Previous experiments have shown that in high-temperature superconductors known as cuprates, electrons bind together in pairs. The energy required to pull a…
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…
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….
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,…
By integrating readily available generic sensors with a more sophisticated sensor, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a detection…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
The cell, manufactured by Massachusetts-based Acumentrics and installed at the Kenai Fjords National Park’s Exit Glacier Nature Center near Seward, ran for…
Only in August, the company inaugurated its first production line at the company’s manufacturing site in Mitterteich (Bavaria) by shifting from pilot…
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…
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…
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…