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  Energy Storage For Hybrid Vehicles

  August 14, 2008 — Hybrid technology combines the advantages of combustion engines and electric motors. Scientists are developing high-performance energy storage units, a prerequisite for effective hybrid ... > full story
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  Promising Lithium Batteries For Electric Cars

  August 7, 2008 — Why does lithium iron phosphate, a candidate for use in future lithium batteries, conduct electricity despite being an insulating material? Chemists have shed light on this paradox. Their ... > full story
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  Microchip Sets Low-Power Record With Extreme Sleep Mode

  June 13, 2008 — A low-power microchip uses 30,000 times less power in sleep mode and 10 times less in active mode than comparable chips now on the ... > full story
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  Improved Ion Mobility Is Key To New Hydrogen Storage Compound

  May 16, 2008 — A materials scientist has deciphered the structure of a new class of materials that can store relatively large quantities of hydrogen. The new analysis may point to a practical hydrogen storage ... > full story
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  Fuels Cells: New Material Increases Power Output By More Than 50 Percent

  May 15, 2008 — Engineers have improved the power output of one type of fuel cell by more than 50 percent through technology that could help these environmentally friendly energy storage devices find a much broader ... > full story
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  Wireless EEG System Self-Powered By Body Heat And Light

  April 12, 2008 — Scientists have developed a battery-free wireless 2-channel EEG system powered by a hybrid power supply using body heat and ambient light which could be used to monitor brain waves after a head ... > full story
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  More Safety For Cell Phone Batteries

  April 11, 2008 — Researchers have created a novel safer lithium-ion battery. It is based on a polymer electrolyte, which is -- unlike the liquid electrolyte in conventional lithium-ion batteries -- not inflammable. ... > full story
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  Not All Smoke Alarms Created Equal

  April 11, 2008 — If you thought all smoke alarms were equally effective, think again. Photoelectric smoke alarms are much more likely to remain functioning after installation than are ionization alarms. But ... > full story
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  Sweet Nanotech Batteries: Nanotechnology Could Solve Lithium Battery Charging Problems

  April 10, 2008 — Nanotechnology could improve the life of the lithium batteries used in portable devices, including laptop computers, mp3 players and mobile phones. New research demonstrates that carbon nanotubes can ... > full story
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  Sensors For Bat-Inspired Spy Plane Under Development

  March 30, 2008 — A six-inch robotic spy plane modeled after a bat is being developed to gather data from sights, sounds and smells in urban combat zones and transmit information back to a soldier in real ... > full story

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