Power and Electrical Engineering

Power and Electrical Engineering

Electronics Breakthrough: Gigahertz Clock Rates Explained

The advent of ever faster electronics featuring clock rates up to the multiple-gigahertz range has revolutionized our day-to-day life. Researchers and…

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Specialty Light Sources Improve Baby Food Safety Standards

Amongst other things, this is due to a milk powder scandal in China where babies fell ill and even died because of poisonous milk powder.

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Ultra-Thin Nanocages Cut Platinum Use in Fuel Cells

The technique uses a solution-based method for producing atomic-scale layers of platinum to create hollow, porous structures that can generate catalytic…

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ORNL Researchers Make Scalable Arrays of ‘Building Blocks’ for Ultrathin Electronics

Semiconductors, metals and insulators must be integrated to make the transistors that are the electronic building blocks of your smartphone, computer and other…

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Enhancing Baking Efficiency with Ultrasound Technology

Baking is energy-intensive. This not only has a negative impact on the environment but also on the baker’s wallet. That is why the NanoBAK2 research project…

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Siemens Enhances Power Monitoring with New Measuring Devices

A constant power supply in a defined quality is essential for the interference-free operation of numerous industrial production and automation processes as…

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Mathematics Restores Rhythm in Power Grids and Heartbeats

An international team of scientists has now developed a new approach for revoking these undesired quenching states. They use an advanced mathematical…

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Siemens Tests Tram Designed for Harsh Desert Climates

Siemens performed the tests at the climate-wind tunnel of the Rail-Tec-Arsenal in Vienna, Austria, where it simulated the streetcar’s operation in Qatar’s…

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World’s Largest Hydrogen Electrolysis Facility

PEM stands for polymer electrolyte membrane, and describes a process designed to generate hydrogen using water and electricity. Part of a two-year research…

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Diesel-Powered Fuel Cell: A New Way to Generate Green Energy

The system consists of a diesel and a water tank, a hydrogen generating module (reformer) and a fuel cell module including a low-temperature-PEM-fuel-cell…

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Battery LabFactory Braunschweig: Advancing Lithium-Ion Tech

The particular aim of the BLB researchers is the development of new manufacturing processes for modern lithium-ion battery cells as well as for new battery…

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Elektra One Solar: Alps Crossing Under 18 kWh Energy

Elektra One Solar from PC-Aero GmbH (Germany) started in Unterwössen (Germany) on 25 june for the Alps crossing over the Grossglockner and landed in the sunny…

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New Design Boosts Efficiency of Low-Cost Solar Panels

A new material design tested in experiments at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory could make low-cost solar panels far more…

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Omnidirectional Wireless Charging: A Game-Changer for Devices

Mobile devices, such as smartphones and laptops, have become indispensable portable items in modern life, but one big challenge remains to fully enjoying these…

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Battery-Powered Aircraft Completes Historic Alps Crossing

Researchers of the Institute of Aircraft Design showed the practicability of battery powered aircraft with a spectacular flight over the Alps. A milestone…

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Harnessing Industrial Waste Heat for Efficient Climate Control

South Tyrol’s EURAC Institute for Renewable Energy is exploring this new technology in the “FLEXYNETS” project which is financed to the tune of two million…

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