SMES: New Energy Storing Technology by ABB Using Electromagnetic Fields and Superconductivity
ABB, a Swiss-based engineering company, has presented a prototype of their innovative superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES), at a DOE ARPA-E conference which took place in Washigton D.C. at the beginning of this month. Their 3.3 kWh proof-of-concept SMES is not very cost-effective for the moment, but may one day provide cleaner storage solutions for excess alternative energy.
Chinese Super-MagLev Train Could Reach 1,800 MPH
The Applied Superconductivity Laboratory of Southwest Jiaotong University, China, says that its new Super-Maglev train could reach speeds of up to 1,800 mph, but...
German Researcher & Team Debunk Room Temperature Superconductors
I remember reading about how superconductors were to revolutionize transportation, computing, telecommunications, energy and industry. I also remember with amazement the time I made...
Superconducting Ink Boosts Efficiency of Solar Water Heaters
Mexican researchers developed a superconducting ink, containing nano particles, which can boost the efficiency of solar water heaters by as much as seventy percent.
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Uranium-Based Material Could Lead to Better Superconductors
Mention uranium, and you may think of two applications right off the bat, nuclear power generation and atomic weapons. These two things may bring...
SUPRAPOWER Project to Develop Superconductor Wind Turbines for EU
Despite the clean energy provided by wind turbines, they remain expensive to build and install, especially the offshore type. To help reduce this cost,...
Quasi-one-dimensional Metallic Conductivity for Faster, Advanced Electronics
Since its discovery in 2004, researchers have been exploring 2D electron gas due to its unique electric properties and how it could be of...
Scientists Discover Nano-Scale Superconducting Material
Researchers from the Bar-Ilan University in Israel, collaborating with the Brookhaven National Laboratory in the U.S. have designed superconducting thin films patterned with large arrays of nanowires and loops. The temperature at which they superconduct is pretty low and hard to get for the moment - only 30 °K (-243°C). Magnetic fields have proved themselves to change the material's electrical resistance in an unexpected manner.
Breakthrough Iron-Based Superconductors Pave the Way for Energy-Intensive Technologies
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory scientists have developed an iron-based high performance superconducting wire, paving the way for some of...
Researchers Make One More Step Towards Metallic Hydrogen as Superconductor
A team of scientists from Cornell University and the State University of New York at Stony Brook announced this week in a specialized publication that they discovered, at least theoretically, how to turn hydrogen into a metal at significantly lower pressures than ever thought and make a superconductor out of it.
