In the quest to find safe, low-cost batteries for the future, eventually we have to ask ourselves a question: Why not simply use water as an electrolyte? Water is inexpensive, available everywhere, non-flammable and can conduct ions. However, water has … Weiterlesen …

It is commonly accepted that there is an urgent need for sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels for transportation to replace diesel and petrol. One of the most widely used sustainable alternatives to petrol world-wide is bioethanol – in the United … Weiterlesen …

Recently B&R Industrial Automation unveiled a new intelligent transport system. As the Austria based company told, ACOPOStrak is the first system in the world to extend the economies of mass production down to batches of one. How do they want to achieve … Weiterlesen …

Kawasaki Heavy Industries announced the launch of “Successor”, a new robot system that reproduces the movements of expert engineers through remote collaboration. The Japanese company will first introduce the system into the robot manufacturing line limited sales is scheduled for 2018. … Weiterlesen …

Stereolithography is one of the best-known processes for printing 3D plastic components. The method uses photolithographic light exposure that causes liquid resins to harden, layer by layer. However, this additive process has one significant disadvantage: it requires supports that the … Weiterlesen …

Ever more people are suffering from cardiac insufficiency, despite significant advances in preventing and minimising damage to the heart. The main cause of reduced cardiac functionality lies in the irreversible loss of cardiac muscle cells due to disease, especially ischaemic … Weiterlesen …

When an electric rotating machine (ERM), such as the generator in a power-generation unit, fails, the consequence can be significant. Nowadays, digital transformation is a necessary and inevitable step to improve operational efficiency and reduce risks of power outages. Traditionally, … Weiterlesen …

At first glance, colloids resemble homogeneous liquids such as milk or blood plasma. But in fact they consist of particles in suspension. Some colloids have remarkable properties: they may stiffen following an impact and absorb surface shocks. This property is … Weiterlesen …

Sewage sludge is full of valuable substances like phosphorus, nitrogen or potassium. For this reason, it is often used in agriculture as fertiliser on fields. However, the sewage sludge also often contains contaminants which are harmful to the environment and … Weiterlesen …

Power on the go is in demand. The higher the battery capacity, the larger the range of electric cars and the longer the operating time of cell phones and laptops. Dr. Jennifer Ludwig of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed … Weiterlesen …