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Huge Benefits Seen With Aluminum Cerium Alloys
June 8, 2016 | 1 Comment
Researchers have developed aluminum-cerium alloys that are both easier to work with and more heat tolerant than existing products. Aluminum-cerium alloys also promise to boost domestic rare earth mining by increasing the demand and, eventually, the value of cerium. The large team involves research scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) […]
Jun
7
Progress On The Superconductivity Database
June 7, 2016 | Leave a Comment
Tokyo Institute of Technology materials scientist Dr.Hideo Hosono has added over 1000 materials with about 100 superconductors to a new research database. Hosono is one of Science magazine’s 2008 runners-up breakthroughs of the year for his previous work. Since then Hosono has built a research team composed of over 40 researchers, who undertook a four-year […]
Jun
2
Fish Called Rays Generate Electricity In The Lab
June 2, 2016 | Leave a Comment
Scientists from the RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center (QBiC) in Japan have generated power from a torpedo ray in the lab. The scientists removed the electricity producing organ from a torpedo and chemically stimulated the organ by injecting a solution of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine though a syringe. They were able to achieve more than a minute […]
Jun
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Mapping Electricity Use Can Help Consumers
June 1, 2016 | 8 Comments
Researchers at Aarhus University have found how consumers can save money for heating using about 10 percent more energy for heating. Its an idea electric utilities are sure to work on. On the other hand the new study shows that it is possible to save money and reduce carbon dioxide emission by using more energy. […]