Nanocone – based solar cell with 80 percent conversion efficiency
With the creation of a 3-D nanocone-based solar cell platform, a team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Jun Xu has boosted the light-to-power...
Nanofibers Used as Microsensors to Prevent Chemical Hazards
Emergency workers could be warned by a new kind of microsensor when carbon filter become dangerously saturated. In fact, on the ends of optical...
Nanomagnets – Small Parts of the Next Magnetic Data Storage Systems
Incredible to find out, researchers have at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed a kind of egg shaped nanomagnets for future...
Terahertz Invisibility Cloak Unveiled at Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2011
Humans generally recognize objects through two features: their shape and color. To render an object invisible, one must be able to manipulate light so...
The Future UK Electric Vehicle Charging Points Network
The British Office for Low Emission Vehicles as part of the public sector has to oversee the establishment of eight electric vehicle charging network...
Developing a high-performance low-cost green LEDs, the key to white LEDs
First discovered in the 1920s, LEDs – light-emitting diodes – are semiconductors that convert electricity into light.
When switched on, swarms of electrons pass through...
Whiskey as Alternative Fuel for Kentucky’s Man Car
A world full of worries about depleting oil resources is wondering about alternative fuel sources.
A man from Kentucky found alternative fuel solution, he build...
Tissue Repair Using Nanofiber Sphere Developing
Researchers at School of Dentistry from Michigan University have create biodegradable polymers which can self assemble into nanofiber spheres and once injected into wounds...
Electric Vehicles Night Time Charging Lead to Less Pollutants
Scientists have discovered that when electric vehicles charging are done during the night ozone can be reduced.
Ozone forms in the air as hydrocarbon and...
Hydrogen as Alternative Fuel Stored Due to Nanocomposites
As well known most polluting fuels which create are those based on hydrocarbon. Since 1970s the best alternative to replace fossil fuel remained hydrogen.
Unfortunately...