Power and Electrical Engineering

Power and Electrical Engineering

'Stripes' and superconductivity — Two faces of the same coin?

Previous experiments have shown that in high-temperature superconductors known as cuprates, electrons bind together in pairs. The energy required to pull a…

Power and Electrical Engineering

MIT Unveils Next-Gen Transistor Technology Beyond Silicon

The work will be presented at the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting Dec. 11-13 by Dae-Hyun Kim. Kim is a postdoctoral associate in the laboratory of…

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Engineered Yeast Boosts Ethanol Production Efficiency

Currently used as a fuel additive to improve gasoline combustibility, ethanol is often touted as a potential solution to the growing oil-driven energy crisis….

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New Method Simplifies and Reduces Cost of Cell Fusion

But biological engineer Chang Lu has done just that with a new and cheaper method to electrically fuse cells — a vital technology for studying stem cells,…

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Sandia’s New Sensor Detection System Boosts Accuracy

By integrating readily available generic sensors with a more sophisticated sensor, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a detection…

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Sustainable Energy Research Programme: Tackling Production Challenges

The Academy of Finland is set to launch a new, innovative research programme on energy next year. The Sustainable Energy Research Programme (SusEn) is aimed at…

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Safer Methods for Remote Detection of Uranium Minerals

Professor Ray Frost, from QUT's School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, has found a way of identifying, from a remote location, uranium deposits that have…

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Microorganisms: A Key to Sustainable Energy Solutions

“Imagine the future of energy. The future might look like a new power plant on the edge of town – an inconspicuous bioreactor that takes in yard waste and…

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MIT Math Model Enhances Natural Gas Production Efficiency

The researchers are now collaborating with experts at Shell to apply the model to a natural gas production system in Malaysia. Natural gas consumption is…

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Wireless Energy: Powering Gadgets Without Cables

Recharging your laptop computer, your cell phone and a variety of other gadgets may one day be as convenient as surfing the Web-wirelessly. Marin Soljacic, an…

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Novel audio telescope heeds call of the wild … birds

From chirps to trills, bird song usually is soothing and restful–unless you're a pilot. Collisions with birds in flight, called “bird strikes,” caused over $2…

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Propane Fuel Cell Success at Exit Glacier Nature Center

The cell, manufactured by Massachusetts-based Acumentrics and installed at the Kenai Fjords National Park’s Exit Glacier Nature Center near Seward, ran for…

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SCHOTT Launches Solar Receiver Production in Spain

Only in August, the company inaugurated its first production line at the company’s manufacturing site in Mitterteich (Bavaria) by shifting from pilot…

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European Network Unveils New Hydrogen Storage Materials

The network, which receives €2.5 million in funding from the European Union, was established to develop new types of reactive light-metal hydride composites…

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Swarm-Bots: Small Robots Team Up for Big Tasks

Imitating insects such as ants, highly mobile small robots can accomplish physical tasks that no individual robot of the same size could manage. But if more…

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U of M researchers invent 'flashy' new process to turn soy oil, glucose into hydrogen

Anyone who's overheated vegetable oil or sweet syrup knows that neither oil nor sugar evaporates–oil smokes and turns brown, sugar turns black, and both leave…

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