ORNL researchers enhance reliability of electric vehicle charging

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., are developing algorithms and multilayered communication and control systems that make electric vehicle chargers operate more reliably, even if there is a voltage drop or disturbance in the electric grid.

Two-faced solar panels can generate more power at up to 70% less cost

Researchers at the University of Surrey, England, University of Cambridge, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xidian University, and Zhengzhou University, China, built a new kind of two-faced (bifacial) solar panel using single-walled carbon nanotubes as both front and back electrodes that are the highest efficiency single junction solar cells to date.

Hexagon’s industry-first zoom-enabled optical 3D scanner

Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division, Sweden, launched the first optical 3D scanner on the market with a motorized zoom lens that enables users to adjust data resolution and measurement volume entirely through software settings.