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The Audi e-tron concept car

The Audi e-tron concept electric car

Technology / Energy

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (21) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Audi has unveiled its new electric car concept, the Audi e-tron at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany.


Quantum Levitation

Researchers see exotic force for first time

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (28) | comments 17

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, researchers have measured a long-theorized force that operates at distances so tiny they’re measured in billionths of a meter, which may have important applications in ...


Detecting tiny twists with a nanomachine

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 02, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Researchers at Boston University working with collaborators in Germany, France and Korea have developed a nanoscale torsion resonator that measures miniscule amounts of twisting or torque in a metallic nanowire. This device, ...


New Speed Record for Magnetic Memories

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 18, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (22) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An experiment carried out at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) has realized spin torque switching of a nanomagnet as fast as the fundamental speed limit allows. Using this so-called ballistic ...





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Lightweight electric motor on track

Lightweight electric motor on track

Technology / Engineering

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (25) | comments 11

A lightweight electric motor designed by Oxford University engineers is to power a new four-seat coupé, with track tests scheduled for the end of 2009.


Renesas, Grandis to Collaborate on Development of 65 nm MRAM Employing Spin Torque Transfer

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created Dec 01, 2005 | popularity 3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Renesas Technology and Grandis, Inc. have agreed to collaborate on the development of 65 nm process MRAM (Magnetic Random Access Memory) employing spin torque transfer writing technology. Renesas Technology will start to ...


Full speed ahead: High-temperature superconductors ensure efficient propulsion in all-electric ships

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 11, 2007 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (17) | comments 0

Researchers from Siemens have developed a new type of propulsion motor for all-electric ships (AES). The synchronous machine is part of an electric propulsion system based on high temperature superconducting technology (HTS). ...


TUNAMOS project uses magnetic nano-oscillator to solve limitations of integrated oscillators in wireless devices

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created Aug 02, 2005 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The project "TUnable NAno-Magnetic OScillators for integrated transceiver applications" aims at demonstrating the breakthrough concept spin torque in a nano-scale microwave integrated oscillator for application in wireless ...


Lane departure warning systems help drowsy drivers avoid crashes

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 17, 2006 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Four driver warning systems that may help those who fall asleep at the wheel were recently tested and evaluated by human factors/ergonomics (HF/E) researchers at Ford Motor Company.


Artist's impression of the bacterial flagellar motor. Credit: Akihiko Ishijima.

Bacterial motors could inspire nanotechnology

Nanotechnology /

created Feb 20, 2006 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (21) | comments 0

An Oxford University physicist sees the future of nanotechnology in the workings of one of Nature's tiniest motors, that which allows some bacteria to swim by rotating slender filaments known as flagella.


Innovative Tools for an Out-of-This-World Job

Innovative Tools for an Out-of-This-World Job

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 24, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Think of the average handyman, who relies on a standard set of tools -- screw drivers, socket wrenches, power drills -- to get the job done.


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Cars that Run on Cow Power?

Technology / Energy

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Race cars have long provided a testing ground for driving technology that we eventually see in passenger cars on the road. To this end, an engineering team in Lancashire, England, is hoping ...


Magnetic mixing creates quite a stir

Magnetic mixing creates quite a stir (w/ Video)

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Sandia researchers have developed a process that can mix tiny volumes of liquid, even in complicated spaces.


Brabus Ultimate High Voltage

Introducing the Brabus High Voltage Car

Technology / Energy

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (21) | comments 20

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Ultimate High Voltage Concept electric car has been unveiled by Brabus at the Frankfurt Motor show in Germany. The sporty little car is a new model incorporating the Brabus Smart ED (Electric ...



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