Challenges when working with renewable materials: knocking on wood?

Special Issue on New Challenges in Energy Materials Research on materials and renewable energy

In this paper, an overview on the subject of materials and renewable energy, mainly from the research point of view, is carried out. Energy and materials are nowadays driving science and technology. There is a search for cleaner, cheaper and more efficient energy production, and this is obviously related to the development of new and innovative materials. As energy is a top European priority, m...

Be prepared for when surveyors come knocking.

When Reality Comes Knocking Norwegian Experiences with Verifiable Electronic Voting

This paper discusses the Norwegian experiences in piloting a verifiable, remote voting system in a legally binding, public election. First, we provide a highlevel description of the system used. We then go into detail about the major challenges that were encountered in the implementation and execution of the system. In particular, the generation and printing of return codes and the key manageme...

Challenges to temperature regulation when working in hot environments.

The focus of this review is upon acute exposure to hot environments and the accompanying physiological changes. The target audience includes physiologists, physicians and occupational health and safety practitioners. Using the principles of thermodynamics, the avenues for human heat exchange are explored, leading to an evaluation of some methods used to assess thermally-stressful environments. ...

Working Group on Complex Materials

Working-group members: Massimo Altarelli, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (France); Thomas Callcott, University of Tennessee Knoxville; C.T. Chen, Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (Taiwan); Jun-Liang Chen, Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (Taiwan); Jonathan Denlinger, University of Michigan; Makoto Doi, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Wolfgang Eberhardt, Forschungszentr...