Power and Electrical Engineering

Power and Electrical Engineering

X-Ray Laser Captures Atomic-Scale Motion in Stunning Detail

Atoms and the electrons that hold them together store energy in their electronic bonding structure and in their atomic vibrations. X-ray laser scattering…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Turning Defects Into Opportunities: Michigan Tech’s Insights

Most people see defects as flaws. A few Michigan Technological University researchers, however, see them as opportunities. Twin boundaries — which are small,…

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Self-Destructing Devices: A Breakthrough in Reducing E-Waste

University of Illinois researchers have developed heat-triggered self-destructing electronic devices, a step toward greatly reducing electronic waste and…

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Gamma Ray Camera Aids Fukushima Decontamination Efforts

Based on a high-sensitivity mobile gamma ray camera released by Hamamatsu Photonics in 2013, the new Compton camera incorporates high-accuracy,…

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Catalyst for Green Biodiesel Production from Unrefined Feedstock

Biodiesel is a sustainable liquid fuel originated from biomass. However, traditional liquid biodiesel catalyst generates a huge amount of waste water in the…

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Siemens Unveils 7-Megawatt Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype

Only a few months after its sales launch at the EWEA Offshore trade show in Copenhagen, the new Siemens offshore flagship wind turbine of the type SWT-7.0-154…

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Rehabilitation Sleeve – An FES-Robot Hybrid System

A wearable FES-robot hybrid training system has been designed for multi-joint upper limb rehabilitation. With successful combination of the two technologies’…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Advancements in Crystalline Semiconductors for Communication Tech

Crystalline semiconductor components form the core of many modern communication technologies such as computers and mobile phones. They are produced during a…

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Innovative Hybrid Solar Plants Transform Clean Energy Landscape

Concentrating Solar Power (CSP), both parabolic trough and solar tower technologies, is a clean and sustainable technology that permits electricity to be…

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Discover UL Certified Cable Harnesses for Global Industries

For more than 65 years the cable manufacturer from the Lower Rhine delivers special and harnessed cables to national and international industries.

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Digital in-Line Holography Helps Researchers 'See' Into Fiery Fuels

Digital in-line holography, known as DIH, is a laser-based technique that has been around since the 1990s. Sandia advanced the technique with new algorithms to…

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Advancements in Geothermal Energy: A Step Forward in Utah

Generating electricity from the hot rocks deep underground is clean, safe and renewable – and it’s about to take a step forward in Utah.

Power and Electrical Engineering

Cobalt-Rich Layered Materials Boost Li-Ion Battery Performance

Layered compounds are being investigated extensively due to their high theoretical specific capacities and relatively good cyclability. The electrochemical…

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Two-Dimensional Semiconductor Breakthrough at Columbia Engineering

In 2013 James Hone, Wang Fong-Jen Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Columbia Engineering, and colleagues at Columbia demonstrated that they could…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Ultrafast Camera Captures 100 Billion Frames Per Second

An NIBIB grantee has developed an ultrafast camera that can acquire two-dimensional images at 100 billion frames per second, a speed capable of revealing light…

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Ultralight Motor Boosts Electrically Powered Flight

Sometimes a technological revolution can be captured in a few simple figures. In this case, those numbers would be five kilowatts per kilogram. What these…

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