Power and Electrical Engineering

Power and Electrical Engineering

Electricity from the marshes

The technique already works on a small scale and will soon be applied in larger marshland areas throughout the world. On 23 November, researcher Marjolein…

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Research Reveals Nanotechnology Simplifies Hydrogen Production for Clean Energy

In the article, “Outstanding activity of sub-nm Au clusters for photocatalytic hydrogen production,” published in the journal Applied Catalysis B:…

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KESTCELLS: EU Consortium Boosts Photovoltaics Research Collaboration

The University of Luxembourg team lead by Professor Susanne Siebentritt, head of the Laboratory for Photovoltaics, Physics Research Unit, has joined the…

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60 Hertz Version of Siemens' "World Record Holder" Gas Turbine Begins Operation

The first of three Siemens' H-Class gas turbines has been successfully started at Florida Power & Light Company's (FPL) Cape Canaveral Next Generation Clean…

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Antenna-on-a-Chip: A Breakthrough in Infrared Light Manipulation

A device that looks like a tiny washboard may clean the clocks of current commercial products used to manipulate infrared light.New research by the Rice…

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USC scientists 'clone' carbon nanotubes to unlock their potential for use in electronics

Scientists and industry experts have long speculated that carbon nanotube transistors would one day replace their silicon predecessors. In 1998, Delft…

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Unlocking Xylan: A New Approach to Sustainable Biomass

After cellulose, xylan is the most abundant biomass material on Earth, and therefore represents an enormous potential source of stored solar energy for the…

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Mercyhurst's Dausey calls Pa. 'experimental fracking mecca'

Dausey discusses his concerns in this month’s episode of The Dausey File: Public Health News Today. Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is a controversial method…

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Technion Breakthrough: A New Chapter of Solar Energy Conversion and Storage?

The breakthrough, published this week in Nature Materials, could lead to less expensive, more efficient ways to store solar energy in the form of…

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Advanced Simulation Tools Combat Microchip Variations

Process, device, and circuit simulation tools are essential in reducing time to market and the cost of new microchip technology development, delivering faster…

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Using rust and water to store solar energy as hydrogen

How can solar energy be stored so that it can be available any time, day or night, when the sun shining or not? EPFL scientists are developing a technology…

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Semiconductor devices: Under mounting stress

Thinner semiconductor wafers to house electronic circuits are needed so that more computing power can be packed into ever-smaller electrical products.Thinning,…

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Pavements Designed to Fight Climate Change Could Increase Energy Consumption in Surrounding Buildings

The new paving materials are designed to lower the overall temperature of the areas where they are used—something that the study, which was focused on local…

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Medical devices powered by the ear itself

Deep in the inner ear of mammals is a natural battery — a chamber filled with ions that produces an electrical potential to drive neural signals. In today’s…

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Ben-Gurion University develops side-illuminated ultra-efficient solar cell designs

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have developed a radically new design for a concentrator solar cell that, when irradiated from the…

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Enhancing Power Outage Management for a Stable Future

Power supply is the backbone of our modern economy. Nearly every aspect of life depends on electrically-operated devices. When the flow of power stops, it is…

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