Power and Electrical Engineering

Power and Electrical Engineering

Innovative Energy Transmission for Trains Without Wires

Anyone who frequently uses trains knows this to be true: overhead lines are prone to faults, increasingly leading to delays and cancellations. An alternative…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Siemens Forms Research Alliance for Future Energy Systems

In line with its new company strategy, Siemens is reorienting its research activities toward the innovation fields of electrification, automation and…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Robots Learn Faster Through Crowdsourcing Assistance

University of Washington computer scientists have shown that crowdsourcing can be a quick and effective way to teach a robot how to complete tasks. Instead of…

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Okayama University Develops New Pendulum Dynamo for Tidal Energy

Okayama University's Shinji Hiejima is looking for industrial partners to commercialize his experimentally proven and patented concept of the Hydro-VENUS…

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USC scientists create new battery that's cheap, clean, rechargeable… and organic

The new battery – which uses no metals or toxic materials – is intended for use in power plants, where it can make the energy grid more resilient and efficient…

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Measuring Wind Turbine Airflow with Blizzard Insights

A first-of-its-kind study by researchers at the University of Minnesota (UMN) using snow during a Minnesota blizzard is giving researchers new insight into the…

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New Study Reveals Solar Power’s Untapped Potential

Concentrating solar power (CSP) could supply a substantial amount of current energy demand, according to the study published in the journal Nature Climate…

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Program Your Robot with Simple Conversations: A New Approach

Before you can tell your household robot “Make me a bowl of ramen noodles,” you'll have to teach it how to do that. Since we're not all computer programmers,…

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New Developments in Laser Optics: Frontiers of Optical Science

Source: International Public Relations, University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo

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Move Over, Silicon, There’s a New Circuit in Town

In a paper recently published in Nature Communications, researchers from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering describe how they have overcome a major issue in…

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New Roadway Lighting Technologies: Insights from Experts

The rapid development of lighting technologies, particularly solid-state systems using light emitting diodes (LEDs), has opened a universe of new possibilities…

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NREL: Concentrated Solar Power Adds 6¢/kWh Value in California

Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) projects would add additional value of 5 or 6 cents per kilowatt hour to utility-scale solar energy in California where 33…

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New Nanoparticle Boosts Cheaper, Lighter Solar Cells

Researchers in the University of Toronto’s Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering have designed and tested a new class of…

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Charge Portable Electronics in Just 10 Minutes: New Breakthrough

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering have developed a three-dimensional, silicon-decorated, cone-shaped…

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"All systems go" for a paralyzed person to kick off the World Cup

According to researchers in the Walk Again Project, all systems are go for a bold demonstration of neuroscience and cognitive technology in action: On June 12,…

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Microwave Heating: A New Frontier in Electronics Manufacturing

Instead of warming up yesterday’s pizza, however, this concept may provide a technological revolution.

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