Ultrasound can now monitor the health of your car engine
A system that uses ultrasound technology to look inside car engines could lead to more efficient engines – and huge fuel savings for motorists.
Engineering
Dec 10, 2012
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News tagged with engine efficiency
Researcher looks to whirligig beetle for bio-inspired robots
Whirligig beetles are named for their whirling movement on top of water, moving rapidly in and taking off into flight.
Plants & Animals
Nov 29, 2012
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Hearing disorders can be treated with multifunctional nanoliposome therapy
Liposomes are used in contemporary medicine to carry and apply drugs and genes into different tissue areas of the body. They are small bubble-shaped lipid molecules, and an attractive candidate for delivery because they are ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 20, 2012
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Freescale: World's most advanced powertrain microcontroller, helping drive auto industry to 55 MPG
Freescale Semiconductor today announced the new Qorivva MPC5777M multicore microcontroller (MCU), the latest advancement in its extensive Qorivva product line. This advanced MCU family will help automakers worldwide address ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Nov 14, 2012
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Modified diesel engines and a discussion on fuel economy
Steve Ciatti, a mechanical engineer at Argonne National Laboratory west of Chicago, modifies diesel engines.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 8, 2012
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GE introduces natural gas FlexEfficiency 60 turbine
(Phys.org)—General Electric has unveiled its new line of highly efficient natural gas burning turbines for use in generating electricity. The new turbines are able to rapidly increase or reduce their power output to meet ...
Cleaner cars credited for better LA air, but pollution is still the worst in US
The notoriously smoggy skies of Los Angeles are a little bit cleaner than you might expect, at least in one respect. According to a study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the levels of certain vehicle-related ...
Environment
Aug 27, 2012
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Printed photonic crystal mirrors shrink on-chip lasers down to size
(Phys.org) -- Electrical engineers at The University of Texas at Arlington and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have devised a new laser for on-chip optical connections that could give computers a huge boost in speed ...
Optics & Photonics
Jul 23, 2012
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New method knocks out stubborn electron problem
A newly published article in Physical Review Letters eliminates one of the top unsolved theoretical problems in chemical physics as ranked by the National Research Council in 1995. Scientists now can more accurately predict ...
General Physics
Jul 3, 2012
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Researchers develop technique to keep cool high-power semiconductor devices used in wireless applications, electric cars
A group of researchers at the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering have developed a technique to keep cool a semiconductor material used in everything from traffic lights to electric cars.
Nanophysics
May 8, 2012
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