Power and Electrical Engineering

This topic covers issues related to energy generation, conversion, transportation and consumption and how the industry is addressing the challenge of energy efficiency in general.

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Sensor for smart textiles survives washing machine, cars and hammers

Slinky-like sensor is ultra-sensitive and resilient. Think about your favorite t-shirt, the one you’ve worn a hundred times, and all the abuse you’ve put it through. You’ve washed it more…

Getting single-crystal diamond ready for electronics

Researchers from Osaka University polished the hardest known material without damaging it, which will help accelerate its use in advanced electronics. Silicon has been the workhorse of electronics for decades…

Combustion simulations for a sustainable energy system transformation

The EU research project “Center of Excellence in Combustion” (CoEC), granted with a budget of over 5.6 Million Euro, has started. Eleven partners from eight countries are involved – including…

Thermal storage materials for a sustainable energy supply

Improvement of heat exchange by means of metallized zeolites The heating season in Germany has started again and in terms of a sustainable energy supply, concepts for an effective heat…

Powering toward a zero-carbon energy system

Can tomorrow’s energy supply be freed of CO2 Fraunhofer researchers want to answer that question with a consortium of partners in ZO.RRO, a joint project underway in the German state…

Researchers break magnetic memory speed record

Advance could lead to new generation of ultrafast computer chips that retain data even when there is no power. Spintronic devices are attractive alternatives to conventional computer chips, providing digital…

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