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Engineer Making Rechargeable Batteries With Layered Nanomaterials
January 16, 2013 — A researcher is developing more efficient ways to save costs, time and energy when creating nanomaterials and lithium-ion ... > full story -
Mechanism of Hearing Is Similar to Car Battery, Researcher Learns
January 7, 2013 — Biologists have shown that one of the mechanisms involved in hearing is similar to the battery in your car. And if that isn't interesting enough, the scientists advanced their knowledge of human ... > full story -
Researchers Seek Longer Battery Life for Electric Locomotive
January 4, 2013 — Norfolk Southern Railway No. 999 is the first all-electric, battery-powered locomotive in the United States. But when one of the thousand lead-acid batteries that power it dies, the locomotive shuts ... > full story -
Chemical Engineers Working Toward Better Batteries for Transportation
December 20, 2012 — Chemical engineers are researching how to make better, cheaper and lighter batteries for the transportation ... > full story -
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'Easy Does It' Gets You Further in Electric Vehicles
December 20, 2012 — Drivers of gas and diesel cars are usually aware that driving at high speed, harsh acceleration and hard braking all contribute to lowering their fuel economy. Scientists can readily explain in terms ... > full story -
Artificial Intelligence Helps Sort Used Batteries
December 19, 2012 — A new type of machine sorts used batteries by means of artificial intelligence (AI). One machine is now being used in the UK, sorting one-third of the country’s recycled ... > full story -
New Factor That Could Limit Life of Hybrid and Electric Car Batteries Revealed
December 12, 2012 — A new study of the batteries commonly used in hybrid and electric-only cars has revealed an unexpected factor that could limit the performance of batteries currently on the ... > full story -
Ancient Red Dye Powers New 'Green' Battery: Chemists Use Plant Extract in Eco-Friendly, Sustainable Lithium-Ion Battery
December 11, 2012 — Rose madder -- a natural plant dye once prized throughout the Old World to make fiery red textiles -- has found a second life as the basis for a new "green" battery. Chemists have developed a ... > full story -
Flexible Silicon Solar-Cell Fabrics May Soon Become Possible
December 6, 2012 — For the first time, a silicon-based optical fiber with solar-cell capabilities has been developed that is capable of being scaled up to many meters in length. The research opens the door to the ... > full story -
Superconductors That Work by Themselves: Scientists Discover New Possibilities in Cryoelectronics
December 5, 2012 — Scientists have experimentally demonstrated a new type of superconducting element -- named the phi-Josephson junction. Implemented in cryogenic devices, this element will make superconducting ... > full story
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