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Physics News Archive 2007

Solar cell production increases 50% in one year. 12/31
Sound sensors can turn any 3D object into a computer interface? 12/30
Cheap anaerobic bacteria fuel cells to light the developing world? 12/30
Owner converts Honda Civic to 95 mpg using $400 in parts. 12/28
Small robotic sea plane brings down cost of ocean monitoring? 12/27
Thin film solar cell manufacturing to get another major factory. 12/25
40 hour laptop batteries? Electric cars w/ 1200 mile range? 12/17 More
CO₂ to fuel, Counter-Rotating-Ring Receiver/Reactor/Recuperator. 12/17
16 gigabyte flash memory smaller than a penny coming next year? 12/17
Transmitting power over fiber optic cables. 12/16
Induction lighting: almost 2x more efficient w/ 5x longer life time? 12/16
Transparent organic light emitting diode tile lights up. 12/14
World's largest solar furnace power plant factory to start in April? 12/13
"Waterless" wash compound: 32 ounces good for 10 car washes? 12/13
Super Charge ion Battery: in 5 min., lasts 10 yrs., avail. March? 12/13
Electric "Superbus": web scheduling & 155 mph speeds. 12/13
Desktop synchrotron particle accelerator in development? 12/11
Nanowire fibre optic amplifying technique boosts transmission. 12/11
Chance photon storage discovery to aid optical computing. 12/10
128 GB solid-state flash memory drives available mid 2008? 12/10
DirectX 10 graphics cards compared. 12/10
Robotic water strider walks on water. 12/9
Bacteria produce semiconducting nanotubes. 12/7
Electrodes w/ nanoparticles ups hydrogen electrolysis production. 12/7
More electric vehicles enter US market. 12/7
German designed heavy freight ship to be powered by kite. 12/7
Laser triggers fastest shutter. 12/6
Nanoscale barcodes tag individual molecules. 11/30
Maglev wind turbine can power 750,000 homes? 11/29
NASA lifts ban on use of space suits for EVA. 11/15
3-D printers bring rapid prototyping into production. 11/21
Device provides electrical power from ambient radio waves. 11/20
New carbon fiber mountain bike frame weighs just 2.7 pounds. 11/19
AMD unveils its first commercial quad-core CPU. 11/19
New gun fires a million rounds per minute? 11/17
Hydrogen storing alloy doubles previous capacity. 11/16
Bat nose studies to inspire robotic sonar? 11/16
Robotics technology inspired by biology. 11/15
Computer graphics card wars heat up. 11/15
Plasma antennae: smaller size, greater range, less interference? 11/14
Ranking shifts among world's supercomputers. 11/13
Automatic & push button guitar tunings. 11/13
Waste water + bacteria = hydrogen? 11/12
1st commercial release of nanomaterial solar cels this year? 11/12
Intel providing 16 new 45 nm CPUs. 11/12
Vendors supply quad core equipped computers. 11/12
San Disk memory cards get integrated Wi-Fi. 11/9
Quantum computer to be demonstrated on Monday? 11/9
FireStream 9170 chip to offer cost effective performance boosts? 11/7
World's fastest hard drive? 11/7
Apple working on developing a tablet PC. 11/6
MIT designs electric city car for the masses. 11/5
Carnegie Mellon Univ. robotic car wins competition. 11/5
Australian math whiz boosts ADSL speed 100x. 11/5
Champion bicyclist puts engineering to the task. 11/5
3rd terabyte HD available & product comparison. 11/5
Robot car race starts Saturday. 11/2
Coverage of robot car contest. 10/26
Heater "violates almost every known law of physics." 10/26 (orig. 9/15)
Nanotech memory offers terabyte thumbdrives within a few years. 10/26
Testing L2 cache size performance impact. 10/24
