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Small in Size, Big on Power: New Microbatteries the Most Powerful Yet
April 16, 2013 The most powerful batteries on the planet are only a few millimeters in size, yet they pack such a punch that a driver could use a cellphone powered by these batteries to jump-start a dead car ... > full story -
Powerpot Turns Heat and Water Into Electricity
April 16, 2013 Students have invented a portable cook pot that doubles as a thermoelectric generator, and are now marketing ... > full story -
Engineers Craft New Material for High-Performing 'Supercapacitors'
April 15, 2013 Taking a significant step toward improving the power delivery of systems ranging from urban electrical grids to regenerative braking in hybrid vehicles, researchers have synthesized a material that ... > full story -
Picture This: A Dramatic Drop in Wrong Patient Errors
April 15, 2013 Adding a photo of a face to X-ray images can reduce "wrong-patient" errors five-fold, a new study ... > full story -
Tourist's Trust Is Based on Social Media and the Web
April 15, 2013 Does social media and internet based information sources such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Blogs and many more influence our decision on where we travel to and how we share our experiences with ... > full story -
Compact Multipurpose Scooter for Crowded Megacities
April 12, 2013 Researchers have unveiled an all-new multipurpose scooter prototype, codenamed VOI, at the 3rd Taiwan International Electric Vehicle Show. VOI gets its name from the Vietnamese word for elephant -- a ... > full story -
Doctors Urged to 'Pause Before Posting' and Not 'Friend' Patients
April 11, 2013 New recommendations offer physicians ethical guidance for preserving trust in patient-physician relationships and the profession when using social ... > full story -
Texting, Social Networking and Other Media Use Linked to Poor Academic Performance
April 11, 2013 Freshmen women spend nearly half their day -- 12 hours -- engaged in some form of media use, particularly texting, music, the Internet and social ... > full story -
New Software Alleviates Wireless Traffic
April 11, 2013 The explosive popularity of wireless devices —- from WiFi laptops to Bluetooth headsets to ZigBee sensor nodes —- is increasingly clogging the airwaves, resulting in dropped calls, wasted ... > full story -
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Distracted Driving: Habits of San Diego Drivers Revealed
April 10, 2013 There were approximately 3,300 deaths and 400,000 injuries nationwide in the US in 2011 due to collisions involving distracted driving. With April being national distracted driving awareness month, a ... > full story
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