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No Longer a Flight of Fancy: High-Flying Kites Will Power Your Home Soon

Today, the cumulative capacity of installed wind power worldwide exceeds 800 gigawatts. Wind energy capacity is growing rapidly around the world. According to the US Energy Information Administration, wind power generated five times more electricity…

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A New Heat Engine without Any Moving Parts Is As Efficient As a Steam Turbine

Researchers from the MIT and the National Energy Laboratory (NREL) have designed a heat engine with no moving parts. The engine converts heat to electricity with over 40 percent efficiency. The performance achieved is better than…

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Israel Successfully Tests Game-Changing Laser-Based Defense System ‘Iron Beam’

Israel deployed Iron Dome in 2011 to protect its territory from incoming aerial threats. It has successfully intercepted over 2,500 projectiles since it was rolled out. Israel says it has a success rate of over…

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Intelligent software could revolutionize the 3D printing of metals

A team of researchers at the University of Michigan has developed an intelligent software called SmartScan that can provide tight control of the 3D printing process of metals, specifically laser sintering. The new system aims…

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A New Energy Storage System Stores Solar Power for almost Two Decades

Researchers from the Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology have developed an energy system that stores solar energy in liquid form for up to 18 years. This allows storing energy and using it when and where…

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Scientists Use Discarded Rice Husks to Produce Hi-Tech, Quantum-Dot LED Lights

Scientists at Japan’s Hiroshima College have developed a way to recycle discarded rice husks to provide the world’s first silicon quantum dot LED light. Their innovation has demonstrated a low-cost, environmentally friendly way to fabricate…

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Freeze-Thaw Battery for Seasonal Renewables Storage

Worldwide renewable energies like wind and solar are rapidly replacing fossil fuels for electricity generation. But these renewable energies cannot always consistently produce energy. So, we require widespread energy storage for speeding the transition to a carbon-free…

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5 Things to Consider Before Becoming a Contractor

Interested in becoming a contractor? To many, this is a dream option. But, there are a variety of important aspects to contemplate before fully committing to it. Below you’ll discover more about why contracting is…

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The World’s Thinnest Skyscraper in New York

After the mad race of building the tallest skyscraper, the focus has shifted to the world’s skinniest building. This week, US studio SHoP Architects completed the world’s skinniest skyscraper 111 West 57th Street in New…

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Researchers Created a Chemically Erasable, Re-writable Paper

The process of making paper impacts our environment from beginning to end. It starts with deforestation and ends its life by being burned- emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Not only this, but it is…

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Engineering

No Longer a Flight of Fancy: High-Flying Kites Will Power Your Home Soon

A New Heat Engine without Any Moving Parts Is As Efficient As a Steam Turbine

Israel Successfully Tests Game-Changing Laser-Based Defense System ‘Iron Beam’

Intelligent software could revolutionize the 3D printing of metals

A New Energy Storage System Stores Solar Power for almost Two Decades

Scientists Use Discarded Rice Husks to Produce Hi-Tech, Quantum-Dot LED Lights

Freeze-Thaw Battery for Seasonal Renewables Storage

5 Things to Consider Before Becoming a Contractor

The World’s Thinnest Skyscraper in New York

Researchers Created a Chemically Erasable, Re-writable Paper

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