Scientists at the North Carolina State University have recently developed a new kind of memory material that is apparently able to store the data equivalent of more than 20 high-definition DVDs, or roughly 250 million pages of text. The innovation, which far exceeds existing memory capacities, was obtained from a mag... |
21 October 2009
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Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) have recently announced the development of a new, innovative type of ceramic that, apparently, has the ability to be a major contributor to improving the hydrogen-fuel cell battery technology and bring about the new era of all-electric cars. The new mat... |
13 October 2009
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When analyzing the risks associated with spaceflight, the landing and taking-off of a spacecraft are the essential moments. All the things that can go wrong at a launch will do so, and it's the job of engineers to ensure that the crews are safe. However, the landing sequence is highly complex, and arguably the m... |
28 September 2009
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Experts from the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS, in Dresden, Germany, have just created a new type of particle filter that is circle-shaped. Although this may not seem like much, their creation will help vehicle users save a lot of money when they will install particle filters on their... |
26 June 2009
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A new archaeological dating technique could become as useful for dating ceramic materials as carbon dating has become for testing organic materials over the years. By using two of the basic elements on Earth, water and fire, a research team from the University of Manchester managed to devise a new process to determin... |
20 May 2009
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A new design, devised by Haim Abramovich, a developer at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, may hold the key to harnessing the power of moving vehicles to create electricity, he says. Piezoelectric crystals could be used to absorb heavy traffic and convert a 1 kilometer stretch of highway i... |
11 December 2008
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The end result of the latest research, led by scientist Robert Ritchie, conducted at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, belonging to the US Department of Energy, is a ceramic compound, which mimics the structure of nacre (commonly known as mother-of-pearl) with a ceramic compound that is more than 300 times s... |
6 December 2008
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Microwave ovens heat up food by generating an electromagnetic wave with an alternating electric component. As the wave interacts with molecules of water in the food, having a positive charge at one end and a negative one at the other, it forces them to rotate and align with the electric field. At the same time, other... |
17 July 2008
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Although first discovered nearly one century ago, superconductivity is still mostly a mystery when it comes to materials such as copper oxides and high temperature superconductors. However, while low temperature superconductors do not present too much importance regarding every day life applications, high temperature... |
14 July 2008
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Yttria-stabilized zirconia is a well known ceramic material revealed lately as being able to repair defects within its structure, while under the action of high-radiation levels. Computer simulations carried out at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory showed that the structure of the material can be altered at t... |
21 April 2008
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Superconducting materials levitating into strong magnetic field probably stand for the first image to come to mind when mentioning superconductivity and magnetism. No wonder! In all likelihood, it is the effect that has the longest list of possible applications. The superconductivity phenomenon involves cooling mater... |
14 January 2008
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Research in the field of artificial fibers have boosted in the last years and aim to create new and improved artificial replacements for natural materials that not only have the same properties, but also present artificial enhancements to benefit the clothing industry and other branches.An international science and ... |
22 May 2007
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