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Scientists find safer ways to detect uranium minerals
The threat of 'dirty' bombs and plans to use nuclear power as an energy source have driven Queensland University of Technology scientists to discover a new, safer way of detecting radioative contamination in the ground.   view more (2006-11-22)

Jules Verne ATV given its 'wings'
The next time Jules Verne ATV's four solar arrays are fully deployed, giving the vehicle a total span of 22.3 m, will be in early 2008, at 28 000 km/h over the South Pacific Ocean.   view more (2007-12-03)

Study: Elderly Women Can Increase Strength But Still Risk Falls
Elderly women can increase muscle strength as much as young women can, a new study from the University of New Hampshire finds, indicating that decline in muscle function is less a natural part of the aging process than due to a decline in physical activity.   view more (2008-10-24)

New Milestone in Fuel Cell Development - Double World Record with the SOFC
Scientists at Research Centre Juelich report an important step forward in the international race to develop efficient high-temperature fuel cells. A fuel cell stack put into operation in mid April consisting of just 40 single planar cells delivered a power of 9.2 kilowatts at an average operating... view more (2002-06-11)

Rethinking what men and women want in a partner
When it comes to romantic attraction men primarily are motivated by good looks and women by earning power. At least that's what men and women have been saying for a long time. Based on research that dates back several decades, the widely accepted notion permeates popular culture today.   view more (2008-02-14)

Flower power
A plastic "energy flower'' that collects solar and wind energy that can then be used to power appliances in the home for free has won a Northumbria University student a top award. Paul Richardson, a third year design student, won a £1,750 Design International Attachment Award from the... view more (2002-05-24)

New advances in detection and identification technology from Oxford University
Increasingly, industry demands technologies that enable detection and identification of targets, ranging from information for traffic tolling and airspace management to patient supervision in hospitals, security passes and stock control. Researchers at Oxford University's Department of Engineering... view more (2002-07-01)

Models of eel cells suggest electrifying possibilities
Engineers long have known that great ideas can be lifted from Mother Nature, but a new paper by researchers at Yale University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) takes it to a cellular level.   view more (2008-10-03)

Laser Blasts Viruses in Blood
A father-son research team working from separate laboratory benches across the country has discovered a new use for lasers - zapping viruses out of blood. The technique, which holds promise for disinfecting blood for transfusions, uses a low-power laser beam with a pulse lasting just fractions of... view more (2007-09-05)

Rubber 'snake' could help wave power get a bite of the energy market
A device consisting of a giant rubber tube may hold the key to producing affordable electricity from the energy in sea waves.   view more (2008-07-07)

Earthquakes in the sky
AN AFTERNOON shower in London may have more in common with an earthquake in California than you`d think, because both processes obey similar statistical rules. The scientists who discovered the link say thinking about rain as a kind of "earthquake in the sky" may help improve models of the weather.... view more (2002-05-01)

Step on the gas — New fuel cell design adds control, reduces complexity
When Princeton University engineers want to increase the power output of their new fuel cell, they just give it a little more gas - hydrogen gas, to be exact.   view more (2007-01-17)

Free-electron laser shines at over 14 kilowatts in the infrared
The most powerful tunable laser in the world just shattered another power record: the Free-Electron Laser (FEL), supported by the Office of Naval Research and located at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab), produced a 14.2 kilowatt (kW)... view more (2006-11-09)

Space technology keeps Nuna II ahead of the pack
The Nuon Solar Team look set to beat their own world record for driving a sun-powered car across Australia in the World Solar Challenge. At the end of day 3 Nuna II, despite two flat tires, finished half an hour ahead of its closest competitors. Nuna II, raced by the Nuon Solar Team, and aided by... view more (2003-10-21)

Nuclear Power Worldwide: Status and Outlook
Nuclear power's prominence as a major energy source will continue over the next several decades, according to new projections made by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which has just published a new report, Energy, Electricity and Nuclear Power for the period up to 2030.   view more (2007-10-24)

Boiler modifications cut mercury emissions 70 percent or more, research team finds
Researchers at Lehigh University's Energy Research Center (ERC) have developed and successfully tested a cost-effective technique for reducing mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants.   view more (2005-10-04)

Ceramic tubes could cut greenhouse gas emissions from power stations
Greenhouse gas emissions from power stations could be cut to almost zero by controlling the combustion process with tiny tubes made from an advanced ceramic material.   view more (2007-08-03)

Breakthrough in magnetic devices could make computers more powerful
Scientists have created novel 'spintronic' devices that could point the way for the next generation of more powerful and permanent data storage chips in computers.   view more (2006-12-07)

New Research Turns Sewage Farms into Power Plants
Researchers at the University of Warwick's Warwick Process Technology Group have devised a process that turns wet waste from sewage farms and paper mills into a source of power. University of Warwick researcher Dr Ashok Bhattacharya and his team are part of a Europe wide consortium that have... view more (2002-04-29)

Electricity: Transforming our current system
A long-term replacement strategy for Britain's ageing electricity network is being developed. It involves the use of computer modelling techniques to simulate the conditions under which a new system would operate. This would indicate how investment should be made in the electricity distribution... view more (2001-12-05)

Detection of the "island effect" is solved
The "island effect" is one of the main problems in photovoltaic compound solar systems. The doctoral thesis of Pablo Sanchis, presented in the Public University of Navarre (Basque Country), proposes three main contributions: the first one is a new control strategy of a booster inverter... view more (2002-11-11)

UCF researchers' breakthrough may help industry create more powerful computer chips
A University of Central Florida research team has made a substantial inroad toward establishing extreme ultraviolet light (EUV) as a primary power source for manufacturing the next generation of computer chips.   view more (2006-10-12)

Sandia invention to make parabolic trough solar collector systems more energy efficient
A mirror alignment measurement device, invented by Rich Diver, a researcher at Sandia National Laboratories, may soon make one of the most popular solar collector systems, parabolic troughs, more affordable and energy efficient.   view more (2007-05-16)

New approach removes sulfur from military-grade fuel; Syngas powers the process
The military needs to get the sulfur out of its fuel, in order to use the fuel to produce hydrogen for fuel cell use in the field.   view more (2006-03-29)

From Darwin to Adelaide, the length of Australia, 3010 kilometres, without fuel!
On 19 October 30 cars will be jostling for position at the start of the 7th World Solar Challenge in Darwin, Australia. After winning in 2001 with Nuna I, the Nuon Solar Team, from the Netherlands, will be bidding to retain their title. The strong team of twelve from Delft University of... view more (2003-10-17)
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