The Americans are still the world champions in energy consumption, but global warming is causing people to change their way of thinking in the USA too. At…
The Labs’ Wind Energy Technology Department and the U.S. Department of Energy Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program have embarked on a project to determine…
Raising concerns over global fuel price hikes have prompted USM students to explore fuel alternatives for vehicles. Through the innovation of 23-year-old Wan…
This physical effect could pave the way for cheap, high-output solar cells. The findings are to be published in scientific journal Nano Letters this week.Solar…
Power transistors are used to control large electrical loads and are at the heart of the modern smart circuits used in all kinds of equipment from motor…
The interest in fiber lasers has increased dramatically in the last decade. The main driving force is coming from the industry, where these lasers are used for…
MIT engineers have improved the power output of one type of fuel cell by more than 50 percent through technology that could help these environmentally friendly…
When the arms of a robot move to pick up an egg or an electric lamp, the greatest precision possible is essential. To this end, advances in the science and…
This new world record is being presented on Wednesday 14 May at a major solar energy conference in San Diego, USA. The efficiency improvement is achieved by…
Huang, who comes from humble roots as the son of farmers in rural China, has invented a new transistor that uses a compound material known as gallium nitride…
Light-emitting diodes are unbeatable in terms of energy efficiency. A one-watt LED delivers roughly the same optical output as a hundred-watt light bulb. If a…
When cameras and microscopes are placed in a vacuum, their functionality can be seriously impaired. This is because their lenses and prisms are normally fixed…
“These new position-sensitive detectors can be used to measure the position of an incident point of light on a surface. This is done with great precision and…
New manufacturing methods will change the production processes and will enable the manufacturing of entirely new kinds of products. VTT Technical Research…
Over the past decades climate change and its consequences for life on our planet have given rise to a growing scientific interest in the development of…
Over the past decades climate change and its consequences for life on our planet have given rise to a growing scientific interest in the development of…
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