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Solar-powered toothbrush doesn't require toothpaste The Soladey-J3X toothbrush. Credit: cnbeta.com. Researchers have designed a toothbrush that cleans teeth by creating a solar-powered chemical reaction in the mouth, doing away with the need for toothpaste. Dr. Kunio Komiyama, a ...
Pfeiffer Vacuum hosts Capital Markets Day Pfeiffer Vacuum is conducting a capitalmarkets information day at its facility today. The objective of the event is to present the company s strategy and new products, as well as interesting projects and applications. One of the company s ...
Nanogenerators grow strong enough to power small conventional electronics Professor Zhong Lin Wang holds an earlier version of the nanogenerators developed using zinc oxide nanowires. Credit: Credit: Gary Meek Blinking numbers on a liquid-crystal display (LCD) often indicate that ...
Physics experiment suggests existence of new particle The results of a high-profile Fermilab physics experiment involving a University of Michigan professor appear to confirm strange 20-year-old findings that poke holes in the standard model, suggesting the existence of a new ...
Huettinger Electronic sp zoo recognises outstanding student theses for the second time CEO Dr. Rafal Bugyi with the three winners How can an inverter-fed induction motor for electric vehicles be controlled without sensors? Dariusz Stando addressed this question in his Master's ...
Transparent conductive material could lead to power-generating windows Top: Scanning electron microscopy image and zoom of conjugated polymer (PPV) honeycomb. Bottom (left-to-right): Confocal fluorescence lifetime images of conjugated honeycomb, of polymer/fullerene honeycomb ...
New photosensitive film converts light into kinetic energy, bends when irradiated Left: Molecular formulae of a polymer brush. Center: Schematic illustration of the polymer brush. Right: Photograph of a bottle-cleaning brush for comparison. Japanese researchers at RIKEN have ...
China boasts world's fastest supercomputer Hundreds of ethernet cables are connected to rows of laptops for Flashmob 1, the first flashmob supercomputer, at the University of San Francisco in 2004. China is set to trump the US to take the number one spot for the fastest ...
Self assembly and chains of rotating magnetic particlesSelf assembly and chains of rotating magnetic particles Experimental procedure for homogenous biosensing protocol based on chains of self-assembled magnetic particles rotating in solution. Image Credit: Toyohashi University ...
Storing the sun s heat in chemical form Storing thermal energy in chemical form has the potential to make it indefinitely storable and transportable Broadly speaking, there have been two approaches to capturing the sun s energy: photovoltaics, which turn the sunlight into ...
Computer scientists make progress on math puzzle Two UT Dallas computer scientists have made progress on a nearly 4-decade-old mathematical puzzle, producing a proof that renowned Stanford computer scientist Don Knuth called "amazing" in his communication back to them. Created by ...
American Tuthill Actively Exploit Chinese Market The American Tuthill Corporation is a century-old enterprise, which owns more than 30 factories around the world, with the offces spread in Canada, Argentina, China, India and so on. The well-known products, such as Kinney vacuum ...
Agilent Technologies to Acquire Varian, Inc. for $1.5 Billion Transformational Transaction Establishes Agilent's Position as a Leading Provider of Analytical Instrumentation to the Applied and Life Sciences Markets SANTA CLARA, Calif. & PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 27...
Light on silicon better than copper? As good as the metal has been in zipping information from one circuit to another on silicon inside computers and other electronic devices, optical signals can carry much more, according to Duke University electrical engineers. So the engineers ...
Study describes a tabletop source of bright, coherent X-rays Producing tightly focused beams of high energy X-rays, to examine everything from molecular structures to the integrity of aircraft wings, could become simpler and cheaper according to new research. Today, in Nature ...
Intricate, curving 3-D nanostructures created using capillary action forces Twisting spires are one of the 3-D shapes researchers at the University of Michigan were able to develop using a new manufacturing process. Credit: A. John Hart ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Twisting spires, ...
SOLO Swiss Group & Lindberg/MPH (USA) announce a sales & service cooperation SOLO Swiss Group and Lindberg/MPH have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding concerning a mutual marketing, sales and service agreement. The SOLO Swiss Group will be working with the ...
Flat sodium-nickel chloride battery could improve performance and cost of energy storage A flat or planar sodium-nickel chloride battery could deliver 30 percent more power at lower temperatures than its cylindrical counterpart, making it a viable alternative to lithium-ion ...
IVESC 2010 &NANO carbon 2010 2010 8th International Vacuum Electron Sources Conference and NANO carbon NanJing,China Administrative Call for papers The 'call for paper document' can be fetched. Please click here to download! It is our great pleasure to invite you to this ...
Looking beyond the Nobel Prize, what's next for graphene? If you had never heard of graphene a few days ago, you might know something about it today if you follow the Nobel Prize announcements. Two physicists at the University of Manchester (UK) were awarded the Nobel Prize in ...
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Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that he is ...
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Policies of China's new leadership in the ...
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), the world's second-largest drug producer by ...
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary ...
China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
The Number One Document also proposed a new pricing plan for China's ...
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
SHANGHAI, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China, the world's top manufacturer and ...
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
A Wal-Mart store is seen in Stratford, Connecticut, the United States. ...
Gaming Firms Find Going Tough
Gaming Firms Find Going Tough
Employees demonstrate Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications' Xperia Play ...
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
A formation of nine Royal Air Force Red Arrows Hawk aircraft fly ...
Yao's gift of sport for all
Yao's gift of sport for all
Chinese NBA player Yao Ming teaches a boy with special needs how to ...
Lucrative golf industry lures stiff competition
Lucrative golf industry lures stiff competition
Two models stand beside golf equipment and bags at a recent golf ...
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...