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Energy refers to the application of engineering to energy efficiency and services, facility management, ecology, and alternative energy technologies. It includes renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, geothermal power, biofuels, and hydro power.
Soybeans the answer to world hunger?
A way to dramatically increase the yield and quality of soybeans has been developed by Washington State…
Nearby star Proxima Centauri has regular starspots
In August astronomers announced that the nearby star Proxima Centauri hosts an Earth-sized planet (called Proxima…
Supercapacitor uses no conductive carbon
Energy storage devices called supercapacitors have become a hot area of research, in part because they can be…
Unmanned aircraft is powered by solar energy
The pilots of Solar Impulse 2 of spoke of their new project, following circling the globe in an aircraft that used…
Africa’s first green airport powered by the sun
The regional airport in George, a town of just 150,000 residents on South Africa's south coast is Africa's first…
‘Supramolecule’ could reduce nuclear, agricultural waste
Indiana University researchers have reported the first definitive evidence for a new molecular structure with…
Solar panels 25% less expensive than last year
Recently, researchers revealed that energy companies making bids to install large solar farms overseas have listed…
Thin film MELF resistors offer tighter tolerance
Vishay Intertechnology have extended the AEC-Q200-qualified Professional Thin Film MELF resistors to tighter…
Manufacturing technique yields particle uniformity
In the latest issue of the journal Lab on a Chip, researchers from MIT’s Microsystems Technology Laboratories…
Oxides set aflutter with water vapor
Exposing one type of an oxide structure called perovskite to both water vapour and streams of electrons, it…