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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Brown Engineers Build a Better Battery – With Plastic

Brown University engineers have created a new battery that uses plastic, not metal, to conduct electrical current. The hybrid device marries the power of a…

Tiny fuel cell might replace batteries in laptop computers, portable electronics

Chemists at Arizona State University in Tempe have created a tiny hydrogen-gas generator that they say can be developed into a compact fuel cell package that…

Solar energy: Charged for the future

Potential applications include cell phones, computers, automobiles, homes and office buildings. The American Chemical Society will address the progress and…

MIT uses sound to search for gas, oil

With the help of a new $580,000 US Department of Energy (DOE) grant, the earth scientists will use their skills at interpreting underground sound to seek out…

Mercury Rising! Offices to stay cool and save dollars

The new system, designed by Simon Shun, working under the supervision of Associate Professor N.A. Ahmed at the University of New South Wales, relies on solar…

Electronic life extension

Everyone knows the frustration of battery discharge: that sinking feeling when your notebook computer shuts down before you've saved that vital document or the…

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