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Laser Deposition Welding And Milling In A Single Machine
Improving the productivity of machining processes is one of the basic requirements in every machine-tool engineering specification. Researchers in Germany have integrated a laser module into the tool station of...
New theory of adiabaticity developed
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. and French scientists say they've developed a new understanding of a process called adiabaticity that's used to control atoms in magnetic...
Q&A: Clean technologies with Yvo de Boer
Yvo de Boer, the UN climate chief, speaks to SciDev.Net about getting clean technology into the developing world.
Stephen Hawking accepts Canadian post
Cosmologist Stephen Hawking has accepted a research post with the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario.
Renewable energy source inspired by fish
Device exploits vortices generated by slow-moving currents
China's Energy Demand Increases Global Pressure to Seek Out New Sources
China`s escalating energy consumption places increasing stress on the world`s energy prices, leading to mounting global pressures to seek potential energy supplies through technology and exploration.
Gas pump made of minerals has no moving parts
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered that a type of hard mineral called zeolite can provide a high rate of gas flow in a micro-scale gas pump. Because the pump is...
Fast Molecular Rearrangements Hold Key To Plastic’s Toughness
Researchers report that subjecting a common plastic to physical stress - which causes the plastic to flow - also dramatically increases the motion of the material's constituent molecules, with molecular...
'The Photon Force Is With Us': Harnessing Light To Drive Nanomachines
Science fiction writers have long envisioned sailing a spacecraft by the optical force of the sun's light. But, the forces of sunlight are too weak to fill even the oversized...
Elusive cation caught in a cage
The highly reactive germanium dication trapped naked inside a cryptand
Sharp, Enel to tie-up in solar power
Japan's Sharp Corp. said Thursday it would team up with Italian utility Enel to develop solar power plants in the Mediterranean region, seeking to cash in on growing interest in...
The Perfect Nanoballoon: How Ultrathin 'Graphene' Carbon Sheets Keep Everything Inside
Airtight containers are not always so airtight. As any child will discover the day after a birthday party, even a tightly tied helium balloon will leak its gas out over...
Virginia freezes crab licenses
RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Virginia says it plans to refuse crab license renewals for 800 fishermen who did not catch any crabs between 2004 and 2007.
Mother of Pearl Secret Revealed
(PhysOrg.com) -- In addition to its iridescent beauty, mother of pearl, or nacre, the inner lining of the shells of abalone, mussels and certain other mollusks, is also renowned for...
Researchers Report New Record for Wireless Base Station Power Amplifiers
(PhysOrg.com) -- When consumers use their cell phones, reception can depend on the strength of the signals coming to and from wireless base stations. Those base stations in turn depend...
Bryostatin synthesis made simple
Atom economy drastically shortens route to promising anti-cancer compound
Un-masking a faster solution for chip-making
(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed a promising solution to ‘mask-less` semiconductor lithography and generated intense interest among major industry players.
A carbon-neutral way to power your home
(PhysOrg.com) -- A super-efficient system that has the potential to power, heat and cool homes across the UK is being developed at Newcastle University.
Using Invisibility To Increase Visibility
Research into the development of invisibility devices has spurred two physicists' thought on the behavior of light to overcome the seemingly intractable problem of optical singularities which could soon lead...
Stirred, not struck: New riveting process from GKSS
Intensive research into new processes and materials is carried out in the transport industry and in aircraft manufacturing with the objective of reducing the weights of vehicles and airplanes. The...
Researchers create polymer solar cells with higher efficiency levels
Currently, solar cells are difficult to handle, expensive to purchase and complicated to install. The hope is that consumers will one day be able to buy solar cells from their...
Precise Measurement Of Phenomenon Advances Solar Cell Understanding
Researchers have shed light on a basic process that could improve future solar cells. They have now directly measured the rate of hole transfer between identical porphyrin compounds in their...
New Filtering Technology Has Environmental, Industrial Applications
Materials engineers have created a new type of membrane that separates oil from water and, if perfected, might be used for environmental cleanup, water purification and industrial applications.
Fuel claims polarise opinion
A scheme to boost fuel economy by reducing viscosity has met with scepticism from academics
Turn off an idle computer, or leave it running?
Q. Sometimes a day or two can pass without anyone using our desktop computer. Should we leave it on or turn it off? Do we extend the life of the...
Elpida Completes Development of 50nm Process DDR3 SDRAM
Elpida Memory, Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), today announced that it has completed development of a 50nm process DDR3 SDRAM. The new DRAM product features...
Vatican goes green with solar panel roof
The Vatican began its conversion to renewable energy system Wednesday with the inauguration of an array of solar panels on a key building.
Beamline bonanza for Japanese researchers
A proton-accelerator complex will incorporate one of the world's most intense pulsed neutron sources.