Power and Electrical Engineering

Power and Electrical Engineering

Are Electrical A-G Ratings Becoming Obsolete?

Many consumers buy A-rated appliances in the belief that they are more efficient, focusing on the rating rather then looking at the energy the devices use in…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Robots That Climb: New Innovations in Pipe Navigation

In the main, today’s robots are not that clever. They cannot climb or navigate in vertical pipes – and very few have active joints.Cybernetics and optical…

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Fuel-Saving Techniques Boost Efficiency by 12%

Use of pressurized air “active flow control” techniques combined with conventional aerodynamic streamlining could improve fuel efficiency by 8 to 12 percent in…

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Europe Leads the Way in Flexible Display Innovations

While Asian firms currently dominate the overall display screen market, Europe is now a leader in the production of flexible electronic displays segment,…

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Enhanced Radiology Monitoring in the Basque Country

Most countries currently have radiological monitoring to monitor radioactivity levels in the environment and to detect the level of natural radioactivity. Also…

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ORNL and GE Team Up for Energy-Efficient Water Heater

The GE ® Hybrid Water Heater is affordable and designed to be 50 % more energy efficient than a standard 50 gallon electric water heater, which should help…

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Fuel Cell Innovations in Helicopter Design: A New Era

Manufacturers normally stack the fuel cells – a structure consisting of several metal plates, each containing one channel for air and one for hydrogen. This…

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Streamlining Production: Innovations Ending Battery Dependence

Production often comes to a standstill until the error has finally been pinpointed – and that can take hours. The causes are legion; in many cases it is all…

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New Iron-Based Superconductors Unveil Secrets and Potential

Johns Hopkins University researchers and colleagues in China have unlocked some of the secrets of newly discovered iron-based high-temperature superconductors,…

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New Robotic Arm Enhances Mobility and Object Manipulation

Movies portray robots that can move through the world as easily as humans, and use their hands to operate everything from dishwashers to computers with ease….

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Novel ‘Noise Thermometry’ May Help Redefine International Unit of Temperature

The system is nearly precise enough now to help update some of the crucial underpinnings of science, including the 54-year-old definition of the Kelvin, the…

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International Partnership Explores Carbon Capture in BC

The project—in its initial feasibility phase—aims to determine whether deep underground saline reservoirs (geological features which occur commonly throughout…

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Harnessing Energy: Electricity from Exhaust Pipes

In an age of dwindling natural resources, energy-saving is the order of the day. However, many technical processes use less than one-third of the energy they…

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Researchers look to cut Europe’s energy bill

And with oil prices soaring and gas supplies dwindling, alarm bells are ringing in Brussels, says Professor Nashwan Dawood, the University of Teesside’s Cecil…

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Innovative OLED Backlights Enhance 3D Display Technology

For the first time a 3.5″ 3D QVGA display will be presented, that is based on a highly-efficient, patterned and controllable OLED backlight. The technology…

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IMEC and AIXTRON Advance Low-Cost GaN Power Devices

IMEC and AIXTRON deposited, for the first time ever, crack-free AlGaN/GaN structures onto 200mm Si(111) wafers. The layers show good crystalline quality as…

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