A new computer model is revealing the unseen and often bizarre behaviors of particles streaming around rapidly spinning neutron stars, also known as pulsars. New research led by NASA astrophysicist Gabriele Brambilla shows the paths taken by charged particles caught in the magnetic and electric fields near pulsars. The work is based on a new […]
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Production of renewable gas from waste wood
KIT’s researchers succeeded in producing renewable methane from a biomass-based synthesis gas mixture in their pilot plant for honeycomb methanation. The quality of this synthetic natural gas (SNG) is comparable to that of fossil natural gas and can be used as fuel in co-generation and heating plants as well as in cars or trucks. The […]
Methane-based fuels for the transport and energy sectors
The lead project “Methane from Renewable Sources in Mobile and Stationary Applications” (MethQuest) launched on September 14, 2018 is aimed at developing environmentally compatible, affordable, and feasible approaches to a successful energy transition. The project is funded with EUR 19 million by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi). Responsibility for joint project […]
AI tool automatically reveals how to write apps that drain less battery
To send a text message, there’s not only “an app for that,” there are dozens of apps for that. So why does sending a message through Skype drain over three times more battery than WhatsApp? Developers simply haven’t had a way of knowing when and how to make their apps more energy-efficient. Purdue University researchers […]
Philippines revs up flagging green energy engine
Deep below the ancient volcanoes scattered around the Philippines sits a simmering stockpile of intense heat that officials hope will help revive the nation’s sputtering green energy machine. The Philippines—thanks to its spot in the Ring of Fire zone of Pacific volcanoes—has long been one of the world’s top producers of geothermal power, but years […]
IBM Pushes Beyond 7 Nanometers, Uses Graphene to Place Nanomaterials on Wafers
The functionality of devices could be changed simply by changing nanomaterials without impacting the process. Four years ago, IBM announced that it was investing US $3 billion over the next five years into the future of nanoelectronics with a broad project it dubbed “7nm and Beyond.” With at least one major chipmaker, GlobalFoundries, hitting the […]
Graphene controls surface magnetism at room temperature
In a refreshing change of perspective, theoretical physicist Dr. Zeila Zanolli has looked at the proximity effects of graphene on a magnetic semiconducting substrate, finding it to affect the substrate’s magnetism down to several layers below the surface. Her paper was published on 5 October in Physical Review B. She was also one of three […]
The war on fake graphene
Graphite is composed of layers of carbon atoms just a single atom in thickness, known as graphene sheets, to which it owes many of its remarkable properties. When the thickness of graphite flakes is reduced to just a few graphene layers, some of the material’s technologically most important characteristics are greatly enhanced — such as […]
Breakthrough in fuel cell technology is demonstrated
Revolve Technologies has revealed the completion of a project to develop fuel cell technology using a printed circuit board (PCB) construction. It is believed to be the first time that a PCB-based fuel cell has been developed for use in an automotive environment. According to Revolve Technologies, compared with conventional systems, the PCB fuel cell […]
World’s first hydrogen fuel cell train with clean energy starts rolling in Germany
Germany now has a hydrogen fuel cell-powered train, which is a world’s first. The trains are officially called as Coradia iLint, and these will operate in northern German towns. This is the first time in the world that commercial trains being powered by hydrogen-based cells have gone into use for passengers. The train was manufactured […]
