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The 2023 blaze in Lahaina, Hawaii, which claimed more than 100 lives and burned 6,500 acres of land across Maui, is a tragic example of how rapid wildfire spread can make effective response effor...

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NIBIO's wood scientists are keen to contribute to a circular economy. By systematically improving the various links in the wood material value chain—from the trees in the forest to finished woo...

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Using a custom-built machine to launch microprojectiles at supersonic speeds, Cornell researchers have uncovered new details about how high-speed metallic collisions can form strong, durable atom...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-supersonic-microprojectiles-reveal-insights-metal.html

Scientists on Wednesday said that they have successfully stirred a strange matter called a "supersolid"—which is both rigid and fluid—for the first time, providing direct proof of the dual na...

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A study led by Dr. Haitham Kanakri and Dr. Euzeli Dos Santos, Jr., has unveiled a novel capacitorless solid-state power filter (SSPF) for single-phase DC-AC converters. This innovative technology...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-unveil-capacitorless-solid-state-power.html

A recent study investigates the thermal design of silicon carbide (SiC) power modules for motor drives in electric vehicles, with a focus on optimizing the layout of Pinfin structures to enhance ...

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China's waste incineration industry has grown rapidly, with about 90% of projects using the mechanical grate furnace process. However, municipal solid waste incineration fly ash (MSWI FA), classi...

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Flue gases from industrial plants contain the greenhouse gas CO2. Carbon capture processes increase the concentration of the gas, enabling it to be utilized or stored.

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University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science professor Eric Loth, who led a multi-institutional team in designing one of the world's largest wind turbines, is mentoring the ne...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-mw-rotors-pace-turbine-growth.html

NASA's Quesst mission marked a major milestone with the start of tests on the engine that will power the quiet supersonic X-59 experimental aircraft.

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High-dielectric-constant elastomers possess outstanding softness and stretchability. They allow a fast response and have a high reliability, and thus have been widely applied to wearable electron...

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A research team developed a transparent radiative cooling film featuring a perforated structure resembling an insect screen, designed to regulate solar heat and lower interior temperatures. This ...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-transparent-principles-cooling-sun-cool.html

The atoms of amorphous solids like glass have no ordered structure; they arrange themselves randomly, like scattered grains of sand on a beach. Normally, making materials amorphous—a process kn...

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Materials scientists can now use insight from a very common mineral and well-established earthquake and avalanche statistics to quantify how hostile environmental interactions may impact the degr...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-earthquake-techniques-quick-insight-material.html

In the dark ocean depths, seals hunt prey with their highly sensitive whiskers, which detect vibrations.

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Scientists at TU Delft have developed a new model that better describes human behavior when merging into motorway traffic. Current models often assume that drivers are constantly trying to optimi...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-human-merge-unveiled-cars.html

Wind turbines and photovoltaics (PVs) are becoming increasingly widespread worldwide, which could contribute to reducing air pollution caused by fossil fuel emissions. To produce energy, however,...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-idea-weather-renewable-energy-prone.html

A recent study, led by Runze Jing, summarized field weakening (FW) control strategies into calculation-based methods, voltage closed-loop control methods, and model predictive control-related met...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-explores-field-weakening-strategies-permanent.html

Hydrogen gas is a promising energy source with several advantages—it is lightweight, storable, energy-dense, and environmentally friendly compared to fossil fuels, producing no pollutants or gr...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-method-accurately-hydrogen-high-sensitivity.html

Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science developed an AI-powered system that mimics the human sense of smell to detect and track toxic gases in real tim...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-ai-powered-toxic-gases-precision.html

The Hydrogen Electric Research Team at the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) has developed the world's first integrated system capable of producing liquid hydrogen and evaluating ...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-liquid-hydrogen-production-safety-valve.html

By mimicking the structure of a leaf beetle, researchers have developed a superhydrophobic surface resistant to water droplet impact and pressure. This technology is anticipated to enhance effici...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-leaf-beetles-resistant-surface-concave.html

If we want to use hydrogen as fuel for cars or airplanes, or for chemical storage of excess renewable energy, it would be most efficient if it were liquid. However, this would require cooling it ...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-magnetocaloric-cooling-method-liquid-hydrogen.html

Silicon transistors, which are used to amplify and switch signals, are a critical component in most electronic devices, from smartphones to automobiles. But silicon semiconductor technology is he...

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Artificial intelligence software initially designed to learn and analyze Martian terrain is now at the heart of a system to monitor assembly lines on Earth.

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A team of engineers and materials scientists at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, in Saudi Arabia, working with a colleague from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und En...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-blade-coated-perovskitesilicon-solar-cell.html

As the need for technologies to cut and dismantle reactors and internal structures increases due to the end of the operational lifespan of nuclear power plants, an innovative laser cutting techno...

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Getting to the heart of causality is central to understanding the world around us. What causes one variable—be it a biological species, a voting region, a company stock, or a local climate—to...

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With the growing global demand for renewable energy, effectively storing and utilizing these intermittent energy sources has become a critical challenge. The adiabatic compressed air energy stora...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-10-temperature-approach-adiabatic-compressed-air.html

Relief carvings or relief sculptures are cultural heritage objects with figures that protrude from a background such as a wall or slab, creating a sense of depth. Commonly found at historical sit...

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