Queens University experts now have the chance to build something that few other research facilities can boast having – their very own nuclear material testing facility. Thanks to a $6.9-million grant from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI), the scientists will now be able to build a test reactor, in w... |
25 June 2009
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A real breakthrough has been made by a team of scientists in the field of solar energy converters. The new discovery is a fuel cell that, for the first time, surpassed the 40% efficiency milestone, the highest efficiency achieved for any photovoltaic device.Using a new technology that combines several innovations to... |
25 July 2007
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A new bionic robot arm, built to operate in extreme environments or in repetitive operations, was inspired by the extremely agile elephant trunk and is able to perform extremely delicate operations, without any risk of harming a human being, by completely eliminating the possibility of uncontrolled movements.The tru... |
9 July 2007
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For the past century, mankind reached an unprecedented degree of development that would made our ancestors consider us wizards. Technological breakthroughs are in the news everyday, new materials are created that almost defy logic, if not the laws of physics.However, nature keeps surprising us when we least expect i... |
3 July 2007
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The terrorist attacks have made the whole world see the real threat of international terrorism in a different light. Researchers from many countries have concentrated their efforts on the development of methods and special equipment by means of which it will be possible to detect explosive objects in advance or to ... |
2 July 2007
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Peanut butter is a favorite breakfast and snack for many Americans, and not only for them. The food paste, made primarily from ground roasted peanuts, with or without added oil, was first used by the Pre-Columbian peoples of Mexico, who used it as a base for various "moles", meaning sauces.Now, a team of scientists p... |
30 June 2007
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Ferrari is a name that needs no further presentation. It's the symbol of sports cars, the car maker than imposed red as official color of any respectable supercar, and it's a dream ride for any car enthusiast in the world.Owning a Ferrari is more than a description of your bank account, it's a stateme... |
30 June 2007
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Mushrooms, the fleshy spore-bearing fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources, are good on pizza and even for getting high. Indoor, the ones growing on the walls are considered harmful and inaesthetic and make a bad impression on visitors.Not anymore. A group of young ... |
25 June 2007
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Magnetocaloric materials are a new class of materials, designed for magnetic refrigeration, that use the magnetocaloric effect to attain extremely low temperatures (well below 1 kelvin), as well as the ranges used in common refrigerators, depending on the design of the system.The magnetocaloric effect is a magneto-t... |
20 June 2007
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Some of the oldest buildings have curious design solutions to help them defy gravity, like the arches. Modern architects should learn old tricks, since according to modern regulations, such buildings should have collapsed a long time ago.But they didn't. In 1675, Robert Hooke, an English polymath who played an ... |
17 May 2007
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