Power and Electrical Engineering

Power and Electrical Engineering

Fraunhofer IBP and IWES Lead Renewable Energy Innovation

It is essential to accelerate the necessary transformation process towards a sustainable energy supply. Pioneers of this modification process are the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Photoionisation Lamps: Key to Advanced Gas Detection Systems

Heraeus Noblelight, one of the technology and market leaders in the field of specialty light sources, has published its latest application note on…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Exploring Innovations in Solar Cell Technology

Solar or photovoltaic cells represent one of the best possible technologies for providing an absolutely clean and virtually inexhaustible source of energy to…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New Imaging Method Reveals Insights into Cell Growth

Led by electrical and computer engineering professor Gabriel Popescu, the research team developed a new imaging method called spatial light interference…

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Virtual Energy Market: Transforming Electricity with Smart Meters

The phasing out of nuclear power and the growing contribution of renewable energies will accelerate the structural transformation of electricity supplies in…

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Melanin's 'trick' for maintaining radioprotection studied

More recent studies have shown that melanin, which is produced by multitudes of the planet's life forms, also gives some species protection from ionizing…

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SCHOTT Solar Hits Over 20% Efficiency With New Solar Cells

SCHOTT Solar has achieved yet another top performance. The solar company based in Mainz, Germany, has succeeded in manufacturing the world's first industrial…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Nano Bundles: New Solid-State Supercapacitor Breakthrough

Rice University researchers have created a solid-state, nanotube-based supercapacitor that promises to combine the best qualities of high-energy batteries and…

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Sinorix H2O Jet: Low-Pressure Water Mist Fire Solution

Sinorix H2O Jet is meant for industrial environments, including turbines, painting lines, or production equipment. Special nozzles generate a fine mist of tiny…

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An “Eye” that Measures Liquid Steel Temperatures

That’s why Siemens has developed a system called Simetal RCB Temp, which consists of an optical sensor that can determine the temperature of the molten metal…

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Sorghum Genetics Research Fuels Green Energy Innovations

In early August, four faculty members from Kansas State University's College of Agriculture and College of Engineering received an $800,000 grant from the U.S….

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NIST Reveals Reliability Concerns in Carbon Nanotube Electronics

For instance, these tiny cylinders of carbon molecules theoretically can carry 1,000 times more electric current than a metal conductor of the same size. It's…

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Sandia Labs’ Gemini-Scout robot likely to reach trapped miners ahead of rescuers

To speed rescue efforts, engineers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a robot that would eliminate some of the unknowns of mine rescue operations…

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Single, key gene discovery could streamline production of biofuels

“The Department of Energy relies on the scientific discoveries of its labs and research centers to improve the production of clean energy sources,” said Energy…

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U.Va. Researchers Find High Energy Output From Algae-Based Fuel, But 'No Silver Bullet'

For farmers looking to maximize profits, algae would produce considerably more transportation energy than canola and switch grass for every hectare planted,…

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INRS Boosts Iron-Based Catalyst Performance for Fuel Cells

Having pioneered the development of the first high-performance iron-based catalyst for fuel cells, researchers at INRS recently achieved a second major…

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