APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Detecting microwave radiation for cosmic microwave background radiation research, though other potential applications include security screening (e.g., at airports) and communications. ADVANTAGES: Ultrawide frequency band between 30 GHz and 300 GHz Sensitivity to polarization Low noise (10^-18 Watt / sqrt(Hz)) from noise-equivalent … [Read more...] about Sinuous Antenna Coupled CMB Detector 2019-150
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Hybrid Metal-Supported Solid Oxide Cells () 2019-135
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Water Electrolysis Stationary power generation ADVANTAGES: Enables the deposition of a dense, thin, defect-free, well-adhered electrolyte on a porous electrode Improves the electronic and ionic conduction in the electrode layer ABSTRACT: Researchers at Berkeley Lab and United Technologies Research Center have developed a new … [Read more...] about Hybrid Metal-Supported Solid Oxide Cells () 2019-135
Moment Tensor Reconstruction 2017-095
APPLICATIONS: Seismic monitoring ABSTRACT: Seismic detectors may register movements of the earth generated by earthquakes and other seismic events. However, locating and determining the precise location and mechanism of an earthquake based on data received from seismic detectors may be difficult or impossible with some systems. Gregory Newman and Petr Petrov of … [Read more...] about Moment Tensor Reconstruction 2017-095
Polysaccharide Gel 2017-041
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Food products Cosmetics Water and wastewater treatment Pharmaceuticals BENEFITS: Significantly lowers the costs of product recovery from cyanobacterial production strains Self-aggregating properties of the material streamline the processes of flocculation and clarification Enables novel encapsulation and drug formulation … [Read more...] about Polysaccharide Gel 2017-041
Graded Band Gap Perovskite Solar Cell 2016-060
APPLICATIONS: Solar cells ABSTRACT: Alex Zettl and Onur Ergen of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed graded bandgap perovskite photovoltaic cells with good output current and power conversion efficiency by implementing a new cell architecture. GaN was chosen to replace the typical TiO2 electron transport layer to provide a better surface morphology … [Read more...] about Graded Band Gap Perovskite Solar Cell 2016-060