Power and Electrical Engineering

Power and Electrical Engineering

Enhancing Temperature Control Systems for Plastics Processing

Temperature control systems play an important role in plastics processing. Products will only achieve the desired surface and properties if the temperature of…

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Kiel University’s New Sensor System Detects Magnetic Fields

In the future, highly-sensitive sensors could be able to detect magnetic signals from the body in order to draw conclusions on heart or brain functions. In…

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New Lead-Free Perovskite Material Enhances Solar Cell Efficiency

Now a group of researchers at Brown University and University of Nebraska – Lincoln (UNL) has come up with a new titanium-based material for making lead-free,…

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Energy-Saving LED Train Headlights Transform Rail Travel

Researchers have designed a new LED-based train headlight that uses a tenth of the energy required for headlights using conventional light sources. If operated…

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Record 26.1% Efficiency in P-Type Crystalline Si Solar Cells

The Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH) and the Leibniz Universität Hannover demonstrated the fabrication of a crystalline silicon solar cell on…

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Researchers take terahertz data links around the bend

Today's cellular networks and Wi-Fi systems rely on microwave radiation to carry data, but the demand for more and more bandwidth is quickly becoming more than…

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Using shark scales to design better drones, planes, and wind turbines

To build more aerodynamic machines, researchers are drawing inspiration from an unlikely source: the ocean.

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Planetary boundaries broken down to individual countries

“Almost everything we do, from having dinner to surfing the Internet, uses resources in some way, but the connections between resource use and human well-being…

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Advancing Spintronics: UC Riverside’s Latest Breakthroughs

Engineers at the University of California, Riverside, have reported advances in so-called “spintronic” devices that will help lead to a new technology for…

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How IR Emitters Improve Your Heater’s Efficiency This Winter

Moist cold intake air in the winter months can easily lead to icing of the filter. The filters then allow only minimal airflow and the gas turbine must be…

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Innovative Method Boosts Hydrogen Production from Water

Washington State University researchers have found a way to more efficiently generate hydrogen from water – an important key to making clean energy more viable.

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Penn engineering research gives optical switches the 'contrast' of electronic transistors

As fast and powerful as computers have become, Ritesh Agarwal, professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in the University of…

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Assessing Emissions in Rapeseed Cultivation for Mitigation

A network of eight partners, coordinated by the Thünen Institute of Climate-Smart Agriculture (Thünen-Institut für Agrarklimaschutz, hereafter TI),…

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Fraunhofer ISE Launches New Hydrogen Feed-In Plant

“In an energy system without fossil fuels, the fluctuations in electricity production from renewables must be balanced out,” says Dr. Christopher Hebling,…

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Graphene Girders Boost Lithium Battery Life by 2X

Graphite has been the default choice of active material for anodes in lithium–ion batteries since their original launch by Sony but researchers and…

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Electrical Fields Propel Nano-Machines at Breakneck Speed

Up and down, up and down. The points of light alternate back and forth in lockstep. They are produced by glowing molecules affixed to the ends of tiny robot…

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