News tagged with nuclear battery

The right recipe: Engineering research improves laser detectors, batteries

Think of it as cooking with carbon spaghetti: A Kansas State University researcher is developing new ways to create and work with carbon nanotubes -- ultrasmall tubes that look like pieces of spaghetti or string.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Panasonic to build Malaysian solar cell plant

Japanese electronics giant Panasonic said Friday it would build a new solar cell factory in Malaysia, as it looks abroad to cut production costs caused by the surging yen.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New thermal battery manufacturing method to be industrialized

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new thin-film coating process for manufacturing thermal batteries used in nuclear weapons and other munitions that was invented at Sandia National Laboratories will be industrialized under ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Panasonic sees light after darkness of disaster

(AP) -- Panasonic Corp., which faces a tough road this year after Japan's earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis, believes it can turn disaster into opportunity as the country rethinks its energy policy.

Technology / Business

created May 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Buzz builds around electric cars as Nissan plans debut

As the Gulf of Mexico disaster casts an ugly spotlight on the pitfalls of global oil dependency, Japan's auto giants are moving into high gear in a drive to mass-market electric cars.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 20, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (24) | comments 23

Scientists home in on lithium battery safety flaws

Scientists at Cambridge have developed a simple, accurate way of "seeing" chemistry in action inside a lithium-ion battery.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created May 16, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers create smaller and more efficient nuclear battery

(PhysOrg.com) -- Batteries can power anything from small sensors to large systems. While scientists are finding ways to make them smaller but even more powerful, problems can arise when these batteries are ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (31) | comments 14

Japan electric car makers, utility plan battery-charge stations

Three Japanese electric car makers teamed up with the country's largest power company Wednesday to study ways to building a grid of battery charging stations for zero-emission vehicles.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1