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60 Hertz Version of Siemens' "World Record Holder" Gas Turbine Begins Operation
The first of three Siemens' H-Class gas turbines has been successfully started at Florida Power & Light Company's (FPL) Cape Canaveral Next Generation Clean…
Antenna-on-a-chip rips the light fantastic
A device that looks like a tiny washboard may clean the clocks of current commercial products used to manipulate infrared light.New research by the Rice…
USC scientists 'clone' carbon nanotubes to unlock their potential for use in electronics
Scientists and industry experts have long speculated that carbon nanotube transistors would one day replace their silicon predecessors. In 1998, Delft…
A Better Route to Xylan
After cellulose, xylan is the most abundant biomass material on Earth, and therefore represents an enormous potential source of stored solar energy for the…
Mercyhurst's Dausey calls Pa. 'experimental fracking mecca'
Dausey discusses his concerns in this month’s episode of The Dausey File: Public Health News Today. Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is a controversial method…
Technion Breakthrough: A New Chapter of Solar Energy Conversion and Storage?
The breakthrough, published this week in Nature Materials, could lead to less expensive, more efficient ways to store solar energy in the form of…