News articles tagged with 'electric'
Carnegie Mellon customising electric cars for cost-effective urban commuting
— 17 Nov 2009 11:39 | TechnologyResearchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute have converted a 2001 Scion xB into an electric commuter vehicle that will serve as a test bed for a new community-based... — full story
Pinning down superconductivity to a single layer
— 30 Oct 2009 11:04 | TechnologyUsing precision techniques for making superconducting thin films layer-by-layer, physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified a... — full story
Synthetic cells shed biological insights while delivering battery power
— 23 Oct 2009 12:51 | TechnologyTrying to understand the complex workings of a biological cell by teasing out the function of every molecule within it is a daunting task. But by making synthetic cells that include... — full story
Ion Tiger fuel cell unmanned air vehicle completes 23-hour flight
— 14 Oct 2009 12:04 | TechnologyThe Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL's) Ion Tiger, a hydrogen-powered fuel cell unmanned air vehicle (UAV), has flown 23 hours and 17 minutes, setting an unofficial flight endurance... — full story
Improved redox flow batteries for electric cars
— 13 Oct 2009 10:52 | TechnologyA new type of redox flow battery presents a huge advantage for electric cars. If the rechargeable batteries are low, the discharged electrolyte fluid can simply be exchanged at the... — full story
Electric fish plug in to communicate
— 29 Sep 2009 17:31 | BiologyJust as people plug in to computers, smart phones and electric outlets to communicate, electric fish communicate by quickly plugging special channels into their cells to generate electrical... — full story
New findings could help hybrid, electric cars keep their cool
— 23 Sep 2009 10:38 | TechnologyUnderstanding precisely how fluid boils in tiny 'microchannels' has led to formulas and models that will help engineers design systems to cool high-power electronics in electric and... — full story
Strain on nanocrystals could yield colossal results
— 18 Sep 2009 14:34 | TechnologyIn finally answering an elusive scientific question, researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have shown that the selective... — full story
New material for nanoscale computer chips
— 17 Aug 2009 16:31 | TechnologyNanochemists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Nano-Science Centre, Department of Chemistry at University of Copenhagen have developed nanoscale electric contacts out of organic... — full story
Opening a new window on daylight
— 1 Aug 2009 17:55 | TechnologyA new approach to windows that could let in more light and cut indoor lighting needs by up to 99% in buildings in Tropical regions without losing the cooling effect of shades. Details... — full story