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Entries from June 13th, 2009

Spain facing key decision on use of nuclear power

June 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

The Spanish government will have to take a stand for or against the Vandellos 2 which is one of the oldest  nuclear power plants in Spain. The prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero whose socialist government has backed up the idea of renewable energy opposed to he nuclear energy. However the nuclear energy watchdog agreed [...]

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Cool plasma packs heat against biofilms

June 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Researchers from USC school of dentistry and Viterbi school of engineering are examining these pencil-sized plume of plasma on the tip of a probe that dismantles tough bacteria deep inside the human tooth which may develop a different way of practice for this type of medicine work. This will safely fight tragic biofilm infections in [...]

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Magnetic Refrigeration and Air Conditioning comment

June 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Physics

Scientists are very close to a breakthrough of a magnetic cooling system. This technology that is described is by applying a magnetic field in proximity to a magnetic material that it can correspond with , therefore causing the heat to rise and then the excessive heat would be removed by the application of water. When [...]

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“Cling To Walls Like Spiderman”

June 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Physics

Physicists believe that they have come up with the formula to the ” spider- man suit”.  Professor Nicola Pugno has described the suit to contain a mixture of adhesive forces and other substitutes to make a spider-man like suit. This suit would be equipped with many tiny molecular sized hooks which would be great to [...]

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