Superconducting materials exhibit unexpected behaviors when subjected to magnetic fields or high pressures –discoveries that have implications for controlling electrons in those special materials. According to two studies, one ...
Tags: Cerium-Colbalt-Indium5, superconductivity, magnetism, electrons
November was wet and windy for many across the UK, leading to soaked streets, flooding and the risk of a terrible side effect: power outages. Once again, it is important to highlight the need for proper protection against water ingress into ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Power Supply
Texas-based Shermco Industries says it has completed its acquisition of Magna Electric Corp. (MEC), a Canadian electrical power system engineering, testing, construction, manufacturing and commissioning service company based in ...
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Journal of Transportation -- A patent application by the inventors Ogawa, Takayuki (Yokohama-shi, JP); Nishi, Mizuki (Matsusaka-shi, JP); Furuhashi, Kazunori (Matsusaka, JP), filed on March 2, 2012, ...
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Ford Motor Company announced today the C-MAX Solar Energi Concept, a first-of-its-kind sun-powered vehicle with the potential to deliver the best of what a plug-in hybrid offers – without depending on the electric grid for fuel. ...
NEMA’s Lighting Systems Index subsided from a five year high posted in the previous quarter, decreasing by 1.6 percent on a quarter-to-quarter (q/q) basis during 2013Q3. However, demand remains robust compared to a year ago. On a ...
Tags: Lighting Equipment, LED Lighting
A deep freeze expected soon in the U.S. Midwest, northeastern New England states and even the South will be one to remember, with potential record-low temperatures heightening fears of frostbite and hypothermia. It hasn't been this cold ...
Tags: freeze, US Midwest, record-low temperatures, frigid temperature
Using a precisely designed insulation tester at electrical job sites helps the integrated power system functioning smoothly. Robustly designed aluminum and copper core wires insulated with resistant sheathing carry a fixed amount of current ...
A Renewable Energy Village has taken root in farmland contaminated by radiation fallout from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster. The project's vision of combining solar panels with growing crops aims to inspire Japanese ...
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Researchers in China have developed a selective area epitaxy (SAE) approach to create nanopyramids of nitride semiconductor 'white' light-emitting diodes (LEDs) without using phosphors [Kui Wu et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol103, p241107, ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, LED
FLSmidth has won a contract worth $94.9m with Qatari cement producer Al Khalij Cement to supply a complete cement production line for a plant in Umm Bab, approximately 100km east of Doha. The production line will be a duplicate of the ...
Tags: FLSmidth, Qatar, cement production, Al Khalij Cement
A government and industry team led by engineers from the US Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (AFRL/RX) has completed a program to assess, improve, refine and validate a domestic source of supply ...
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During the six-month period from April 1 through September 30, 2013, the global economy showed modest recovery trend, with the signs of bottoming out in Europe and continued increase in employment in U.S.. The Chinese economy by contrast, ...
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Term 'Power Transformers' explains the purpose of Vitality transformer. Electrical power is used to alarm the power being transmitted to a high voltage and it is very good at transmitting vitality even at very high voltages. So, ...
SemiNex Corp of Peabody, MA, USA, which designs and makes indium phosphide (InP)-based high-power laser diodes for military, industrial, medical, dental and cosmetic applications, says that it has joined over 1 million companies and ...
Tags: Laser diodes, Electrical, Electronics