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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Measuring in 3-D

“Free-form geometries are not rotationally symmetrical, but may be surfaces of any shape. This makes them expensive to manufacture, and the conventional…

Berkeley Lab Examines State-level Renewables Portfolio Standards Policies

“State RPS policies require utilities to buy a certain amount of renewable energy, and these programs have emerged as one of the most important drivers of…

Positioning system used by iPhone and iPod breached

In January, Skyhook Wireless Inc. announced that Apple would use Skyhook's WiFi Positioning System (WPS) for its popular Map applications. The WPS database…

More safety for cell phone batteries

The advantage of these power storage devices lies in their high energy density and voltage (up to four volts). In terms of safety, however, they have one…

The future of solar-powered houses is clear

Professor John Bell said QUT had worked with a Canberra-based company Dyesol, which is developing transparent solar cells that act as both windows and energy…

Where's the glue?

For more than 20 years since the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity, scientists have been debating the underlying physical mechanism for this…

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