Power and Electrical Engineering

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Solar flares cause GPS failures, possibly devastating for jets and distress calls

Because solar flares — larger-than-normal radiation “burps” by the sun — are generally unpredictable, such failures could be devastating for “safety-of-life”…

MIT engineers work to improve nuclear power generation

With U.S. electricity demand projected to increase by nearly 50 percent over the next 25 years, the Bush administration and others see nuclear power as an…

Ceramic microreactors developed for on-site hydrogen production

Applications include power supplies for small appliances and laptop computers, and on-site rechargers for battery packs used by the military. “The catalytic…

Engine on a chip promises to best the battery

It could also dramatically lighten the load for people who can't connect to a power grid, including soldiers who now must carry many pounds of batteries for a…

Researchers developing more powerful solar cells

“We have a lot of sunlight,” said Vikram Dalal as sunshine lit up a late-summer morning and the south-facing windows of his office at Iowa State University's…

MIT designs 'invisible,' floating wind turbines

Today's offshore wind turbines usually stand on towers driven deep into the ocean floor. But that arrangement works only in water depths of about 15 meters or…

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