Engineering
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed lithium-ion batteries that perform well at freezing cold and scorching hot temperatures, while packing a lot of energy. The researchers accomplished this ...
Jul 4, 2022
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Automotive
Cold temperatures can sap electric car batteries, temporarily reducing their range by more than 40 percent when interior heaters are used, a new study found.
Feb 7, 2019
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Computer Sciences
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have constructed and tested a system that allows commercial electronic components—such as microprocessors on circuit boards—to operate in close ...
Feb 24, 2022
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Other
The computer glitch that forced the temporary suspension last week of US domestic airline departures was caused by a contractor mistakenly deleting files, the country's aviation regulator said Thursday.
Jan 20, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Lithium ion batteries are a bit famous for their poor cold-weather performance, and that has consequences for some of their most important applications—everything from starting an electric car in a Wisconsin winter to flying ...
Aug 26, 2021
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Engineering
More than 90 years ago, physicist Eugene Wigner predicted that at low densities and cold temperatures, electrons that usually zip through materials would freeze into place, forming an electron ice, or what has been dubbed ...
Oct 5, 2021
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Engineering
The Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) Nitrogen Blowdown Facility has succeeded at recreating the intense conditions of a gas event, making it possible to test subsurface safety valves' (SSSV) ability to withstand associated ...
Oct 14, 2021
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Engineering
Lancaster researchers have developed a camera-like device able to image mini whirlpools in quantum liquids for the first time ever.
May 30, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
A team of chemists and engineers affiliated with several institutions has found an electrolyte solution that can be used to reduce the recharging time of lithium-ion batteries while allowing battery capacity to remain comparatively ...
Energy & Green Tech
Retrofitting every house in the UK to net zero standard by 2050 will require replacing all gas boilers, mostly with heat pumps. The target rate is 600,000 a year by 2028—but in 2022, fewer than 60,000 heat pumps were installed.
Aug 16, 2023
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