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High-performance Plasmas May Make Reliable, Efficient Fusion Power A Reality
In the quest to produce
nuclear fusion energy,
researchers from the DIII-D
National Fusion Facility
have recently confirmed
... > full story
Overcoming Barriers For Organic Electronics
Electronic devices can't
work well unless all of the
transistors, or switches,
within them allow electrical
current to flow easily when
they are turned on.
... > full story
Green Heating And Cooling Technology Turns Carbon From Eco-villain To Hero
Carbon is usually typecast
as a villain in terms of the
environment but researchers
have now devised a novel way
to miniaturize a technology ... > full story
Harvesting Energy From Nature's Motions
By taking advantage of the
vagaries of the natural
world, engineers have
developed a novel approach
that they believe can more
efficiently harvest
electricity from the motions
... > full story
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New Transparent Insulating Film Could Enable Energy-efficient Displays
November 9, 2009 — Materials scientists have found a way to transform a chemical long used as an electrical conductor a thin film insulator potentially useful in transistor technology and in devices such as electronic ... > full story -
Powerful Laser Sheds Light On Fast Ignition And High Energy Density Physics
November 6, 2009 — A new generation of high-energy (>kJ) petawatt (HEPW) lasers is being constructed worldwide to study high intensity laser matter interactions, including fast ... > full story -
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Toward Home-brewed Electricity With 'Personalized Solar Energy'
November 4, 2009 — New scientific discoveries are moving society toward the era of "personalized solar energy," in which the focus of electricity production shifts from huge central generating stations to individuals ... > full story -
Hidden Solar Cells: 3-D System Based On Optical Fiber Could Provide New Options For Photovoltaics
November 3, 2009 — Converting sunlight to electricity might no longer mean large panels of photovoltaic cells atop flat surfaces like ... > full story -
Discovery May Lead To Precision Engineering Of Superconducting Thin Films For Electronic Devices
November 2, 2009 — Using precision techniques for making superconducting thin films layer-by-layer, physicists have identified a single layer responsible for one such material's ability to become superconducting, i.e., ... > full story -
Blue Energy Seems Feasible And Offers Considerable Benefits
November 2, 2009 — Generating energy on a large scale by mixing salt and fresh water is both technically possible and practical. The worldwide potential for this clean form of energy – 'blue energy' – is ... > full story -
All-electric Spintronics Created
October 30, 2009 — Scientists have always attempted to develop spin transistors by incorporating local ferromagnets into device architectures. A far better and practical way to manipulate the orientation of an ... > full story -
Electrical Engineers Go Head To Head With Genius On Music Playlists
October 30, 2009 — Electrical engineers recently pitted Genius -- the music recommendation system in Apple's iTunes -- against two experimental music recommender systems. Genius appears to capture acoustic similarities ... > full story -
Key Process For Space Outpost Proved On 'Vomit Comet' Ride
October 29, 2009 — During flights simulating the moon's low gravity, researchers find that sifters can separate soil particles and produce the best feedstock for an oxygen generator. Scientists are designing and ... > full story -
Hidden Costs Of Energy Production And Use
October 27, 2009 — A new report examines and, when possible, estimates "hidden" costs of energy production and use -- such as the damage air pollution imposes on human health -- that are not reflected in market prices ... > full story
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