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A team of experts believes that thermal computers would be a lot more energy-efficient than current devices in this class. They say that the new electronics would run on heat, rather than the flow of electrons through a circuit.
In modern computers, heat is the main problems. As processors and other components are ... |
14 May 2012
05:31 GMT |
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It’s clear that HDD capacity is still in high demand and the demand will only grow in the following years. That’s why profit mongering HDD company Western Digital has reportedly discussed new technologies to increase the capacities and performance of its products, yesterday at a conference in Vienna, Aust... |
10 May 2012
09:22 GMT |
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Dark-colored, rocky, bare and dry areas on Earth are the places where the highest temperatures are recorded. Though one may be tempted to think that deserts are the hottest places around, this is simply not the case. Now, experts suggest that we should make cities less dark-colored.
When seen from above, our larges... |
20 April 2012
03:41 GMT |
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Though discovered only about 7 years ago, graphene is already being touted as the most significant material to be discovered over the last century. In a new study, experts have shown that it can be used to cool electronics that can produce a lot of heat, with great efficiency.
By creating a copper-graphene composite... |
9 April 2012
11:00 GMT |
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While previous investigations of the role oceans play in controlling Earth's climate were mostly focused on the North Atlantic Ocean, a new investigation suggests that the Southern Ocean may play a very important role in this as well.
Oceans are very important because they act as conveyors, transporting heat, ... |
28 February 2012
08:14 GMT |
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Fans of heist movies and high-powered weaponry might soon have something to celebrate after suggestions that developer Gearbox has the rights to create a video game based on Heat movie, starring Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino.
Randy Pitchford, who is the leader of the development team at Gearbox, has told GameInformer ... |
20 February 2012
07:11 GMT |
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Investigators at the University of York Department of Physics led an international collaboration of researchers who recently announced the development of an improved method for magnetic recording. The achievement could be used to develop very advanced hard drives, as well as other devices. Information stored on suc... |
8 February 2012
05:38 GMT |
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Not every preservation campaign has a happy ending, or enthusiastic participants, for that matter. This seems to be the case of the Ansford Academy in Castle Cary, Somerset, whose efforts of minimizing its ecological footprint has attracted the anger of hundreds of parents.
Apparently, the school's headmaster,... |
6 December 2011
09:36 GMT |
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M-Therm defines itself as a company launching “forward-looking”, and “future-proof” products. Its Comfort-Heating materials provide an efficient answer for our desire to explore energy-efficient tricks and trips, in order to save more than a few dollars and minimize our carbon footprint.
M-Th... |
21 November 2011
08:40 GMT |
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A team of engineers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) announces that it finally manged to crack the mystery of one of the most curious materials in the world. Scandium trifluoride (ScF3) is part of a class of materials that contracts when heated.
Generally, basic physics teaches us that materials ... |
7 November 2011
06:08 GMT |
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Astrophysicists believe that extrasolar planets located in regions dense in dark matter could represent the last bastion life can occupy as the Universe grows old. Scientists say that these objects remain warm even if they are not accompanied by a parent star. Dark matter alone is enough to heat them. Therefore, tril... |
24 October 2011
05:49 GMT |
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New generations of nanomaterials could be used to harvest more energy out of the wasted heat many electrical devices and industrial processes create. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) scientists have recently developed such a material, which they say works in a very efficient manner.
Waste heat appears wherev... |
28 September 2011
09:31 GMT |
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According to a new scientific investigation, it would appear that global warming will continue to increase mean temperatures on Earth throughout this century. However, the study also indicates that the effect may stall at times, influenced by the deep ocean and other factors.
Investigators determined that tempera... |
19 September 2011
04:38 GMT |
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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Cambridge, announce the creation of a new type of photovoltaic device, that relies solely on heat to create electricity, rather than sunlight.Though it may seem like a stretch to associate the term photovoltaic to any technology not having to do with ... |
28 July 2011
11:02 GMT |
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Heat emanating from within our planet is responsible for moving continents, generating new landmasses, destroying tectonic plates, and allowing for the existence of a defensive shield in the atmosphere. Now, a team of experts takes a closer look at Earth's primary heat source.In past investigations, geologists d... |
18 July 2011
05:32 GMT |
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The results of a new scientific investigation appear to indicate that pavements and a high degree of urbanization in general can facilitate the accumulation of pollutants above and within cities. This is done by changing weather and local climate patterns by small, but significant margins, experts behind the new work... |
8 June 2011
05:43 GMT |
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In a interesting new research, experts were able to establish that sphere of different temperatures travel though liquids at different speeds. Such a discovery could have tremendous implications for the way submarines are built, and for how they move through water.
