Made of off-the-shelf electronics and plastic parts printed on an inexpensive 3D printer, the SkySweeper prototype could be scaled up for less than $1,000,…
What happens to a resonant wireless power transfer system in the presence of complex electromagnetic environments, such as metal plates? A team of researchers…
Turbulence is all around us—in the patterns that natural gas makes as it swirls through a transcontinental pipeline or in the drag that occurs as a plane soars…
Customers entering the energy-efficient pilot supermarket will first notice the unusual amount of daylight in the sales area. Behind the scenes, there are many…
In the future, the device will link the 380-kV ultra-high voltage level with the 110-kV grid in the Bruchsal-Kändelweg substation plant near Karlsruhe,…
Rice University nanotechnology researchers have unveiled a solar-powered sterilization system that could be a boon for more than 2.5 billion people who lack…
Researchers in Singapore have designed an electronic switch that responds to changes in a magnetic field. The device relies on graphene, a strong and flexible…
The event featured speakers from the DOE’s Wind Program, Vestas Wind Systems, Sandia and Texas Tech.“The Energy Department’s wind testing facilities, including…
“You might get seven or eight hours out of your iPhone on one charge, maybe a day,” says Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, an associate professor of mechanical…
The plant has a capacity of 630 megawatts (MW). It will supply 500,000 British households with clean electricity. The power plant will reduce annual CO2…
Evonik Industries, STEAG, and other project partners today put a lithium electricity storage system (LESSY) into operation at STEAG’s Fenne power plant in…
Motion sensing is fast becoming a ‘must-have’ function in consumer electronics today. For instance, motion-sensing capability is incorporated into digital…
This research work was published on June 25, in the journal Nature Communications.The research team developed an inexpensive and scalable bio-inspired…
This phenomenon can only be found in certain materials under specific low-temperature and high-pressure conditions. Research to create superconductors at…
*Konnnyaku: a thermo-irreversible gelatin which is used in Japanese food, maintains its gelatin physical statue at high temperatures. A research team at Ulsan…
Hydrogen fuel cells are already powering mobile lighting systems, forklifts, emergency backup systems and light-duty trucks, among other applications. Now,…