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High-Voltage Plasma Succeeds in Aircraft-Wing Deicing

Oct. 17, 2019
By using a plasma created by high voltage moving across a wing’s surface, researchers devised and tested a technique for deicing aircraft wings that doesn’t rely on diverted engine...
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Hybrid Cathode Synergy Yields Sharply Improved Li-S Battery Metrics

Oct. 3, 2019
A new cathode implementation for lithium-sulfur batteries uses a hybrid of materials and fabrication techniques, greatly improving weight and energy density specifications versus...
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Componentized Direct-Drive Electric Generator Targets New and Refurbished Wind Turbines

Oct. 1, 2019
Now becoming available for large wind-turbine systems are less expensive, lightweight, and higher-performing alternatives to the low-speed, rare-earth permanent-magnet direct-...
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Liquid-Metal Triboelectric Nanogenerator Harvests Body Motion

Sept. 27, 2019
Researchers developed a friction-based transducer comprised of liquid metal and a polymer-layer sandwich that can harvest energy of low-frequency motion, such as from a body.
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Are You Kidding—Harvest Power from Rust?

2019年9月3日
An intermittent saline solution flowing across a precisely engineered, ultra-thin layer of rust can generate small but meaningful amounts of power.
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木材作为换能器for Energy Harvesting of Low-Grade Heat?

Aug. 5, 2019
When infused with a suitable electrolyte, chemically processed wood can function as an energy-harvesting transducer using low-grade (low temperature) heat as the energy source...
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A Peek Inside the KSU Nuclear Reactor

June 26, 2019
Paul Rako had the opportunity to tour Kansas State University’s “TRIGA” nuclear reactor, which serves an educational facility for students and researchers alike.
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Can Silicon Qualification Standards be Applied to GaN HEMT Power Converters?

June 12, 2019
The industry needs a robust qualification strategy that allows manufacturers to demonstrate their devices can provide a high level of reliability. Infineon came up with a four...
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Portland’s New Electric Buses Recharge Using Renewable Wind Energy

May 15, 2019
Pilot project buses will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about 100 to 140 tons per year compared to a standard 40-ft. diesel bus.
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Charge-Storing Threads Turn Fabric into Supercapacitor

May 13, 2019
Researchers combined conductive threads with a polymer film to create a flexible mesh of electrodes on a textile backing that functions as a supercapacitor.
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