathode ray tube (CRT) used in TV sets.

Technology / Other

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

Of traffic jams, beach sands and the zero-temperature jamming transition

Researchers in condensed matter physics at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Chicago have created an experimental and computer model to study how jamming, the physical process in which collections of particles ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0