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Rivers Act as 'Horizontal Cooling Towers' for Power Plants, Study Finds
April 22, 2013 — Running two computer models in tandem, scientists have detailed for the first time how thermoelectric power plants interact with climate, hydrology, and aquatic ecosystems throughout the northeastern ... > full story -
Technique Unlocks Design Principles of Quantum Biology
April 19, 2013 — Researchers have created a synthetic compound that mimics the complex quantum dynamics observed in photosynthesis and may enable fundamentally new routes to creating solar-energy ... > full story -
Random Walks on DNA: Bacterial Enzyme Has Evolved an Energy-Efficient Method to Move Long Distances Along DNA
April 19, 2013 — Scientists have revealed how a bacterial enzyme has evolved an energy-efficient method to move long distances along DNA. The findings present further insight into the coupling of chemical and ... > full story -
Device to Mitigate Power Outages, Prevent Equipment Damage
April 19, 2013 — Engineering researchers have developed equipment that will prevent rolling power outages by regulating or limiting the amount of excess current that moves through the power grid when a surge ... > full story -
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New Solar-Cell Coating Could Enable a Major Boost in Efficiency
April 18, 2013 — Throughout decades of research on solar cells, one formula has been considered an absolute limit to the efficiency of such devices in converting sunlight into electricity: Called the ... > full story -
Battery Low? Give Your Mobile Some Water
April 18, 2013 — A power source for your mobile phone can now be as close as the nearest tap, stream, or even a puddle, with the world’s first water-activated charging ... > full story -
Plasma Device Could Revolutionize Energy Generation and Storage
April 16, 2013 — Engineers have developed a method of creating and controlling plasma that could revolutionize American energy generation and ... > full story -
Small in Size, Big on Power: New Microbatteries the Most Powerful Yet
April 16, 2013 — The most powerful batteries on the planet are only a few millimeters in size, yet they pack such a punch that a driver could use a cellphone powered by these batteries to jump-start a dead car ... > full story -
Survey Shows Dramatic Improvement in B100 Biodiesel Quality
April 16, 2013 — The latest national survey of 100 percent biodiesel "blend stock" samples found that 95% of the samples from 2011-12 met ASTM International fuel quality specifications. The ASTM standards serve as ... > full story -
Building a Better Capacitor With Custom Nanorods
April 16, 2013 — A new process for growing forests of manganese dioxide nanorods may lead to the next generation of high-performance ... > full story
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