News tagged with hybrid applications
Mass production micro-hybrid technology set to cut emissions and fuel use in cars
Jan 15, 2009 |
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The EUREKA (Belgium) i-StARS project is developing a compact, fully integrated and low-cost start-stop system for cars to replace conventional alternators in mass production. This second-generation starter alternator reversible ...
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Chemist's discovery of new salt jumpstarts extended-life battery research for electric vehicles
May 12, 2009 |
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A University of Rhode Island chemistry professor's discovery of a new salt has been received with enthusiasm by companies seeking to develop an advanced lithium ion battery for use in the next generation of hybrid and electric ...
New hybrid nanostructures detect nanoscale magnetism
Dec 08, 2008 |
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A key challenge of nanotechnology research is investigating how different materials behave at lengths of merely one-billionth of a meter. When shrunk to such tiny sizes, many everyday materials exhibit interesting ...
CSIRO's UltraBattery goes global in the auto sector
Oct 02, 2008 |
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The CSIRO-invented UltraBattery is set to have a global impact on greenhouse gas emissions after Japan's Furukawa Battery Company, which has already begun production of the UltraBattery, and US manufacturer, East Penn, today ...
Wireless EEG system self-powered by body heat and light
Apr 09, 2008 |
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In the framework of Holst Centre, IMEC has developed a battery-free wireless 2-channel EEG (electroencephalography or monitoring of brain waves) system powered by a hybrid power supply using body heat and ...
UltraBattery sets new standard for HEVs
Jan 17, 2008 |
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The odometer of a low emission hybrid electric test vehicle today reached 100,000 miles as the car circled a track in the UK using the power of an advanced CSIRO battery system.
Portuguese team makes first paper based transistor
Jul 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Elvira Fortunato and colleagues from the Centro de Investigação de Materiais (Cenimat/I3N), at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, made the first Field Effect ...
Researchers develop new method for producing transparent conductors
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at UCLA have developed a new method for producing a hybrid graphene-carbon nanotube, or G-CNT, for potential use as a transparent conductor in solar cells and consumer electronic devices. These ...
Smarter energy storage for solar and wind power
Nov 26, 2007 |
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Development of the first hybrid battery suitable for storing electricity from renewable energy sources such as solar and wind is now a step closer.
Closing the hydrogen economic loop
Jul 21, 2008 |
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The inventor of the nickel metal hydride (NiMH) technology used for building batteries for countless portable electronic gadgets and now hybrid gas-electric cars believes the hydrogen economy is already upon us.
New solar energy material captures every color of the rainbow
Oct 16, 2008 |
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Researchers have created a new material that overcomes two of the major obstacles to solar power: it absorbs all the energy contained in sunlight, and generates electrons in a way that makes them easier to capture.
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