News tagged with electrical transformer
New materials turn heat into electricity
Most of today's power plants--from some of the largest solar arrays to nuclear energy facilities--rely on the boiling and condensing of water to produce energy.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 07, 2011 |
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Physicists turn liquid into solid using an electric field
(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists have predicted that under the influence of sufficiently high electric fields, liquid droplets of certain materials will undergo solidification, forming crystallites at temperature ...
Oct 11, 2011 |
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New rechargeable batteries needed: A microporous polymer is an unusually powerful supercapacitor
(PhysOrg.com) -- For future electric vehicles, powerful notebook computers, and other portable devices, we need a new generation of energy storage materials that are better suited to modern needs than current ...
Aug 23, 2011 |
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Researchers discover source for generating 'green' electricity
University of Minnesota engineering researchers in the College of Science and Engineering have recently discovered a new alloy material that converts heat directly into electricity. This revolutionary energy conversion method ...
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Hard... soft... New nanomaterial switches properties
(PhysOrg.com) -- A world premiere: a material which changes its strength, virtually at the touch of a button. This transformation can be achieved in a matter of seconds through changes in the electron structure ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 02, 2011 |
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Plugless Power soon to arrive for electric and hybrid vehicles
(PhysOrg.com) -- Evatran, a company from Virginia in the US, has developed a working prototype of a plugless induction charger for electric and hybrid vehicles, and demonstrated the system at this week’s Plug In ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jul 30, 2010 |
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Engineers hit pay dirt with clay mixture
A watery, mud-like substance has hit pay dirt for Case Western Reserve University engineering professor David Schiraldi and his research group.
Apr 14, 2009 |
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