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But as the technology has improved, these ventricular assist devices commonly operate in patients for years, including in former vice-president Dick Cheney,…
The plant processes 50 cubic meters of water per day, consuming only 1.5 kilowatt-hours of electricity per cubic meter. The most efficient desalination…
The use of service robots in resident care facilities offers the potential to reduce the workload on carers, thereby allowing them to spend more time with…
While insulating against electrical currents in their interior, the surface of materials called topological insulators permits the flow of electron spins…
“There is a large amount of electromagnetic energy all around us, but nobody has been able to tap into it,” said Manos Tentzeris, a professor in the Georgia…
Joseph Wang has successfully printed thick-film electrochemical sensors directly on flexible wetsuit material, paving the way for nano devices to detect…
The first location in the United States to apply this colorful array is the University of Utah (the U) in Salt Lake City. This new product called Solar Ivy was…
Researchers have discovered a way to capture and harness energy transmitted by such sources as radio and television transmitters, cell phone networks and…
Food packaging has to meet high demands: it has to appeal to customers, pose no risks to health and be cheap to manufacture. A central role is played here by…
Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have been changing the way we see the world since the 1960s. Their usage in everyday life is pervasive and continues to increase…
A team led by a professor at the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering has made a discovery in semiconductor nanowire laser…
The Commonwealth Recycled Energy Economic Development Alliance (CREEDA) wants to jumpstart development of CHP systems, which recover waste heat from the…
Last summer Madrid hosted the Solar Decathlon for the first time, which was inspired by the American competition of the same name. In this international…
The scientists are presenting their research at the Royal Society's annual Summer Science Exhibition which opens today [5 July 2011]. Members of the consortium…
Since 2007, a research project organised by the German Federal Ministry of the Environment has been providing both conceptual and specialist support to regions…
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