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Batteries Made From World’s Thinnest Material Could Power Tomorrow’s Electric Cars
Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute made a sheet of paper from the world’s thinnest material, graphene, and then zapped the paper with…
Self-charging power cell converts and stores energy in a single unit
By eliminating the need to convert mechanical energy to electrical energy for charging a battery, the new hybrid generator-storage cell utilizes mechanical…
As Smart Electric Grid Evolves, Virginia Tech Engineers Show How to Include Solar Technologies
Reza Arghandeh of Blacksburg, Va., a doctoral candidate in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech, won the best student…
Sunflowers Inspire More Efficient Solar Power System
It’s a clever bit of natural engineering that inspired imitation from a UW-Madison electrical and computer engineer, who has found a way to mimic the passive…
A*STAR IME develops ultra low power analog-to-digital converter for medical devices and wireless sensor nodes.
The novel converter design decreases the total power consumption of an implantable 100-channel neural recording microsystem by more than 20%, reducing the…
Iowa State Researchers Feed Pigs, Chickens High-Protein Fungus Grown on Ethanol Leftovers
In separate feeding trials, nursery pigs and chickens have eaten high-protein fungi that Hans van Leeuwen and other Iowa State University researchers have…