Power and Electrical Engineering

Power and Electrical Engineering

Power Grid Failures: Exploring Dynamically Induced Cascades

In an article now published by Nature Communications, an analysis scheme is presented which takes into account the event-based character of the chain reaction…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Molecular Switch Advances Development of Electro-Optical Devices

The development of new electronic technologies drives the incessant reduction of functional component sizes. In the context of an international collaborative…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Stable Organic Molecular Nanowires: A New Frontier in Electronics

The traditional methods and materials used for the fabrication of modern integrated circuits are close to reaching (or have probably already reached) their…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Supersonic Waves: A New Approach to Cooling Electronics

“The discovery gives you a different way to control the flow of heat,” said lead author Michael Manley of the paper published in Nature Communications. “It…

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Innovative Printed In-Situ Perovskite Solar Cells Reduce Waste

Scientists are testing the proof of concept of these new types of solar cells. Very innovative is a new process for fabricating solar cells using sustainable…

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Controlling Graphene Transistors’ Properties with Pressure

“Graphene is the best electrical conductor that we know of on Earth,” said Matthew Yankowitz, a postdoctoral research scientist in Columbia's physics…

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New Motion Lab for Prosthetics and Orthotics at University Hospital

A focus of the international expert groups – »Motion Lab« at the University Hospital, led by Dr. Sebastian Wolf, and the Fraunhofer IPA »Biomechatronic…

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Heat and Sound Wave Interactions Could Power New Devices

Leaky systems have limited how engineers design thermoacoustic devices that rely on the interplay between temperature oscillations and sound waves. Researchers…

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Symmetry’s Role in Power Network Synchronization Unveiled

A joint research team from Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and North Carolina State University has clarified the fundamental principles for…

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New Motor-Energy Device Combines Power and Storage in One

Physicists and material scientists have succeeded in constructing a motor and an energy storage device from one single component. They used an elastic polymer…

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New One-Dimensional Material Boosts Next-Gen Electronics

Engineers at the University of California, Riverside, have demonstrated prototype devices made of an exotic material that can conduct a current density 50…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Prosthetic Arms Offer Controlled Sensory Feedback Breakthrough

University of Illinois researchers have developed a control algorithm that regulates the current so a prosthetics user feels steady sensation, even when the…

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UV Light: A Simple Way to Keep Eggshells Germ-Free

Naturally, salmonellae are appearing on eggs, mostly on the shell than inside the egg. These bacteria are natural residents of the intestines of poultry which…

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Balancing Nuclear and Renewable Energy for a Sustainable Future

Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently explored the benefits…

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First Li-Fi Product Launched in Japan by Fraunhofer HHI

Fraunhofer HHI is one of the world's leading research institutes for the development of innovative telecommunications systems with optical data transmission….

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New Ultrathin Electronic Film Inspired by Cell Membranes

“We want to give electronic devices the features of real cell membranes: flexible, strong, sensitive, and super thin. We found a novel way to design…

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