Using high-speed cameras, investigators were abl... |
4 June 2011
04:08 GMT |
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A collaboration of researchers in the United States has recently finished developing a new thermal control system for electronics that will enable future devices to exceed current heat limitations. When devising an electronic circuit, the golden rule is that increased complexity requires more electricity to operate. ... |
27 May 2011
03:30 GMT |
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A scientist in the United States announces the development of a new device, which is capable of harvesting up to 90 percent of the energy contained in available sunlight. The innovation could make its way to the market in as little as 5 years, its creator explains.This is a remarkable achievement, analysts say, given... |
17 May 2011
03:51 GMT |
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In a new study, experts found massive currents of water affecting the coasts of Brazil, in South America. The formations, resembling giant Frisbees as seen from satellite, are produced by the interactions of larger, already-known currents passing through the area.
According to experts, these disks of water influe... |
2 April 2011
06:38 GMT |
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A group of astronomers has recently learned that the south pole region of the moon Enceladus is emanating a lot more heat energy than Earth's most active geologic hot spot, the Yellowstone Volcano. This is completely unexpected, especially considering that the average temperatures on the Saturnine moon are aroun... |
8 March 2011
14:31 GMT |
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A team of experts from the Texas A&M University proposes that human activities continuously influence the development and behavior of clouds, which in turn contributes to amplifying the climate change our planet is experiencing.
The researchers explain that we may be entering a vicious circle from which there is ... |
11 December 2010
03:46 GMT |
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MIT researchers have revealed the way that a molecule discovered in 1996, called fulvalene diruthenium, can store and release the sun's heat on demand, opening the way to a new approach of obtaining and storing heat and energy.Storing thermal energy in chemical is a major step ahead in terms of portability and ... |
26 October 2010
06:29 GMT |
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Laser pulse fights wrinkles and rejuvenates the skin, a new research carried out by Susanne Dams at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) has shown.Dermatologists and beauticians already use laser treatment, and for a while now, but the impact on the skin and the underlying processes have not been fully investiga... |
22 October 2010
06:34 GMT |
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A team of experts from California announces that it manage to improve silicon-based thermoelectric materials to such an extent, that they are now able to harvest waste heat energy.The accomplishment is tremendously important, researchers say, given that it could lead to the creation of devices that can convert heat f... |
4 October 2010
03:27 GMT |
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In a finding that could lead to the development of highly-efficient thermoelectric devices, researchers in the United States managed to produce a new type of nanomesh material.The new meshes are made out of silicon, which is one of the most abundant chemicals on our planet, and they could make existing thermoelectric... |
24 September 2010
02:24 GMT |
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The movement of the Earth's molten interior could play a very important role in sea level change in the past 2 to 20 million years, according to an Australian scientist.Geophysicist Professor Dietmar Müller from University of Sydney says that sea levels vary depending on Earth's natural processes that ... |
14 August 2010
03:29 GMT |
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Windows that allow light and heat levels adjusting are already available but Soladigm, the producing company, aims at making these "electrochromic" windows a lot cheaper and thus more affordable for home and office buildings use.Having a large scale utilization of this type of windows is a good way of reducing heatin... |
13 August 2010
09:45 GMT |
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New studies conducted by NASA and group of US universities shows that a clear correlation exist between people's socioeconomic status ant their vulnerability to hot weather and extreme heat.The discovery was made by experts at the American space agency's Johnson Space Center (JSC), in Houston, Texas, who co... |
12 August 2010
03:54 GMT |
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One of the major problems associated with electrical wires is the fact that they lose a lot of energy through their coatings. Most of the times, this lost power is radiated as heat, which explains why circuits and wires get warm, and sometimes even melt. Engineers and physicists have been working for a long time on m... |
13 May 2010
10:39 GMT |
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Research groups around the world have over the years become aware of the fact that cancer tumors are vulnerable to the effects of moderate and high heat. But the issue with this was that scientists had no way of making good use of this information, even if they knew an approach would work. In other words, they were l... |
11 March 2010
16:01 GMT |
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Experts have recently identified a never-before-seen phenomenon inside carbon nanotubes, which manifests itself through powerful waves of electricity being discharged from carbon nanotubes. The team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers that found this strange occurrence named the phenomenon ther... |
8 March 2010
05:03 GMT |
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Physicists announce in a new study that they were able to prove experimentally that thermal fluctuations occurring randomly in magnetic memories can actually be put to good use. Generally, heat is regarded as the main enemy of these forms of computer memory, but the research group showed that their influence could be... |
1 March 2010
09:54 GMT |
