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LLNL signs agreement with Siemens to improve wind energy efficiency

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has signed an agreement with Siemens Energy Inc. to provide high-resolution atmospheric modeling capabilities to improve the efficiency of wind farm sites, turbine design and wind farm ...

Technology / Engineering

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U.S. to lease waters off Mid-Atlantic for wind farms

Lighting Maryland homes with power from giant turbines off Ocean City moved closer to reality Thursday, as federal officials announced they are ready to lease vast areas along the Mid-Atlantic coast for wind farms.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Clouds gather over Spain's renewables sector as aid cut

Spain's push to become a world leader in renewable energy risks collapsing after the government slammed the brakes on generous subsidies as part of an austerity drive.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

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No future without scarce metals

It is not just in laptop computers, mobile telephones and LED screens that scarce metals are to be found but also in solar cells, batteries for mobile technologies and many other similar applications. The ...

Technology / Other

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Iowa State engineer wants to 'sculpt' more powerful electric motors and generators

Dionysios Aliprantis took up an imaginary hammer and chisel and pounded away at the air.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3

How wings really work

(PhysOrg.com) -- A 1-minute video released by the University of Cambridge sets the record straight on a much misunderstood concept – how wings lift.

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (23) | comments 57 | with audio podcast

Aero-engineers debut open-source fluid dynamics design application

Each fall at technical universities across the world, a new crop of aeronautical and astronautical engineering graduate students settle in for the work that will consume them for the next several years. For many, their first ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New family of composite structures

Material scientists at ETH-Zürich are working on composite materials that mimic the structure of seashells. Such complex structures are produced using tiny magnetic particles which guide the composites' ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Berkeley Lab seeks to help US assert scientific leadership in critical materials

A few short decades ago, few could have imagined that the world would be seriously concerned over something called dysprosium. Also known as number 66 on the periodic table, dysprosium was once just another element for chemistry ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

City research shows the investment and health risks of new nuclear build are low

As part of The SPRing Report published in December 2011, Professor Philip Thomas of the Risk Management, Reliability and Maintenance Group within City's Systems and Control Centre provided comparative analysis of the costs ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Eos says zinc battery recipe is energy game-changer

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tall order in energy storage: Find the right technology that delivers the holy grail of the grid, a viable solution for energy storage (tough). A startup from Easton, Pennsylvania claims it’s ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (15) | comments 7 | with audio podcast weblog


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