Inspired by mammals' eyes, University of Wisconsin-Madison electrical engineers have created the fastest, most responsive flexible silicon phototransistor ever made.
Nanophysics
Oct 30, 2015
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California wants more drivers to dump the pump and plug in.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 8, 2015
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This week, Idaho National Laboratory is reporting analysis results from the largest collection of light-duty plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) and charging infrastructure demonstrations in the world. The findings will be used ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 1, 2015
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In the future, a wireless charging system will allow electric cars not only to charge their batteries, but also to feed energy back into the power grid, helping to stabilize it. The cost-effective charging system achieves ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 1, 2015
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Australia's first electric vehicle highway will open in WA later this month, with the final charging stations currently being installed in the south-west.
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 12, 2015
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If you build them they will come – in this case if you build electric car charging points then you increase the chance of people opting to buy electric cars.
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 31, 2015
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Even though lightning is a common phenomenon, the exact mechanism triggering a lightning discharge remains elusive. Scientists at the Dutch national research institute for mathematics CWI, the University of Groningen and ...
General Physics
Jul 1, 2015
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Lightning dart across the sky in a flash. And even though we can use lightning rods to increase the probability of it striking at a specific location, its exact path remains unpredictable. At a smaller scale, discharges between ...
General Physics
Jun 19, 2015
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A group of Russian scientists recently presented their research into the process of laser pulse filamentation—the effect produced when a laser beam propagating in air focuses into a filament. The researchers discovered ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 1, 2015
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A microsupercapacitor designed by scientists at Rice University that may find its way into personal and even wearable electronics is getting an upgrade. The laser-induced graphene device benefits greatly when boron becomes ...
Nanophysics
May 18, 2015
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