1st diesel-electric train enters service. 10/24
Thinnest LCD in production next year? 10/23
Electronic nose being tested for applications. 10/22
Portable electric scooter goes 20 mph w/ up to 20 mile range. 10/22
Wireless video 100x faster than current Wi-Fi in development? 10/22
Solar car race in Australia. 10/21
Plug-in Prius hybrid kits available soon, 150 mpg? 10/18
Display includes infrared sensors, reads hand gestures. 10/18
Computers gaining contextual image recognition ability. 10/17
Boeing jet has less noise, uses less fuel & provides more comfort? 10/17
New heads suggest terabyte notebook hard drives by 2011. 10/14
Invisibility cloak math suggests short distance wormholes. 10/13
New reusable adhesive strips based on tree frog's foot pads. 10/11
Pourable solar cells to cut costs in half? 10/11
Back of mobile device touch control best yet? 10/11
Millimeter wave machine to replace metal detectors at airports? 10/10
Surfing the web w/ a vocal joystick? 10/10
Flash memory hybrid drive uses 1/2 the energy & lasts longer? 10/8
Comparing single, dual & quad core CPUs. 10/8
Radio waves release hydrogen from salt water. 10/5
Multi-core processor for handheld devices announced. 10/4
Plastic structured like mother-of-pearl as strong as steel. 10/4
Field Emission Displays (FED) to outshine LCD/OLED in 2008? 10/3
Facts of desktop computer memory. 10/3
Earthquake alarms available for homes in Japan. 10/2
Nanotubes in polymers can be used to detect and repair cracks. 9/27
Quantum computing gets closer with use of a super conductor bus. 9/26
Intel's X38 chipset bringing the glue up to speed. 9/26
CD drives can be converted into bioassay devices. 9/25
Cheap simple way to use single-walled carbon nanotubes for chips. 9/20
Cheap atomic emission detector detects radioactives/pesticides. 9/14
China's tallest building & world's 3rd nears completion. 9/13
NASA building silicon chips that withstand 1112F degrees. 9/11
Nanolithography to make nano-construction commercially viable? 9/10
Nanocavities increase titanium oxide's ability to absorb light. 9/10
Zephyr, solar powered plane, flies through 2 nights. 9/9
Wave Adaptive Modular Vessel: 5,000 miles on one fuel load. 9/7
Universe appears to be "loopy." 9/6
"Spooky" quantum communication for quantum computing/internet? 9/5
Nanopantography to replace LCDs, facilitate nanostructure making? 9/4
Why did recent lithium-ion batteries fail & get recalled? 9/3
LCDs w/ scanner & touch screen ability start shipping? 9/3 (orig. 8/31 )
Faster, easier, cheaper nanoscale gratings for microchips. 9/2
1,000x greater data storage, dust sized CPUs coming? 8/31
Electric cars to get 500 miles on 5 min. charge without batteries? 8/31
Electric vehicles on the market right now. 8/31
Most powerful accelerator-based source of neutrons ramping up. 8/30
DDR 3 memory gets faster quicker than prior DDR 2 did. 8/30
Ad-hoc network probing may extend wireless reach. 8/29
Temperature difference of building insulation to provide electricity? 8/28
Perfactants not surfactants, to offer more efficient clothes washing? 8/26
Nanoscale atomic clock to give basic oscillator to nanobots? 8/24
Cold fusion researchers gathered at MIT. 8/21
Ultra-low voltage x86 1 Watt 500 mHz CPU introduced. 8/24
"Drizzle Radar" "enormous gain for climate researchers" 8/24
Light beams prove Schrödinger's cat, aids quantum computing? 8/24
Thin flexible small or big power saving color displays in 2 years? 8/23
Non-destructive photon counting adds to quantum computing tech.? 8/23
