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2014年1月7日

New, Simple Technique May Drive Down Biofuel Production Costs

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a simple, effective and relatively inexpensive technique for removing lignin from the plant material used to make biofuels, which may drive down the cost of biofuel生产。

2014年1月2日

Researchers Find Ways for More Efficient Control of Wind Power

NOTE: This release has been revised since it was first posted Jan. 2. In the initial version, we stated that wind power’s potential to have a negative impact on the grid were primarily due to the variability of the wind. In fact, wind power’s potential to have a positive or negative impact on thegrid…

Dec 4, 2013

Inventor, Electronics Innovator Baliga Wins IEEE’s Highest Award

北卡罗来纳州立大学和大学电力半导体研究中心创始总监Jayant Baliga博士并获得了电气电子工程师协会（IEEE）的荣誉勋章。以前的奖项获奖者包括无线电Pioneer Guglielmo Marconi和Microchip共同发明人......

2013年11月27日

Nanoscale Coatings Improve Stability and Efficiency of Devices for Renewable Fuel Generation

将水分解成其部件，两部分氢气和一部分氧气，是实现碳中性燃料的重要第一步，以便为我们的运输基础设施供电 - 包括汽车和飞机。现在，北卡罗来纳州立大学的研究人员及其同事来自北卡罗来纳大学的教堂山，表明了专业涂料technique…

Nov 14, 2013

New Approach Advances Wireless Power Transfer for Vehicles

来自北卡罗来纳州立大学的研究人员开发了新的技术和技术，可以从静止源向移动接收到移动工程师传输电力的技术和技术，他们的目标是创建高速公路“站”，可以在车辆驱动器中无线地重新充电电动车辆经过。

Oct 15, 2013

住房炸弹：与百合彼得森的5个问题

Are we building our way to ruin? That’s the premise of a provocatively titled new book released this month: The Housing Bomb: Why Our Addiction to Houses Is Destroying the Environment and Threatening Our Society. Lead author Dr. Nils Peterson, associate professor of fisheries, wildlife and conservation biology at NC State, focuses his research on这…

2013年9月12日

How Computer Models Help Keep the Lights on In Kenya

在肯尼亚，水是力量。字面上地。为了保持灯光，肯尼亚当局想知道他们在即将到来的雨季可以期待多少水。这就是计算机模型进来的地方。肯尼亚的五十八个百分之八的电源源于该国的水电系统在塔纳河流域。该系统将关闭down…

Sep 6, 2013

New Connection between Stacked Solar Cells Can Handle Energy of 70,000 Suns

North Carolina State University researchers have come up with a new technique for improving the connections between stacked solar cells, which should improve the overall efficiency of solar energy devices and reduce the cost of solar energy production. The new connections can allow these cells to operate at solar concentrations of 70,000 suns worthof…

2013年8月27日

New Energy Model Offers Transparency to Let Others Replicate Findings

Computer models are used to inform policy decisions about energy, but existing models are generally “black boxes” that don’t show how they work, making it impossible for anyone to replicate their findings. Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new open-source model and are sharing the data they put into it, toallow…

2013年8月7日

Self-Healing Solar Cells ‘Channel’ Natural Processes

要了解太阳能电池如何愈合如何，看起来不仅仅是最近的树叶或手背。在整个叶子和手中循环寿命维持营养素的“分支”血管通道作为可有效且廉价地恢复自己的太阳能电池的灵感。在一份新论文中，北卡罗来纳州大学……

2013年7月1日

这只鼠标是海盗吗？

Did a field researcher somehow capture a pirate mouse? No! This raffish rodent is part of a study that is evaluating how harvesting plants for use in biofuels is affecting ecosystems. The photographer, NC State Ph.D. student Sarah Fritts, took the photo – and explains what we’re looking at. “Renewable energy likely will become thedominant…

Jun 10, 2013

Hairpin Turn: Micro-RNA Plays Role in Wood Formation

For more than a decade, scientists have suspected that hairpin-shaped chains of micro-RNA regulate wood formation inside plant cells. Now, scientists at NC State University have found the first example and mapped out key relationships that control the process. The research, published online in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences the week of June 10,describes…

2013年5月7日

New Mechanism Converts Natural Gas to Energy Faster, Captures CO2

Chemical engineering researchers have identified a new mechanism to convert natural gas into energy up to 70 times faster, while effectively capturing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2). “This could make power generation from natural gas both cleaner and more efficient,” says Fanxing Li, co-author of a paper on the research and an assistantprofessor…

Mar 11, 2013

Researchers Solve Riddle of What Has Been Holding Two Unlikely Materials Together

多年来，研究人员已经开发了碲化铋（Bi2te3）的薄膜 - 这将热量转化为电力或电力以冷却 - 在砷化镓（GaAs）的顶部，以为电子制造冷却装置。但是，虽然他们知道它可以完成，但这并不清楚如何 - 因为那些人​​的原子结构不太可能......

Dec 19, 2012

NC State Awarded $9 Million to Make Installing Home Solar Energy Systems Easier, Less Expensive

A new grant to North Carolina State University and several partners could make installing rooftop solar energy systems much less expensive and timeconsuming.