News tagged with direct current

Solar inverters: Losses are cut in half

A switching trick makes it possible to cut the losses of a series-production inverter in half and increase the efficiency from 96 to 98 percent. The HERIC-topology makes it possible to achieve a world-record ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

World first superconducting DC power transmission system a step closer

(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of researchers in Japan have succeeded for the first time in superconducting power transmission of direct current over two hundred meters.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 08, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 23 | with audio podcast report

Scientists show that people really walk in circles when lost (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in the Multisensory Perception and Action Group at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany, led by Jan Souman and Marc Ernst, have now presented ...

Biology / Other

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 13