Pigeon droppings helped bridge collapse? 8/23
Variable valve actuation could improve engines. 8/22
World's highest resolution computer display. 8/22
Cheap silicon nanoparticle film boosts solar cells' output 60%? 8/21
World's largest tidal power station to go online this year? 8/21
2.5" 200 gigabyte hard drives reach 7200 RPM. 8/21
New catalysts produce hydrogen from natural gas, much CO2 too. 8/20
Mode-locked evanescent lasers to improve computers? 8/20
Solid ammonium borate pellets best vehicle hydrogen storage? 8/20
White House supports insurance companies' health over children's? 8/23
Haptic technologies connect more senses to computers. 8/20
Unlike carbon nanotubes, carbon nanohorns appear non-toxic? 8/17
Thermoelectric cell phones recharge from body heat. 8/16
Wireless solar powered sensors send bridge data to computers. 8/16
Carbon nanotubes used to make bendable battery. 8/13
Glue can be switched off or on with pH. 8/12
Funds approved for 1,000 trillion operations/sec. computers. 8/11
Phase change memory to replace flash memory, coming this year? 8/9
NASA aircraft sensor helps Texas w/ worst floods in 50 years. 8/3
Fish paint prevents fridge frosting, plane wing & power cable icing? 8/3
Sun's 8-core CPU, faster than available AMD & Intel chips? 8/3
Electroactive polymer artificial muscles make electricity on buoys. 8/3
"Low-swirl injector" to lessen greenhouse gases by millions of tons? 8/1
Existing software eases automating nanotechnology creation. 8/1
Electric vehicles break gas powered speed records? 7/29
New porous material cleans water, purifies hydrogen for fuel cells. 7/27
Sodium hydride H₂O to H₂ & O₂ electricity coming soon? 7/27
Remote control "X-plane," almost a flying wing jet, tested. 7/27
HDTV double refresh rate and LED backlighting coming. 7/27
American Micro Devices' plans for next generation processors. 7/26
Nano-sized clay particles make fire resistant hard wearing paint. 7/26
New proposed ethernet standard, 40/100 Gbps. 7/25
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment(SATA) CompactFlash? 7/23
55 graphics cards' test result charts. 7/23
New software needed to take advantage of multi-core processors. 7/23
6 pages on hacking Apple TV, runs OS X on Intel platform. 7/23
World's tallest building now in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 7/21
Bird sized "Roboswift" airplane morphs for faster turns? 7/20
Box captures CO2 & other vehicle emissions to make biofuel. 7/19
Gigabit+ wireless LANs use unlicensed radio frequencies. 7/19
Inexpensive printed or painted solar cells use Buckyballs. 7/18
Nanoscale structure building gets a boost? 7/17
"Semiconductor spintronics" using electron spin to carry data. 7/16
Nanocrystals cut H2 fuel cell temp. by 800 - 900° Celsius. 7/16
Carbon nanotubes strengthen artificial muscles. 7/14
Switchable photonic crystal optical semiconductors. 7/13
Review & discussion of hybrid hard drives' use of flash memory. 7/13
Math model makes shipping safer, predicts sand wave action. 7/12
Wave skimming plane uses "ground effect" to boost fuel efficiency. 7/11
Passenger jet's composite fibers reduces weight & fuel use by 20%. 7/6
Big bounce more plausible than big bang? 7/1
Efficient aluminum/water scheme produces hydrogen on demand? 6/28
Most powerful supercomputer set to go online Jan. 1, 2008. 6/26
64 GB SSDs, Solid State Disks, in production. 6/25
Cap w/ sensors allows control of train with thought. 6/22
Fast 100 mile range $30,000 electric car coming? 6/22
Hydrogen fuel cell cars in production. 6/15 On demand H2 from water.
