Archive for the ‘Transfer of energy’ Category

New battery technology allows fast charge and discharge - Thursday, March 12th, 2009

By tweaking the conventional recipe, researchers have sped up electricity movement in a lithium battery by 100X. Want to charge your electric car in minutes or your phone in seconds?

Fuel Faves: Coffee meets diesel! - Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

Oils in spent coffee grounds are easily converted into biodiesel — a renewable source of transportation energy. Bottoms up for CofFuel?

Life during the “other” Big Bang! - Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Did the arrival of 4,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons of space junk start the formation of organic molecules roughly 4 billion years ago? “Could be,” says a new study from Japan…

It’s snow-time! Dig into our all-flake, no fake feature! - Thursday, December 27th, 2007

Frosty questions: Are some snowflakes identical? How do flakes form, and how does weather affect their shape? How does ice in the atmosphere affect weather and climate? And where does the jet stream fit in this picture?

New plug-in hybrid claims 640 miles per tank - Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Plug-in hybrids mean more than just extra spending cash for drivers, though. They could offer a new path through the maze of the electric grid, and help to boost the use of alternative energy.

Carbon Storage: A Low-Carb Solution to Global Warming? - Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

Could carbon storage help control warming? The oil industry already injects CO2 into deep rocks. Is it possible to capture CO2 from coal plants, and pump it deep underground?

Ethanol: Can it, Should it, Replace Gasoline? - Thursday, February 8th, 2007

Global warming gets worse. Petroleum grows scarce. Should we start making biofuels bigtime? If so, should we get the ethanol from corn, or from plant wastes?

Blast Protection: The Granular Solution - Thursday, December 28th, 2006

As missiles get faster, the Navy can’t continue to rely on dumb armor. What can ship designers learn from dirt and beanbags?

Science Meets Sports - Thursday, January 26th, 2006

The Why Files looks at kinesiology, sports medicine, psychology and some ancient Olympic history, brought to life.

Volcanic Violence - Thursday, October 21st, 2004

How do we forecast or predict volcanoes? How do volcanoes change the landscape? How does life return after an eruption?

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