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Atomic-Scale Investigations Solve Key Puzzle of LED Efficiency
From the high-resolution
glow of flat screen
televisions to light bulbs
that last for years,
light-emitting diodes (LEDs)
... > full story
Engineers Devise New Way to Produce Clean Hydrogen
Engineers have developed a
novel method for producing
clean hydrogen, which could
prove essential to weaning
society off of fossil fuels
and their environmental
... > full story
New Method for Tailoring Optical Processors
Physicists and engineers
have unveiled a robust new
method for arranging metal
nanoparticles in geometric
patterns that can act as
optical processors that
... > full story
Fastest Measurements Ever Made of Ion Channel Proteins
Engineers have used
miniaturized electronics to
measure the activity of
individual ion-channel
proteins with temporal
resolution as fine as one
... > full story
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Not Just Blowing in the Wind: Compressing Air for Renewable Energy Storage
May 20, 2013 — A comprehensive study into the potential for compressed air energy storage in the Pacific Northwest has identified two locations in Washington state that could store enough Northwest wind energy ... > full story -
Bacteria Use Hydrogen, Carbon Dioxide to Produce Electricity
May 19, 2013 — Researchers have engineered a strain of electricity-producing bacteria that can grow using hydrogen gas as its sole electron donor and carbon dioxide as its sole source of ... > full story -
Artificial Forest for Solar Water-Splitting: First Fully Integrated Artificial Photosynthesis Nanosystem
May 16, 2013 — Researchers have created the first fully integrated artificial photosynthesis nanosystem. While "artificial leaf" is the popular term for such a system, the key to this success was an "artificial ... > full story -
Security Risks Found in Sensors for Heart Devices, Consumer Electronics
May 16, 2013 — The type of sensors that pick up the rhythm of a beating heart in implanted cardiac defibrillators and pacemakers are vulnerable to tampering, according to a new study conducted in controlled ... > full story -
New Insights Into How Materials Transfer Heat Could Lead to Improved Electronics
May 16, 2013 — Researchers have published new insights into how materials transfer heat, which could lead eventually to smaller, more powerful electronic ... > full story -
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Strategies to Achieve Net-Zero Energy Homes
May 15, 2013 — Chances are you know how many miles your car logs for each gallon or tankful of gas, but you probably have only a foggy idea of how much energy your house consumes, even though home energy ... > full story -
First Direct Proof of Hofstadter Butterfly Fractal Observed in Moiré Superlattices
May 15, 2013 — Scientists have directly observed a rare quantum effect that produces a repeating butterfly-shaped energy spectrum, confirming the longstanding prediction of this quantum fractal energy structure ... > full story -
Making Frequency-Hopping Radios Practical
May 15, 2013 — New hardware could lead to wireless devices that identify and exploit unused transmission frequencies, using radio spectrum much more ... > full story -
Storage Power Plant on the Seabed
May 15, 2013 — A group of scientists aims to store electricity at the bottom of the sea. The energy will be stored with the help of high water ... > full story -
New Uses for Tiny Carbon Nanotubes: Adding Ionic Liquid to Nanotube Films Could Build Smaller Gadgets
May 14, 2013 — Nanotubes are stronger than steel and smaller than any element of silicon-based electronics. They can potentially process information faster while using less energy. The challenge has been figuring ... > full story
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