Sensors in underwear control interactive video w/ intimate touches. 6/15
Affordable multi-fuel electric hybrid cars available soon? 6/15
Experimental "scramjet" hits Mach 10. 6/15
Robot VW tested for upcoming urban street driving contest. 6/14
60 & 80+ core computer processers coming. 6/14
Materials heal themselves similarly to human skin. 6/11
Price/value comparison of state of the art video graphics cards. 6/11
Single graphics chip video card w/ 1 gb RAM debuts this month? 6/11
Nanowire-based memory devices, cheaper non-volatile memory? 6/8
Data stored in live neurons, cyborg chips coming? 6/8
Computer main boards w/ DDR3 memory reviewed. 6/5
Completion of most powerful particle accelerator delayed again. 6/5
Plasma light source more efficient than fluorescents? 6/4
Airline sensor detects source of infectious agents or chemical toxins. 6/4
Polythene fiber formula 40% stronger than kevlar for bullet proof vests. 6/2
Wave powered boat kicks like a dolphin. 5/30
Stress testing the Durabook notebook computer - video. 5/30
Basics of computer power saving considerations. 5/30
Giant Boeing 787 scheduled for take-off this year. 5/26
High definition video projector in a cell phone? 5/26
Nanoscale LEDs fabricated. 5/25
Method to control electrons step towards quantum computer? 5/25
Software engineers have a lot of work to catch up with the hardware. 5/25
Paper thin flexible color video display created. 5/25
Longer carbon nanotube textiles, 7X stronger & lighter than steel. 5/24
Production of hydrogen from starch solutions could power autos. 5/24
Solid state hydrogen storage advances. 5/23
Chip makers unite to produce 35 nanometer semiconductors. 5/23
Keyboards with 48x48 pixel displays per key, only $1565.00 5/21
First 1.8" hard drive with 100 gigabytes storage space available.5/22
Superconductor powerline to be installed in New York grid by 2010? 5/22
Intel's Bearlake chipsets ready for 45 nm CPUs. 5/21
IBM's new server CPU doubles speed at same power consumption. 5/21
Mobile CPU's for next year will ramp up competition. 5/20
Advance promises faster, cheaper & stronger plastics? 5/20
Controlling/tracking electron spin could greatly improve electronics? 5/18
Guide to the latest hard drives. 5/15
Mapping using sound for the blind & blinding circumstances. 5/15
Astronomers find strong evidence of dark matter. 5/15
Passengers increase risk of traffic accidents? 5/22
Electric sports car, "Tesla Roadster" available this fall? 5/14
Variable valve actuation ups internal combustion efficiency. 5/10
Methods to lessen semiconductor "noise" may improve internet as well. 5/10
AMD demonstrates upcoming computer & graphic processors. 5/10
Conventional cars w/ 7 sec. predictive traffic adjust efficient as hybrids? 5/9
Solar powered boat crosses the Atlantic. 5/9
Algorithm facilitates robots mapping their environment. 5/8
Bench marks & considerations for computer CPU choosing. 5/4
Tiny holes in computer processors could be next big advance. 5/3
Invisibility cloak possible within next decade? 5/3
New industrial manufacturing robot 2X faster. 5/3
Displays that double as solar electric generators in devices soon. 5/2
Black holes and worm holes would be indistinguishable? 4/27
Cheap portable light runs 10 hours on 3 hour solar charge. 4/27
Last magnet in place for most powerful accelerator/collider. 4/26
Streaming broadcast-like TV available for cell phones. 4/26
DIY internet accessed robots may proliferate. 4/25
New "Buckyball" made of boron predicted. 4/23
Robot falcons scare away city pigeons. 4/21
Increasing plastic solar cell efficiency: marketable soon? 4/20
GPS down? Try "Robust Surface Navigation" (RSN). 4/18
Largest solar cell power plant in US to open this year. 4/17
Gold used and slated for wider use for catylitic converters. 4/15
Synthetic nanoscopic cilia. 4/13
Printed flexible solar cells in mass production. 4/13
3-D chip connections offer space savings: in products next year? 4/12
3-D solar cells show increased efficiency. 4/11
First terabyte hard drive is on the market. 4/10
