Green Way to Get Heat and Electricity with Help of Fuel Cells
The generation of electricity and heat with no pollution and with considerably less emission of the greenhouse gas CO2 sounds too good to...
Investments in rural energy efficiency could reduce greenhouse gas emissions
In the developing world, reducing greenhouse gas emissions is often seen as being in conflict with alleviating poverty, since improving the standard of living...
Thermoelectric technology uses auto exhaust heat to create electricity
Researchers are creating a system that harvests heat from an engine's exhaust to generate electricity, reducing a car's fuel consumption.
The effort is funded with...
Energy Savings through User-Controlled Efficient Lighting Systems
These days, in newer buildings it’s often hard even to find a plain old-fashioned light switch. Often, the only controls are automatic motion-detector switches...
Antihydrogen Atoms Stored for the First Time
Atoms of antimatter have been trapped and stored for the first time by the ALPHA collaboration, an international team of scientists working at CERN,...
Street Trees Illuminated by Gold Nanoparticles
The discovery that gold nanoparticles can induce luminescence in leaves has opened up the prospect of using roadside trees as street lights.
Post-doctor Yen-Hsun Su...
Reduce Your Electricity Home Consumption With LumiSmart
What do you think MP3s and light bulbs have in common? Quite a lot, you’ll see when the light bulbs are attached to a...
A greener way to grow carbon nanotubes
Study suggests new way for manufacturers to minimize environmental impact of carbon nanotube production
Given their size, strength and electrical properties, carbon nanotubes — tiny,...
New Highly Stable Fuel-Cell Catalyst Gets Strength from its Nano Core
Palladium core protects precious platinum; enhances reactivity/stability
Stop-and-go driving can wear on your nerves, but it really does a number on the precious platinum that...
Conductive plastic coatings could lead to new solar cells, windows, sensors
Oil and water don't mix, but add in some nanofibers and all bets are off.
A team of UCLA chemists and engineers has developed a...