Troy NY (SPX) Jul 22, 2004 - A research team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has created a new type of reflector that has dramatically improved LED (light-emitting diodes) luminance. The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded the research team a three-year, $210,000 grant to move the patented omni-directional reflector to market.
Park Campus CA (SPX) Jul 15, 2004 - A University of Southern California engineer has discovered a way to manufacture composite nanocables from a potent new class of substances with extraordinary properties called Transition Metal Oxides (TMOs).
Falls Church VA (SPX) Jul 12, 2004 - General Dynamics has completed its acquisition of Spectrum Astro, Inc. of Gilbert, Ariz. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Beijing (UPI) July 4, 2004 - China's Three Gorges hydropower plant was expected Sunday to generate 37.5 billion kilowatts of electricity this year, 15 billion more than originally planned.
Los Angeles (UPI) Jun 29, 2004 - The hangover from the California electricity crisis appeared to have faded Tuesday, although a healthy wariness was evident as the state began looking to the future of the state's energy picture.
Ames IA (SPX) Jun 29, 2004 - At the U. S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, a basic research effort to enhance the properties of magnesium diboride, MgB2, superconductors by doping them with carbon atoms has doubled the magnetic field the material can withstand.
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jun 29, 2004 - Areva's joint subsidiary with Siemens, Framatome ANP, completed the successful installation and commissioning of the first digital THYRIPART emergency diesel generator excitation system in the U.S. during the spring refueling outage at TXU Power's Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station Unit 1.
San Diego (SPX) Jun 29, 2004 - Spescom Software Inc, a leading provider of enterprise content and configuration management solutions, announced Monday the establishment of the Spescom Nuclear Advisory Council as a further step in its commitment to the nuclear industry.
Edmonton AB (SPX) Jun 28, 2004 - A new approach that is one of the first to successfully store carbon dioxide underground may have huge implications for global warming and the oil industry, says a University of Alberta researcher.
Rochester NY (SPX) Jun 23, 2004 - The potential use of fuel cell technology as a mainstream energy source takes a significant step forward with word today of a new fuel cell industry partnership spearheaded by Rochester Institute of Technology.
University Park PA - Jun 16, 2004 - Penn State environmental engineers have removed and replaced one of the most expensive parts of their prototype microbial fuel cell and the device now costs two-thirds less and produces nearly six times more electricity from domestic wastewater. Earlier this year, the Penn State team was the first to develop a microbial fuel cell (MFC) that can generate electricity while simultaneously cleaning domestic wastewater skimmed from the settling pond of a sewage treatment plant.
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Jun 09, 2004 - Lightweight materials may find exciting opportunities in the automotive industry as a means of increasing fuel efficiency. With 75 percent of fuel consumption relating directly to vehicle weight, potential weight reductions that result in improved price-performance ratio stimulate usage of lightweight materials.
College Park MD - Jun 08, 2004 - UCLA and the University of Maryland have been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to host a new $6.4 million Fusion Science Center that will bring together scientists with expertise in applied mathematics, theoretical and computational plasma physics, and sophisticated plasma experiments, announced Raymond L. Orbach, director of the department's Office of Science. UCLA and the University of Maryland and UCLA will run the Center for Multiscale Plasma Dynamics jointly, using facilities at both universities. Steven Cowley, UCLA professor of physics and astronomy, will direct the center with his University of Maryland colleague, William Dorland.
Upton NY (SPX) Jun 08, 2004 - Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have found evidence to prove why adding a small amount of calcium to a common high-temperature superconductor significantly increases the amount of electric current the material can carry.
Upton NY (SPX) Jun 03, 2004 - Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the United Kingdom and Tohoku University in Japan, have discovered evidence supporting a possible mechanism for high-temperature superconductivity that had previously appeared incompatible with certain experimental observations.
Wallingford CT (SPX) Jun 03, 2004 - Proton Energy Systems Inc., a subsidiary of Distributed Energy Systems Corp. announced on Monday the receipt of $1.1 million in additional funding to continue its Phase II project with the Naval Research Laboratory, or NRL, for advanced fuel cell technology development. This award is based on Proton's progress in Phase I and Phase II for the development of a one kilowatt-scale prototype system for critical defense and aerospace applications.
