How to generate electricity from fresh water and salty ocean water
Stanford researchers have developed a battery that takes advantage of the difference in salinity between freshwater and seawater to produce electricity.
Anywhere freshwater enters the...
First practical nanogenerator could replace conventional batteries
After six years of intensive effort, scientists are reporting development of the first commercially viable nanogenerator, a flexible chip that can use body movements...
Green gadgets with carbon nanotube transistors for memory storage
Fast, low-energy memory for MP3s, smartphones and cameras could become a reality thanks to scientists. Researchers have created a tiny device that improves on existing...
Russian Boreal Forests Could Increase Global Warming
Russia's boreal forest – the largest continuous expanse of forest in the world, found in the country's cold northern regions – is undergoing an...
Victims of Japan’s Earthquake Received LED Solar Powered Lanterns from Panasonic
Panasonic is hoping to lighten things up a little, quite literally, with a donation of 4,000 LED solar powered lanterns for those survivors in...
Fluorescent OLEDs display greater efficiencies than believed possible
OLEDs are the next generation display technology. They are already used in televisions, cell phones and computers, and they are candidates for a vast...
Photovoltaic Panels for 30,000 Homes in UK
Energy-efficiency specialist Eaga has secured £300m from a number of banks to fund plans to install photovoltaic panels on more than 30,000 UK homes.
The...
Human Exposure To Radio Frequency Fields
Primary antennas for transmitting wireless telephone service, including cellular and Personal Communications Service (PCS), are usually located outdoors on towers and other elevated structures...
Japanese Wind Power Plants Survive the Earthquake
Wind power capacity increased quickly in the past ten years in Japan, but most recently the sector has experienced a slowdown because of following...
MIT Implantable Innovative Tool to Track Body Cancer Cells
It looks like a tiny white breath mint. As Michael Cima, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology says "With this, we are going to...