Thermoelectric materials for heating and cooling applications
For some years now, NASA has been using what are called thermoelectric materials to power its space probes. The probes travel such great distances...
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...
Fujitsu Laboratories had developed a new hybrid harvesting energy device
Alternative energy sources are clean and green but generate less energy compared to fossil fuels. The scientists are trying to use different sources of...
New approach to programming for green computing
Computers and electronic devices, ranging from smartphones to servers, consume a steadily growing amount of energy.
In recent years, computer scientists have developed an interest...
Neutron analysis yields insight into bacteria for solar energy
Structural studies of some of nature's most efficient light-harvesting systems are lighting the way for new generations of biologically inspired solar cell devices.
Researchers from...
Scientists Control Light Scattering in Graphene
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California at Berkeley have learned to control...
Increased Polymer Solar Cells Light Absorption Developed By Iowa State University Researchers
A report recently published in an online journal called Advanced Materials points out that a process has been developed by the researchers at the...
Advanced carbon aerogels can be manipulated for a variety of uses in the renewable...
Because of their unique structure, carbon aerogels may be used for hydrogen and electrical energy storage in the future.
Carbon aerogels (CAs) are a unique...
New kind of optical fiber developed
A team of scientists led by John Badding, a professor of chemistry at Penn State , has developed the very first optical fiber...
Physicists Develop Scalable Method for Making Graphene
New research from the University of Pennsylvania demonstrates a more consistent and cost-effective method for making graphene, the atomic-scale material that has promising applications...