Applied Sciences
Imagine a world without man-made climate change, energy crunches, or reliance on foreign oil. It may sound like a dream world, but University of Tennessee, Knoxville, engineers have made a giant step toward making this scenario a reality.
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Future prospects for clean, green, renewable energy may hinge upon our ability to mimic and improve upon photosynthesis.
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Headquartered in the Livermore Valley in Northern California, the National Food Lab (NFL) is more than just a food and beverage testing facility.
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System designed for household and neighborhood power generation.
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While cloud computing is merely a metaphor to signify the abstraction of technology, resources and locations, the possibility of your laboratory missing out on the biggest technological leap ever is real. There has been a lot of hype over the
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Finding an efficient way to store solar energy is a major goal for science and society.
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Research engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have a different vision for the home of the future.
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Sensors that work flawlessly in laboratory settings may stumble when it comes to performing in real-world conditions, according to researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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A team of engineers at Stanford and the University of Pennsylvania has for the first time used "plasmonic cloaking" to create a device that can see without being seen – an invisible machine that detects light.
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Ceramic membranes may reduce carbon dioxide emissions from gas and coal-fired powerplants.
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When concluded, they found that about 10 percent of the 30 samples tested contained evidence of three antibiotics.
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New protocol finds microinverters can improve performance under shaded conditions more than 12%.
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