Power and Electrical Engineering

Power and Electrical Engineering

The power of multiples: Connecting wind farms can make a more reliable – and cheaper – power source

The key is connecting wind farms throughout a given geographic area with transmission lines, thus combining the electric outputs of the farms into one powerful…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Ulster-India Team Explores Robotics for Disability Assistance

The project involves researchers from Ulster’s Intelligent Systems Research Centre on its Magee campus in Londonderry, and scientists at the Indian Institute…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Innovative Thermoelectric Materials for Energy Savings

Breathing new life into an old idea, MIT Institute Professor Mildred S. Dresselhaus and co-workers are developing innovative materials for controlling…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Baker Institute finds increased domestic production won't make US self-sufficient in natural gas

Natural gas is already an important fuel in the United States, representing 22 percent of total primary energy use in 2006. About 20 percent of that gas was…

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Portable Electricity Powers Life-Like Prosthetics Innovations

The technology that makes a cell phone vibrate is the same technology that provides more natural movements to prosthetic limbs.A University of Houston research…

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New Device Aims to Cut Power Use by Reducing Waste

The two scientists, of the Department of Computing and Electronic Systems, have been awarded £90,000 by Carbon Connections to create a device indistinguishable…

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MIT's 'electronic nose' could detect hazards

Led by MIT professor Harry Tuller, the researchers have devised a way to print thin sensor films onto a microchip, a process that could eventually allow for…

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New Micro Microwave Enables Precision Cooking for Mini Labs

In a paper in the November 2007 Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering*, the research team led by NIST engineer Michael Gaitan describes for the first…

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Hydrogen: The Future Energy Vector for Tomorrow’s Planes

This contamination free technology has taken a crucial role in the development of modern aeronautics and the present objective is the realization of fully…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Self-organizing nanoparticles: a model for tomorrow's nanofactories

In an article in the prestigious journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Professor Lennart Bergström shows how a glass bottle and a simple…

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MIT's 'electronic nose' could detect explosives, other hazards

Led by MIT professor Harry Tuller, the researchers have devised a way to print thin sensor films onto a microchip, a process that could eventually allow for…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Global Nuclear Power Insights: Status and Future Outlook

The IAEA makes two annual projections concerning the growth of nuclear power, a low and a high. The low projection assumes that all nuclear capacity that is…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Unlocking The Golden Zone: New Advances in Oil Exploration

The Golden Zone is the name of a an underground zone where temperatures range between 60 and 120 C. The name refers to a new discovery that 90 per cent of the…

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New Method Cuts Electric Motor Costs By 50% and Boosts Quality

As a result of an entirely new way of making magnetic components in electric motors, the aggregate production cost for such motors is expected to be cut in…

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Innovative Sensor Technology Enhances Multiphase Flow Monitoring

In the industry multiphase flows occur, for instance, in chemical reactors, power plants and turbo machinery. At the Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf a new…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Hybrid Solar Power Approach Yields Significant Benefits

Haque first became involved with the ESF through its SONS 2 programme and through various networking opportunities. SONS 2 is the second round of the…

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