Carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) is an extremely strong, lightweight material made of carbon fibers and a plastic matrix that is used in manufacturing in many industries, including: aviation, aerospace, automotive, marine, and sports equipment. However, Read More
DARPA is entering the first phase of its Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay program (POWER) which will seek to power an entire drone swarm – including its directed-energy weapons – using lasers. According to DARPA’s Read More
Researchers at TU Wien have been exploring different metallic alloys to find the most efficient thermoelectric material. Thermoelectric materials are capable of converting heat directly into electrical energy and vice versa, and have potential for Read More
Teams of researchers from MIT and Harvard have developed an efficient process that can convert carbon dioxide into formate – a material that can be used like hydrogen or methanol to power a fuel cell Read More
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has funded the development of a microgrid orchestrator designed to establish a network of microgrids that can be managed as a single cluster – essentially creating a grid of Read More
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a floating, solar-powered device that can turn contaminated water or seawater into clean hydrogen fuel and purified water. The technology has potential for use in areas which Read More
The Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN) has discovered an efficient and inexpensive catalytic process for the creation of ethanol fuel cells. Ethanol fuel cells are regarded as a Read More
A team of engineers from The University of Manchester has designed and flown the world’s largest drone – the Giant Foam board Quadcopter (GFQ). GFQ has a wingspan of 21 ft (6.4m) and weighs just Read More
Researchers from Flinders University in South Australia and Zhejiang Sci-Tech University in China have developed the world’s first aqueous aluminum radical battery. The new battery uses water-based electrolytes instead of hazardous materials, making it safe, Read More
Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) are developing a humanoid robot pilot that can fly an aircraft without modifying the cockpit. The robot – called “Pibot” (PIlot+roBOT) – is a Read More
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