Power and Electrical Engineering

Power and Electrical Engineering

Battery Research Could Lead to Shorter Recharge Time for Cell Phones

In collaboration with Vorbeck and researcher Ilhan Aksay at Princeton University, PNNL has demonstrated that small quantities of graphene — an ultra-thin sheet…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Science City Campus Innovates with Underground Heat Storage

Building has been taking place for several weeks behind the HCL chemistry building on the Science City Campus, but downwards for once, not upwards. The first…

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Unique THz “Fingerprints” Will Identify Hidden Explosives from a Distance

The new all-optical system, using terahertz (THz) wave technology, has great potential for homeland security and military uses because it can “see through”…

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Generating power from industrial waste heat

Südbayerische Portland Zementwerk Gebr. Wiesböck & Co. GmbH, Rohrdorf, Germany, is building near Rosenheim the first German power plant to use hot waste gas…

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New System Cuts Heating Costs in Cold Climates

The research, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, builds on previous work that began about five years ago at Purdue's Ray W. Herrick Laboratories, said…

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Renewables Surge to 62% of New EU Electricity Capacity

In 2009, and in absolute terms, about 19.9% (608 TWh) of Europe's total electricity consumption (3042 TWh) came from renewable energy sources. Hydro power…

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TU Delft raises energy yield of ‘cheap’ solar panels

AmorphousResearcher Gijs van Elzakker focused on solar panels that are made from so-called amorphous silicon, as opposed to the more commonly used crystalline…

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Thermal-powered, insect-like robot crawls into microrobot contenders' ring

The past few years have given rise to a growing number of microrobots, miniaturized mobile machines designed to perform specific tasks. And though spectators…

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Thermal-powered, insectlike robot crawls into microrobot contenders' ring

The past few years have given rise to a growing number of microrobots, miniaturized mobile machines designed to perform specific tasks. And though spectators…

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Smaller Platinum Catalysts Show Promise Under High Pressure

A study led by Gabor Somorjai and Miquel Salmeron of Berkeley Lab’s Materials Sciences Division showed that under high pressure, comparable to the pressures at…

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Researcher Develops Green, Bio-Based Process for Producing Fuel Additive

Thomas Bobik, professor of biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology, invented a process for manufacturing isobutene (isobutylene) by identifying a new,…

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Sleep-Working Enterprise PCs: Save Energy and Costs Effortlessly

Sleep-working enterprise PCs are accessible via remote connections and maintain their presence on voice over IP, instant messaging, and peer-to-peer networks…

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Carbon Nanotubes Boost Lithium Battery Energy Capacity

Batteries might gain a boost in power capacity as a result of a new finding from researchers at MIT. They found that using carbon nanotubes for one of the…

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Ultimate Surge Protector

Cardiac and respiratory complaints increased, likely due to commuters being left without subway transportation or elevators, according to the report….

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New Technique Positions Particles for Advanced Sensors

The technique uses a combination of light and electric fields to position droplets and tiny particles, such as bacteria, viruses and DNA, which are contained…

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'Nanocoax' solves solar cell 'thick and thin' dilemma

A nano-scale solar cell inspired by the coaxial cable offers greater efficiency than any previously designed nanotech thin film solar cell by resolving the…

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