Ahmed Busnaina, the William Lincoln Smith Professor and director of the NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing at Northeastern, has developed a method called directed
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SolarPACES (Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems) is pleased to announce the upcoming SolarPACES 2013 conference to be held September 17–20, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. SolarPACES 2013 is the foremost symposium in concentrating solar power and chemical energy systems, bringing together a broad participation from industry, academia, national research and development organizations, and policy makers around the world.
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The search for sustainable new materials to store heat captured from the sun for release during the night has led scientists to a high-tech combination of paraffin wax and sand. Their report on the heat-storing
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a solid-state refrigerator that uses quantum physics in micro- and nanostructures to cool a much larger object to
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While most computers use air to cool their electronics, all of the components in the new server are completely immersed in liquid. The power-hungry fans of traditional computing are replaced by a silent next-generation liquid cooling process that relies on the natural convection of heat.
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Hitachi, Ltd. today announced the achievement of rated output at the 40MW-class test facility with the new gas turbine, AHAT (Advanced Humid Air Turbine) system, being co-developed with the Central Research ...
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Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a way to melt or "weld" specific portions of polymers by embedding aligned nanoparticles within the materials. Their technique, ...
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It also said China will reduce the energy consumption rate of internal combustion engines by 6 percent to 10 percent by 2015 compared with the 2010 level. By expanding the use of energy-saving products, China aims to save 20 million tonnes of fuel ...
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Power electronics are experiencing a continuous rise in their power densities. As a consequence, thermal management for today's power semiconductors must be integrated as early as their design phase. Only then can reliable cooling be safeguarded over the long term.
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Soft robots are lighter and simpler than hard systems, and they are relatively inexpensive to produce - but they have previously been limited to compressed-air power, owing to the high heat generated in combustion reactions. "The key discovery is that ...
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