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5 Ws: Energy
Learn the Who, What, Where, Why, and When for an ocean battery that holds onto excess energy from offshore wind farms.
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Blog: Energy
Are we really ready for hydrogen fuel cell trucks? An industry expert from Toyota talks about how hydrogen power is already being used in Los Angeles.
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Special Reports: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
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Test & Measurement - February 2022

From space vehicles to the modern battlefield to the human body, test innovations are improving device and system reliability while speeding time to market. Read about the latest advances – including the...

Articles: Electronics & Computers
As light-duty and commercial-purpose battery electric vehicles (EVs) catch on, better, faster, and smarter battery recharging is on the way.
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Articles: Energy
A "Blade" battery has significant market potential in energy storage applications.
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Articles: Energy
A new model visualizes the relationship between hydrodynamic and electrochemical phenomena.
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Articles: Power
Create systems that efficiently and accurately complete testing cycles.
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Briefs: Energy
Two-dimensional MXene provides fast redox and high-rate energy storage.
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Briefs: Energy
This technology has potential as a portable power supply in several applications, including electric vehicles, cellphones, and wearable technology.
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Briefs: Energy
A highly efficient and long-lasting solar flow battery generates, stores, and redelivers renewable electricity from the Sun in one device.
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Briefs: Energy
The discovery could enable lightweight, low-cost, long-lasting energy storage for electric vehicles, houses, and more.
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Briefs: Energy
The material could pave the way for better, safer solid-state batteries.
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Briefs: Energy
The synthetic material is soft but can withstand heavy loading with minimum wear and tear for engineering applications.
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Products: Power
Charger ICs, backup units, power supplies, and more.
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Briefs: Energy
Vibrating transducers create tunnels in a thin layer of oil to transport droplets across a chip without leaving a trace behind.
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Briefs: Wearables
Textiles and items of clothing can be converted into e-textiles without affecting their original properties.
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Briefs: Energy
The sulfolane-additive process yields easy fabrication, low cost, and long operating life.
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Briefs: Energy
Fano Resonance Optical Coatings can both transmit and reflect the same color simultaneously.
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Briefs: Energy
Using ambient light, the reflective screen keeps energy consumption to a minimum.
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Briefs: AR/AI
A machine learning method promises to predict battery health with 10 times higher accuracy than the current industry standard.
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Briefs: Wearables
The biofuel cells can power wearable electronics purely by using human sweat.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The device is stretchy enough to wear like a ring, a bracelet, or any other accessory that touches the skin.
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Briefs: Power
The battery charges faster than a lithium-ion battery and is fire-safe and eco-friendly.
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Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
Activated carbon made from corn stover filters 98 percent of a pollutant from water.
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Briefs: Materials
A new design could extend the shelf-life of single-use metal-air batteries for electric vehicles, off-grid storage, and other applications.
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Briefs: Energy
The method replenishes lithium in electrodes while keeping the existing structure intact.
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Question of the Week: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Will ‘Ocean Batteries’ Catch On?

Our lead story today highlights an innovative energy approach from a Netherlands-based company called Ocean Grazer. Tied to existing wind farms, the team’s “Ocean Battery” pumps water from solid subsea reservoirs into flexible bladders located just above the seabed. When there is a demand for power, the...

Technology Leaders: Power
To ensure the availability of a UPS system, proper consideration must be taken of each application and its requirements.
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Podcasts: Energy

Dr. Frits Bliek and his team at Ocean Grazer are building an "Ocean Battery" that brings hydrodam technology to the sea.

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Videos