Electric vehicles may be more useful than previously thought
Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 31, 2015 -
In the first study of its kind, scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) quantitatively show that electric vehicles (EVs) will meet the daily travel needs of drivers longer than commonly assumed.
Many drivers and much prior literature on the retirement of EV batteries have assumed that EV batteries will be retired after the battery has l ...
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Engineers speed up simulations in computational grand challenge
San Diego CA (SPX) Mar 31, 2015 -
Engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have developed a new family of methods to significantly increase the speed of time-resolved numerical simulations in computational grand challenge problems. Such problems often arise from the high-resolution approximation of the partial differential equations governing complex flows of fluids or plasmas.
The breakthrough could be applie ...
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Atomic Experts to Visit Fukushima in April to Check Contaminated Water
Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 31, 2015 -
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts are set to visit Japan from April, 17 to April, 21, 2015 to obtain detailed data on contaminated water management at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, an IAEA press release said Monday.
"The Japanese government requested the visit in order to provide the IAEA with further explanations on measures against contaminated wat ...
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Roll up your screen and stow it away
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Mar 31, 2015 -
From smartphones and tablets to computer monitors and interactive TV screens, electronic displays are everywhere. As the demand for instant, constant communication grows, so too does the urgency for more convenient portable devices - especially devices, like computer displays, that can be easily rolled up and put away, rather than requiring a flat surface for storage and transportation.
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Tesla's Musk says to 'localise' China output: Xinhua
Shanghai (AFP) March 27, 2015 -
Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk said on Friday his company plans to "localise production" of electric cars in China over the next three years, state media reported.
"We have a strong long-term commitment to China and we tend to establish both local production and local engineering in China," he said in an interview with the official Xinhua news agency.
Localising production in China, as w ...
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Molecule from trees could make our roads and roofs greener
Denver CO (SPX) Mar 30, 2015 -
Construction crews may someday use a plant molecule called lignin in their asphalt and sealant mixtures to help roads and roofs hold up better under various weather conditions. It also could make them more environmentally friendly, according to a researcher at the 249th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
The meeting, attended by thousands of scientists, ...
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Squeeze to remove heat with elastocaloric materials
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 30, 2015 -
Move over, vapor compression cooling technology. Emerging "elastocaloric" refrigeration is potentially much more efficient and, unlike vapor compression, relies on environmentally-friendly refrigerants. In elastocaloric materials a change in mechanical stress can create a change in temperature.
In the Journal of Applied Physics, from AIP Publishing, a team of researchers from Technical Uni ...
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