Researchers use nanotechnology to harness the power of fireflies
What do fireflies, nanorods, and Christmas lights have in common? Someday, consumers may be able to purchase multicolor strings of light that don’t need...
ORNL microscopy reveals workings behind promising inexpensive catalyst
A newly developed carbon nanotube material could help lower the cost of fuel cells, catalytic converters and similar energy-related technologies by delivering a substitute...
Korean technology to develop a new piezoelectric nanogenerator
Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has developed a new piezoelectric nanogenerator, low cost and scale self powered energy system.
As well know piezoelectric...
Nanocable could be big boon for energy storage
Thanks to a little serendipity, researchers at Rice University have created a tiny coaxial cable that is about a thousand times smaller than a...
Global warming turns tundra to forest
In just a few decades shrubs in the Arctic tundra have turned into trees as a result of the warming Arctic climate, creating patches...
Biochip array to identify biological materials
Scientists from the University of Maryland and Towson University announced their development of an invisibility cloak array. They have crammed 25,000 tiny “invisibility cloaks”...
Energy waves hidden by Schrodinger Hat in an invisible container
The graphic shows a matter wave hitting a Schrodinger's hat. The wave inside the container is magnified. Outside, the energy waves wrap as if...
Synergy aircraft the US versatile solution for personal flight
The aircraft as invention had a greatest impact in connecting people and shortening long distances between them. In terms of improvement remains enough to...
Unzipped carbon nanotubes could help energize fuel cells and batteries
Multi-walled carbon nanotubes riddled with defects and impurities on the outside could replace some of the expensive platinum catalysts used in fuel cells and...
ORO a human powered vehicle the best for urban mobility
You Yin Ting, a well known industrial designer from Hong Kong delighted us with a rocking chair concept used for urban mobility, called oRo.
This...