Solar radio bursts disrupted Geological Positioning Systems (GPS). 4/5
Train sets world rail speed record, 357 mph (575 kph). 4/3
Research suggests possibility of an invisibility cloak. 4/2
Largest particle accelerator fails under tests, suffers set back. 4/2
World's largest particle accelerator built. 3/31
Competitive CPU development continues. 3/29
Satellite TV service for cars & vans to be launched this year. 3/29
Tiny chain-mail fabric could be basis for "smart" textiles. 3/28
New camera makes face recognition by computers secure. 3/28
Report warns of failure to assess dangers of nanotech development. 3/28
Super computer on a chip morphs to best handle specific tasks. 3/27
64 gigabyte solid state hard drive to be offered later this year. 3/27
Small, powerful "sugar" batteries may hit the shelves in a few years. 3/25
Blimp with electrical "muscles" flies like a fish through water. 3/23
Accelerometers not just for game consoles but cell phones too? 3/23
Absolution of bubble fusion questioned by House representative. 3/22
First run of electric sports car sells out in 4 months. 3/23
Driving Honda's hydrogen fuel cell car, scheduled for 2008 release. 3/22
Microscope add-on could improve magnification by 4X. 3/22
First polymorphic computer boasts most energy efficient processor. 3/21
Nanoparticle engineering advance reported. 3/21
Cheap brush anodes & tube cathodes up microbial fuel cells feasibility. 3/21
Steam heat transfer "pipe" may aid computer cooling. 3/20
Largest passenger jet lands for first time at US airport. 3/19
High school student achieves nuclear fusion. 3/6
Catalyst could turn carbon dioxide into fuel/synthetics. 3/16
Speech recognition scheme to incorporate lip reading. 3/13
Scanner simplifies getting animated "you" into virtual worlds. 3/12
Solar powered plane expected to break flight records. 3/9
Quad-core chips gain 60% decrease in power needs. 3/9
416 megapixel camera makes 794mb pic files, costs $23,000. 3/8
Hybrid computer hard drive promises more efficiency. 3/7
Diatom shells converted to semiconductive silicon offer options. 3/7
Nanoscale catalyst engineering shows promise for fuel cell improvements. 3/2
Lasers speed multiprocessor computers without optical fiber. 3/2
AMD demos trillion+ operations/sec. (teraflops) PC. 3/1
Look out silicon, carbon based CPUs may become faster/smaller. 2/28
Table-top x-ray laser to greatly improve medical imaging. 2/25
Underwater "sensing" devices created by modeling fish "lateral line." 2/21
Farm waste derived methane storage for vehicles. 2/20
Table-top bubble-pop fusion confirmed and absolved. 2/19
5 minute charge batteries to revolutionize electric and hybrid vehicles? 2/17
From studying spiders, spines on robot legs speed moving on uneven surfaces. 2/16
New analog circuits offer greater efficiency. 2/15
Future looks bright for Organic Light Emitting Diodes, OLEDs. 2/15
Einstein's "twins" paradox said to be resolved. 2/14
Wall climbing invention earns student $30,000 award. 2/14
Minature particle accelerator advance breaks record. 2/14
Smaller more efficient cache memory for computer CPUs announced. 2/14
Advance in membrane biosensors facilitates machine "smelling." 2/13
Cheaper higher quality mirror promises advances in laser based products. 2/13
Optics-on-a-chip breakthrough promises further advances. 2/11
Fluidic computer uses bubbles instead of electrical pulses. 2/8
Mount Etna igneous rock study may speed nanotube production. 2/6
Nanotube purity testing improves. 2/6
Variable Acuity Superpixel Technology (VAST) cameras suggest active armor. 2/6
Scheme to see extra dimensions in cosmic radiation could prove string theory. 2/2
Replacing nanoparticles in cement to cut carbon dioxide emissions 10%? 2/2
Scents infused into material of smell-good clothes. 2/2
New material stiffer than diamond. 2/2
New zoom lens 7 times smaller. 2/2
Soft flexible robots get moving. 2/1
Microscope resolution improves. 2/1
New accelerator can test string theory. 2/1
Harness nanobots to fast-trotting teams of bacteria. 1/27

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