Energy & Green Tech
Wind and sun may be nearly infinite resources. But the materials needed to build wind turbines and solar panels are not always common. Take the rare earth metals—neodymium, dysprosium, and praseodymium—for example. Chances ...
Aug 16, 2023
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Engineering
An international team of researchers revisited the fundamentals of Negative Poisson's ratio structure (NPRS) and investigated its creation using laminated carbon fiber reinforced plastics, a strong and lightweight material. ...
Jun 22, 2023
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Robotics
A robotic bee that can fly fully in all directions has been developed by Washington State University researchers.
May 23, 2023
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Engineering
Together with project partners CG TEC, Cordenka, ElringKlinger, Fiber Engineering and Technikum Laubholz, DITF is developing a new fiber composite material (CELLUN) with reinforcing fibers made of cellulose. CELLUN made from ...
Apr 24, 2023
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Engineering
Carbon fibers (CF) are now more frequently used in composite materials due to their extremely high rigidity and strength—in recent years, they are also increasingly used in the construction industry. For concrete, this ...
Dec 20, 2022
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Engineering
Soon, electric passenger ferries crossing the sea by skimming above the surface may become a reality. At Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, a research team has created a unique method for further developing hydrofoils ...
Jun 2, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Packing enough energy into a battery to power a car is putting a lot of pressure on the storage devices that, for the last century or so, have mainly been tasked with running small appliances and electronics. The stress is ...
May 16, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
The research outcome of Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) related to "low-cost and flexible high-energy-density lithium-sulfur batteries" was recently published on the front cover of the journal Small.
May 12, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
University of Central Florida scientists are charging on with an experimental battery capable of reinventing how automobiles and spacecraft are made.
May 4, 2022
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Robotics
Researchers from the RIKEN Guardian Robot Project and collaborators have used a combination of lightweight material engineering and artificial intelligence to create an exoskeleton robot that could help people with mobility ...
Mar 22, 2022
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