New York City's trash dilemmas—and opportunities
Steven Cohen has been working to improve waste management both at the federal and local level for over 40 years.
Environment
Apr 27, 2021
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News tagged with power converter
Researchers create novel photonic chip
Researchers at the George Washington University and University of California, Los Angeles, have developed and demonstrated for the first time a photonic digital to analog converter without leaving the optical domain. Such ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 2, 2021
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CERN: The first accelerators are back in action
The CERN Control Centre is back in shift work mode, with walls of screens showing the status of the beams, and coffee flowing freely day and night. On Friday, 3 July, the Long Shutdown 2 accelerator coordination team handed ...
General Physics
Jul 9, 2020
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High-Luminosity LHC: Electricity transmission reaches even higher intensities
Intensity is rising at CERN. In the superconducting equipment testing hall, an innovative transmission line has set a new record for the transport of electricity. The link, which is 60 meters long, has transported a total ...
Superconductivity
Jun 25, 2020
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Cooler catalytic converters: Cleaner air for all
As the lives of millions of people worldwide were disrupted by social distancing measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, an unexpected piece of good news surfaced: levels of air pollution in major cities had ...
Materials Science
Apr 23, 2020
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New technology will significantly enhance energy harvest from PV modules
The world is inevitably moving towards a more sustainable lifestyle. Sustainability of the environment requires changes in the current way of life and introduction of new, more sustainable solutions in our everyday consumption.
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 11, 2019
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This new invention can generate power from the softest breeze
A patent was issued to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Tuesday for a novel generator that buzzes in a light breeze.
Engineering
Apr 12, 2019
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Team develops optocoupler for spaceflight applications
Southwest Research Institute has developed a high-reliability, high-voltage optocoupler for spaceflight applications. NASA has selected the device as a power interface between the Europa Clipper spacecraft and three instruments ...
Space Exploration
Feb 6, 2019
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An electronic converter that improves the electrical power output of larger wind turbines
An electronic converter developed by the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre enables the energy produced by larger wind turbines (of up to 6.6 kilovolts) to be inserted into the power grid. These devices cut energy losses ...
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 13, 2017
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Efficient and compact voltage converters for the e-mobility sector
The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF has developed the world's first half-bridge circuit for the important 600 volt class in which all the electronic components are monolithically integrated on one ...
Engineering
May 11, 2017
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