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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U of M researchers invent 'flashy' new process to turn soy oil, glucose into hydrogen

Anyone who's overheated vegetable oil or sweet syrup knows that neither oil nor sugar evaporates–oil smokes and turns brown, sugar turns black, and both leave…

VTT's world-class cleanroom facilities restored to full operational condition

The air-conditioning system and most of the cleanroom structures that were damaged in the fire have been completely replaced. Covering a floor area of 1,100…

MIT's pint-sized engine promises high efficiency, low cost

MIT researchers are developing a half-sized gasoline engine that performs like its full-sized cousin but offers fuel efficiency approaching that of today's…

Intelligent oil-wells

The equipment is supplied by a small SINTEF start-up company in Trondheim called ResMan as, whose work is based on many years of research at SINTEF and the…

First demonstration of a working invisibility cloak

Cloaks that render objects essentially invisible to microwaves could have a variety of wireless communications or radar applications, according to the…

NIST releases new standard for semiconductor industry

The 1-centimeter square coating, just 3 micrometers thick, is the first standard for the chemical composition of thin-film semiconductor alloys issued by the…

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