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- How to tap the sun's energy through heat as well as light (MIT News)- January 19, 2014
- A new approach to harvesting solar energy, developed by MIT ... of Energy through MIT's Solid-State Solar Thermal Energy Conversion ... More...
- Compact Capillary Heat-Exchanger for Thermal Energy Storage (openPR (press release))- January 13, 2014
- The capillary heat-exchanger can absorb and release heat and can be used in thermal energy storage such as ice storage or hot water storage ... More...
- Cloudy with a chance of combustion: Scientists forecast weather on ... (natmonitor.com)- January 6, 2014
- Weather forecasters have a tough job. For one thing, for all of the high-tech gadgetry they employ, their accuracy is spotty at best. They get no credit if ... More...
- ANSYS Closes Acquisition of Reaction Design (MarketWatch)- January 6, 2014
- Understanding and predicting the effects of chemistry in a combustion ... for the simulation of internal combustion engines, leading to improved fuel ... More...
- Research update: Electric fields can push droplets from surfaces (MIT News)- December 23, 2013
- New method developed at MIT could lead to near-doubling of heat-transfer efficiency from power-plant condensers. David L. Chandler, MIT News ... More...
- Producing Electricity on the Moon at Night (Science Daily)- December 20, 2013
- Scientists have proposed a system of mirrors, processed lunar soil and a heat engine to provide energy to vehicles and crew during the lunar night. This would preclude the need for batteries and ... More...
- Small Size Enhances Charge Transfer in Quantum Dots (Science Daily)- December 16, 2013
- of a surrounding polymer to extract electric charges generated in the dot by the absorption of More...
- A new compression conversion approach yields efficient engine (Phys.org)- December 3, 2013
- Professor Naitoh of the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the Waseda University, Japan, has discovered a new compressive combustion principle that can yield engines with the ultimate level of efficiency. ... More...
- New Book Covers Latest Trends in Applications of Nanotechnology ... (AZoNano.com)- December 2, 2013
- The authors coined the term "nanofin effect" to resolve the conundrums observed during enhancement of heat transfer and thermal energy storage that occurs in ... More...
- Allow to set up nuclear plants at thermal power plant sites: Atomic ... (Economic Times)- December 2, 2013
- According to safety norms, it is necessary to provide for 'exclusion-radius' which necessitates that people do not live in the radius of 1 km from the reactor, Sinha ... More...