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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Corn waste potentially more than ethanol

“People are looking at using cellulose to make ethanol,” says Dr. Bruce E. Logan, the Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering. “You can make ethanol from…

Snake robot to the rescue

Try to picture a snake-like robot that can move into places that are too dangerous for humans to enter. The snake can climb up stairs, force past beams and…

Researchers identify energy gains and environmental impacts of corn ethanol and soybean biodiesel

The study will be published in the July 11 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.The researchers tracked all the energy used for growing corn and…

Health-check for deep-sea pipelines

Four mid-Norwegian industrial companies – SICOM, Force Technology, CorrOcean and Thermotite – have decided on making a joint effort. SINTEF is part of their…

DOE publishes research roadmap for developing cleaner fuels

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released an ambitious new research agenda for the development of cellulosic ethanol as an alternative to gasoline….

Researchers peg magnetism as key driver of high-temperature superconductivity

Writing in the July 6, 2006, issue of Nature, scientists working at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Center for…

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