Converting heat into power
A new kind of high-temperature photonic crystal could someday power everything from smartphones to spacecraft.
A team of MIT researchers has developed a way of...
Car Battery Are More Friendly Environmental Than Believe
Another way of thinking is necessary when you try to compare the environmental effects of battery powered cars to those caused by conventionally fuelled...
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,...
More efficient and cost effective hydrogen fuel cells
Hydrogen fuel cells, like those found in some “green” vehicles, have a lot of promise as an alternative fuel source, but making them practical...
Liquid-like materials for new thermoelectric devices
In the continual quest for better thermoelectric materials—which convert heat into electricity and vice versa—researchers have identified a liquid-like compound whose properties give it...
LED Lighting Market Will Surpass $1 Billion in Annual Revenue by 2014
Groom Energy and Greentech Media Research predict that the LED enterprise lighting market will grow next year by 30 percent and surpass $1 billion in...
Nanocrystal-coated fibers might reduce wasted energy
Researchers are developing a technique that uses nanotechnology to harvest energy from hot pipes or engine components to potentially recover energy wasted in factories,...
Unique mobility on demand with smart car2go
car2go, Daimler's new mobility concept, will be launched in Hamburg in spring 2011, as announced today in the Hanseatic city by the...
Fifth annual e-waste recycling event is a success
University staff and faculty, along with the help of the local community, contributed to the collection of 220 tons of electronic waste during the...
Rising demand for wind turbines and electric vehicles could strain supplies of some rare...
As the world moves toward greater use of low-carbon and zero-carbon energy sources, a possible bottleneck looms, according to a new MIT study: the...