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Many studies have demonstrated over the past few years that cities tend to be hotter than their surrounding landscape, with the temperature difference situated at around two or three degrees Celsius. This is what is generally referred to as the urban heat island effect, as cities resemble hot spots when viewed from s... |
22 February 2010
06:47 GMT |
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If you’re the kind of person that likes to push things to their limit, why not spend a dollar on the Pocket Heat app from the folks at HAL Apps, LLC? Sure, it may not work as expected, but the company’s goal is to return a percentage of proceeds to charitable organizations such as the JDRF, ADA, the Ameri... |
6 January 2010
09:29 GMT |
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According to a new set of pieces of evidence, it may be that the asteroid that is thought to have hit our planet more than 65 million years ago, extinguishing most dinosaur species, did not cause widespread fires, as first thought. The data seems to suggest that the impact simply caused our planet's surface to b... |
8 December 2009
04:08 GMT |
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At this point, there are only a handful of methods to clear a road that has been covered with snow. There is the old-fashioned way, which involves you going out there with a shovel. Or you could wait for the snow plough or the salt truck. If you live in specific countries, your government may have already installed h... |
2 December 2009
07:00 GMT |
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Scientists have been trying to produce metallic nanoparticles able to withstand large temperatures for a long time, but their efforts have thus far been in vein. These small structures could come in handy as catalysts for hydrogen production, or as active components in new catalysts systems, which might see cars emit... |
1 December 2009
06:01 GMT |
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Texas A&M University Physics Professor Jairo Sinova believes that he may have discovered a novel way of keeping laptop temperatures low, while also giving information technology a new and unique twist. According to the expert, the instances in which your laptop is simply too hot to sit on your lap may soon become... |
30 October 2009
06:50 GMT |
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Most people know that being in the heat can be bad for their health, and that is why they usually drink water before they go outside in the Sun, and take some with them as well. But have you ever met a person that drinks about seven liters of water before going out? Of course not, because it's nearly impossible.... |
28 October 2009
09:45 GMT |
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The fly-by technique is a very common one for spacecraft, as they depart from the Earth to other destinations inside the solar system, or beyond. In order to limit the amount of fuel these probes carry, they are set on trajectories that bring them very close to a planet or other celestial body, but without being capt... |
13 October 2009
05:42 GMT |
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Two researchers recently proposed in the journal Renewable Energy that mine shafts about to be abandoned could be used to extract alternative thermal energy from the ground, helping meet local towns' power demands even after the coal yield became insufficient to keep the mine open. The internal heat of the Earth... |
27 July 2009
10:49 GMT |
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Over the past two weeks, it has been revealed that Apple’s iPhone 3G S suffers from overheating issues. Perhaps not all handsets are faulty, but, certainly, the issue exists with some devices, several reports have confirmed. White iPhone 3G S models, for example, get so hot that the plastic case on the back tur... |
1 July 2009
06:48 GMT |
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Despite the fact that the concept of dark matter has no yet been directly proven, and no amount of it has ever been studied, researchers at the Durham University have recently proposed that the formation of the Milky Way is largely favored by the fact that it was immersed in a large cloud of the elusive matter. That ... |
1 July 2009
05:30 GMT |
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Studying the temperature and heat conductivity patterns that exist under the Earth's crust, some 30 to 40 kilometers beneath our feet, is not an easy task, mostly because of the way rocks influence each other when subjected to high temperatures. Heat is transmitted from one to the other not only through contact,... |
31 March 2009
04:54 GMT |
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How would you like it if you paid a lot less for your energy bill, while the ambient light in your house dimmed or increased depending on your needs or on the time of the day, as well as change color, and last longer without the need of replacement? If this sounds good to you, you should know that this is not just a ... |
18 December 2008
05:47 GMT |
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Global warming, the term that has become so worrying as of late, represents an obvious imbalance between the energy flow and the energy generation in the global climate, which is a result of humans' greenhouse gas emissions and increased releases of heat caused by the energy usage process. The latter concept has... |
8 December 2008
17:51 GMT |
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The mission performed by the Indian Space Research Agency (ISRO)'s spacecraft, Chandrayaan-1, currently orbiting the Moon is carrying on very well so far. It has already successfully launched an impacting probe to the lunar surface and has sent the first pictures and scientific data collected back to Earth. But ... |
28 November 2008
08:46 GMT |
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Found in the Rio Colorado region of Argentina, the fossilized remains of a dinosaur called Aerosteon Riocoloradensis may aid scientists track the evolution of birds' breathing systems.Jeffrey Wilson and his team of paleontologists from the University of Michigan took part in dinosaur specialist Paul Sereno'... |
1 October 2008
08:54 GMT |
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Halogen light bulbs are incandescent lamps with construction and operation roughly similar to the classical light bulbs. They are generally much smaller than their 'cousins', have increased lifetimes and are able to produce high light outputs with elevated color temperatures, as opposed to all other types o... |
30 July 2008
09:09 GMT |
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