As the global automobile industry considers alternative energy sources to replace the traditional internal combustion engine, Jessie Pacheco, a mail clerk at Camp Pendleton, has been making his rounds to Marines in General ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 18, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Car manufacturers aspire to create hydrogen-powered vehicles that could one day allow energy-efficient, cost-effective travel that emits no greenhouse gases or other pollutants. To further that effort, scientists ...
Engineering
Mar 16, 2009
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The EUREKA (Belgium) i-StARS project is developing a compact, fully integrated and low-cost start-stop system for cars to replace conventional alternators in mass production. This second-generation starter alternator reversible ...
Engineering
Jan 15, 2009
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Is everyone equally affected by environmental pollution? This is the essence of 'environmental justice,' a concept that originated in the United States during the 1970s. It revolves around the idea of ensuring fairness and ...
Environment
Mar 25, 2024
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A new study determines the efficiency of a single-molecule heat engine by considering a series of ratchets that transfer energy along a network.
Nanophysics
Jul 25, 2023
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In a study published in Combustion and Flame, researchers investigated the impact of non-thermal reaction chemistry on the propagation of combustion fronts for a H2-CH4 fuel mixture burning in air within a bounded domain, ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 31, 2023
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Chinese scientists have proposed a highly reliable thermal power generator by combining thermoacoustic effect and triboelectric effect.
General Physics
Mar 26, 2021
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Scientists from NUST MISIS have found a way to increase the fracture toughness of silicon carbide, a promising structural material for the production of refractory parts, by 1.5 times. These results were achieved due to the ...
Materials Science
Aug 14, 2020
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When it comes to car and truck engines, not much has changed since Nikolaus Otto invented the modern internal combustion engine in 1876. But the internal combustion engine could, at least theoretically, be in for a big change.
Plasma Physics
Dec 19, 2019
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In a recent paper in Science Advances, researchers from the University of Amsterdam present new experimental insight into how lubrication works. They have developed a new method using fluorescent molecules to directly observe ...
General Physics
Dec 13, 2019
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