‘Floating’ microgrids: Optimizing naval ships’ power systems
Lehigh University electrical and computer engineering researcher Wenxin Liu awarded two ONR grants--totaling $900,000--for algorithmic design and hardware experimentation that ...
Tag: Electromagnetics
The powerhouse future is flexoelectric
'Giant flexoelectricity' breakthrough in soft elastomers paves way for improved robots and self-powered pacemakersCredit: University of Houston Researchers have demonstrated ...
Hexagonal boron nitride’s remarkable toughness unmasked
2D material resists cracking and description by century-old theory of fracture mechanicsCredit: Image courtesy of J. Lou/Rice University HOUSTON - ...
The dark matter particle explorer has measured high-precision cosmic ray helium energy spectrum
Credit: DAMPE Collaboration Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) Collaboration directly observed a spectral softening of helium nuclei at about 34TeV ...
Detecting skin disorders based on tissue stiffness with a soft sensing device
Credit: Dr Yu Xinge's team By putting a piece of soft, strain-sensing sheet on the skin may be able to ...
Study of Fe2+ ions contributes to further understanding of magnetoelectric coupling
A paper by Kazan Federal University saw light in Journal of Physics: Condensed MatterCredit: Kazan Federal University The authors, Kirill ...
Holograms increase solar energy yield
A newly developed holographic light collector boosts solar panel efficiency for an energy conversion increase of approximately five percent over ...
“Bite” defects in bottom-up graphene nanoribbons
Quantum electronicsCredit: Empa / EPFL (adapted with permission from J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2021,12, 4692-4696, Copyright 2021 American Chemical Society) ...
Electromagnetic anomalies that occur before an earthquake
Credit: Copyright © 2021, Yuji Enomoto, Shinshu University It has been documented over hundreds of years that various electromagnetic anomalies ...
Pristine quantum criticality found
Study: Quantum fluctuations may give rise to topological phases of matterCredit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (May 24, ...
Controllability of ionization energy of atoms promises advancements in chemical synthesis
A paper by Kazan Federal University and Tatarstan Academy of Sciences saw light in Physics Letters ACredit: Kazan Federal University ...
Researchers develop advanced model to improve safety of next-generation reactors
The model can better predict the physical phenomenon inside of very-high-temperature pebble-bed reactorsCredit: Dr. Jean Ragusa and Dr. Mauricio Eduardo ...
Electrons riding a double wave
Research team presents a new type of particle acceleratorCredit: Arie Irman Since they are far more compact than today's accelerators, ...
New material could create ‘neurons’ and ‘synapses’ for new computers
Credit: University of Groningen Classic computers use binary values (0/1) to perform. By contrast, our brain cells can use more ...
Scientists to take a new step in the microelectronics’ development
Researchers developed a method to determine the electrochemical capacity.Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Researchers of Peter the Great ...
NUS engineers harvest WiFi signals to power small electronics
Researchers have devised a method, using spin-torque oscillators, to harness wireless signals and convert them into energy to power small ...
‘Bite’ defects revealed in bottom-up graphene nanoribbons
Credit: @Michele Pizzochero Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), narrow strips of single-layer graphene, have interesting physical, electrical, thermal, and optical properties because ...
Spintronics: Improving electronics with finer spin control
DGIST scientists have found a novel way to control magnetic spins in a localized spaceCredit: DGIST Spintronics is an emerging ...
Caltech professor helps solve Hindenburg disaster
Credit: Caltech On the evening of May 6, 1937, the largest aircraft ever built by mankind, a towering example of ...
Building a foundation for high-power tech
Pitt researchers receive $820K from Office of Naval Research for work on ultra-high frequency soft magnet technologyCredit: University of Pittsburgh ...
