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Solar-to-Hydrogen Conversion: Nanostructuring Increases Efficiency of Metal-Free Photocatalysts by Factor 11

02/28/2018

One of the major challenges of the energy transition is to supply energy even when the sun is not shining. Hydrogen production by splitting water with the help of sunlight could offer a solution. Hydrogen is a good energy storage medium and can be used in many ways. However, water does not simply

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Cree, Inc. Announces Long-Term Silicon Carbide Wafer Supply Agreement with Infineon

02/27/2018

DURHAM, N.C. — Cree, Inc. announces that it signed a strategic long-term agreement to produce and supply its Wolfspeed silicon carbide (SiC) wafers to Infineon Technologies AG. The agreement governs Cree’s supply of advanced 150 mm SiC wafers to Infineon,

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Cartoon Coyote's Fall Inspires Development of new Properties of Silicon

02/27/2018

The essence of the technology - where an object takes a moment to respond to the energy placed upon it - is a staple of cartoons such as Roadrunner, where characters run off cliffs and spend a moment in mid-air before falling. Scientists hope that their discovery, detailed in a study

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Army Researchers are After Cost-Effective Safer, Lighter Batteries

02/27/2018

Scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the Georgia Institute of Technology are focused on the development of batteries that improve the safety and energy density of ones currently found on the battlefield. The joint modeling and experimental work reports on the progress

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Exotic State of Matter: An Atom Full of Atoms

02/26/2018

What is inside an atom, between the nucleus and the electron? Usually there is nothing, but why could there not be other particles too? If the electron orbits the nucleus at a great distance, there is plenty of space in between for other atoms. A "giant atom" can be created, filled with

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DOE Grants $10.6 Million to Produce More Biodiesel, Biojet Fuel

02/26/2018

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded the University of Illinois a $10.6 million, five-year grant to transform two of the most productive crops in America into sustainable sources of biodiesel and biojet fuel. The new research project Renewable Oil Generated with Ultra-productive Energycane--or

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Developing a 'Living Lab' to Study Energy-Efficient Logistics

02/23/2018

Troy, N.Y. -- The transportation sector is one of the largest consumers of energy. The energy consumption of the freight sector is growing faster than the overall sector, according to researchers. This is the case of light trucks and medium/heavy trucks that consume 32.1 percent and 22.7 percent

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Basque Researchers Turn Light Upside Down

02/23/2018

Optical waves propagating away from a point source typically exhibit circular (convex) wavefronts. "Like waves on a water surface when a stone is dropped", explains Peining Li, EU Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow at nanoGUNE and first author of the paper. The reason of this circular propagation

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Qualcomm and Leading Automotive Companies Across the Globe Drive the Commercialization of C-V2X

02/22/2018

Qualcomm Incorporated announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., is working with an ecosystem of leading carmakers and automotive suppliers to accelerate the commercial introduction of Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) technology using the Qualcomm 9150 C-V2X chipset

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Digestive Ability of Ancient Insects Could Boost Biofuel Development

02/22/2018

A study of the unusual digestive system of an ancient group of insects has provided new insights into future biofuel production. Published in Nature Communications, the research reveals that the ability of some insects to efficiently digest cellulose could be exploited for industrial

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