Innovative device that uses bacteria growing in municipal sewage to make electricity and clean...
Scientists today described a new and more efficient version of an innovative device the size of a home washing machine that uses bacteria growing...
Kinetic LED chandellier more than energy efficient
Through a Treehugger's article on kinetic LED chandelliers we found something interesting about the subject.
A British interdisciplinary studio called Troika offers „a tantalizing glimpse”...
Liquid-like materials for new thermoelectric devices
In the continual quest for better thermoelectric materials—which convert heat into electricity and vice versa—researchers have identified a liquid-like compound whose properties give it...
Researchers begin graphene production
A group of researchers at Linköping University are now marketing their method of producing graphene. There is great interest in the Nobel Prize-winning material,...
More efficient and cost effective hydrogen fuel cells
Hydrogen fuel cells, like those found in some “green” vehicles, have a lot of promise as an alternative fuel source, but making them practical...
Metamaterials may boost wireless power transfer
More than one hundred years after the pioneering inventor Nikola Tesla first became fascinated with wireless energy transfer, the spread of mobile electronic devices...
Metamaterial could be far more efficient at capturing sunlight than existing solar cells
Metamaterials are a new class of artificial substances with properties unlike anything found in the natural world. Some have been designed to act as...
Nanotrees Harvest the Sun’s Energy to Turn Water into Hydrogen Fuel
University of California, San Diego electrical engineers are building a forest of tiny nanowire trees in order to cleanly capture solar energy without using...
The efficiency of solar panels and the coverage grade of warranties
Talking about solar panels warranty we should know there are some technical and manufacturer parameters and other parameters which depend on sunlight exposure and...
UK scientists develop optimum piezoelectric energy harvesters
Scientists working as part of the Metrology for Energy Harvesting Project have developed a new model to deliver the maximum power output for piezoelectric...