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Crowdsourcing system aims to map wildfires in seconds
The 2023 blaze in Lahaina, Hawaii, which claimed more than 100 lives and burned 6,500 acres of land across Maui, is a tragic example of how rapid wildfire spread can make effective response efforts impossible, resulting in ...
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Developing environmentally friendly wood fiber boards
NIBIO's wood scientists are keen to contribute to a circular economy. By systematically improving the various links in the wood material value chain—from the trees in the forest to finished wood products—the goal of the ...
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Supersonic microprojectiles reveal new insights into metal bonding
Using a custom-built machine to launch microprojectiles at supersonic speeds, Cornell researchers have uncovered new details about how high-speed metallic collisions can form strong, durable atomic bonds, offering insights ...
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Scientists stir bizarre 'supersolid' matter for first time
Scientists on Wednesday said that they have successfully stirred a strange matter called a "supersolid"—which is both rigid and fluid—for the first time, providing direct proof of the dual nature of this quantum oddity.
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Nov 7, 2024
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Researchers unveil capacitorless solid-state power filter for single-phase DC-AC converters
A study led by Dr. Haitham Kanakri and Dr. Euzeli Dos Santos, Jr., has unveiled a novel capacitorless solid-state power filter (SSPF) for single-phase DC-AC converters. This innovative technology employs a high-frequency ...
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Nov 6, 2024
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Investigating thermal design of silicon carbide power modules for motor drive in electrical vehicle application
A recent study investigates the thermal design of silicon carbide (SiC) power modules for motor drives in electric vehicles, with a focus on optimizing the layout of Pinfin structures to enhance thermal performance. The work ...
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Nov 6, 2024
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Blast furnace slag and fly ash create low-cost cement alternative
China's waste incineration industry has grown rapidly, with about 90% of projects using the mechanical grate furnace process. However, municipal solid waste incineration fly ash (MSWI FA), classified as HW18 on China's hazardous ...
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Nov 6, 2024
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New technology makes carbon capture easier
Flue gases from industrial plants contain the greenhouse gas CO2. Carbon capture processes increase the concentration of the gas, enabling it to be utilized or stored.
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Nov 6, 2024
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Engineers design innovative 25 MW rotors to keep pace with wind turbine growth
University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science professor Eric Loth, who led a multi-institutional team in designing one of the world's largest wind turbines, is mentoring the next generation of students ...
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Nov 6, 2024
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X-59 experimental aircraft fires up its engine for first time on its way to takeoff
NASA's Quesst mission marked a major milestone with the start of tests on the engine that will power the quiet supersonic X-59 experimental aircraft.
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Nov 6, 2024
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High-dielectric-constant elastomer with low dielectric loss improves performance of smart wearables
High-dielectric-constant elastomers possess outstanding softness and stretchability. They allow a fast response and have a high reliability, and thus have been widely applied to wearable electronics.
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Nov 6, 2024
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Transparent film uses principles of radiative cooling to provide sun protection and cool comfort
A research team developed a transparent radiative cooling film featuring a perforated structure resembling an insect screen, designed to regulate solar heat and lower interior temperatures. This breakthrough was recently ...
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Nov 6, 2024
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Advances in energy-efficient avalanche-based amorphization could revolutionize data storage
The atoms of amorphous solids like glass have no ordered structure; they arrange themselves randomly, like scattered grains of sand on a beach. Normally, making materials amorphous—a process known as amorphization—requires ...
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Nov 6, 2024
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Earthquake prediction techniques provide quick insight into material failure analysis
Materials scientists can now use insight from a very common mineral and well-established earthquake and avalanche statistics to quantify how hostile environmental interactions may impact the degradation and failure of materials ...
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Nov 6, 2024
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Seal whisker-inspired sensor monitors ocean turbulence
In the dark ocean depths, seals hunt prey with their highly sensitive whiskers, which detect vibrations.
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Nov 5, 2024
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Human merge unveiled: How new models help self-driving cars drive like us
Scientists at TU Delft have developed a new model that better describes human behavior when merging into motorway traffic. Current models often assume that drivers are constantly trying to optimize their behavior to reach ...
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Nov 5, 2024
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Study disproves idea that weather-dependent renewable energy systems are more prone to blackouts
Wind turbines and photovoltaics (PVs) are becoming increasingly widespread worldwide, which could contribute to reducing air pollution caused by fossil fuel emissions. To produce energy, however, these renewable energy solutions ...
Review explores field weakening control strategies for permanent magnet synchronous motors
A recent study, led by Runze Jing, summarized field weakening (FW) control strategies into calculation-based methods, voltage closed-loop control methods, and model predictive control-related methods. The calculation-based ...
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Nov 5, 2024
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Researchers develop a new method for accurately detecting hydrogen with high sensitivity
Hydrogen gas is a promising energy source with several advantages—it is lightweight, storable, energy-dense, and environmentally friendly compared to fossil fuels, producing no pollutants or greenhouse gas emissions. As ...
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Nov 5, 2024
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AI-powered system detects toxic gases with speed and precision
Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science developed an AI-powered system that mimics the human sense of smell to detect and track toxic gases in real time. Using advanced artificial ...
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Nov 5, 2024
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