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Engineers Generate World-Record mmWave Output Power from Nanoscale CMOS
April 25, 2013 Electrical engineers have generated a record amount of power output —- by a power of five —- using silicon-based nanoscale CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) technology for ... > full story -
New Battery Design Could Help Solar and Wind Power the Grid
April 24, 2013 Researchers have designed a low-cost, long-life battery that could enable solar and wind energy to become major suppliers to the electrical ... > 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 -
Prototype Generators Emit Much Less Carbon Monoxide
April 17, 2013 Portable electric generators retrofitted with off-the-shelf hardware emitted significantly lower levels of carbon monoxide, according to the results of recent ... > 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 -
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 -
Turning Algae Into Clean Energy and Fish Food; Helping Africans to Irrigate Crops
April 16, 2013 Two student teams working hard to move their “green” ideas off the drawing board and into the real world will showcase their ... > full story
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