News tagged with voltage control

Engineers find new way of utilizing solar farms at night

(PhysOrg.com) -- New technology from The University of Western Ontario utilizing photovoltaic (PV) solar farms at night will help in connecting more renewable energy sources like wind turbines to Ontario's grid, increasing ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 17, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Japanese Manufacturers Developing Millimeter-Wave Communication Chips

(PhysOrg.com) -- The three large Japanese manufactures, Hitachi, Panasonic Corp., and Toshiba Corp, have announced that they are developing radio frequency (RF) transceiver ICs in the 60GHz band. All three ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Feb 01, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog

Electric cars rolling out

(PhysOrg.com) -- Electric vehicles are far from new, but we are still a long way from electric cars being the norm. Now two new electric cars may bring that goal a step closer.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (16) | comments 7 weblog

Spirit Rover: Rear Wheel Trouble Continues

(PhysOrg.com) -- Results of diagnostic tests on Spirit's right-rear wheel on Sol 2109 (Dec. 8, 2009) continue to indicate a troubled wheel, which may leave the rover with only four operable wheels.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

High-speed signal mixer demonstrates capabilities of transistor laser

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Illinois have successfully demonstrated a microwave signal mixer made from a tunnel-junction transistor laser. Development of the device brings researchers ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Voltage Patterning' could be next step in nanostructure lithography

(PhysOrg.com) -- "What you want these days is to have precise control of nanostructures. Using masks and optical techniques, it is possible to control how nanostructures grow for use in practical applications," David Field ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (15) | comments 4 feature