In West Texas, New Mexico, and other places around the world, wind turbines are used to generate electricity. But how can engineers determine their efficiency…
The module contains high-temperature integrated circuits, printed resistances and braided connectors. It is filled with nitrogen and hermetically sealed.The…
Described July 14 at the Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements in Turin, Italy,* the patented instrument** is based on the same “Josephson…
“People are looking at using cellulose to make ethanol,” says Dr. Bruce E. Logan, the Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering. “You can make ethanol from…
Try to picture a snake-like robot that can move into places that are too dangerous for humans to enter. The snake can climb up stairs, force past beams and…
The study will be published in the July 11 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.The researchers tracked all the energy used for growing corn and…
Four mid-Norwegian industrial companies – SICOM, Force Technology, CorrOcean and Thermotite – have decided on making a joint effort. SINTEF is part of their…
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released an ambitious new research agenda for the development of cellulosic ethanol as an alternative to gasoline….
Writing in the July 6, 2006, issue of Nature, scientists working at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Center for…
The Kriel power plant has a “sixpack configuration” comprising six units and a capacity of 3.000 megawatts; it is one of the largest plants in South Africa….
The installation exists in a single copy for the time being. Students who are doing practical work for the “non-traditional power engineering” speciality are…
Renewable energy sources are expected to provide up to 50% of the world’s energy supply by 2050, with bioenergy widely anticipated to be the biggest…
But the oil price hike has also fueled a race to find new sources for chemical intermediates – compounds that are the raw material for many modern plastics,…
Residential fuel cells now being developed combine hydrogen from natural gas or propane with oxygen from the air to produce electricity. Homeowners might be…
Low background noise typically translates to better performance in electronics, such as longer ranges and clearer signals or higher information-carrying…
The radar could have applications in law enforcement, the military, and disaster rescue.Eric K. Walton, senior research scientist in Ohio State's…
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