Trap Light – Converting Waste Energy Back Into Light
Gionata Gatto and Mike Thompson created a new lamp that is completely powered by light energy absorbed from ambient sources.
By utilizing photo luminescent pigments...
Smart Windows – Block Heat On Hot Days But Let In The Heat In...
New materials science research could hasten the creation of "smart" windows that reflect heat from the sun on hot summer days but let in...
The magnetism of superconductors
2011 marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of superconductivity, the ability of some materials to conduct electricity with zero energy loss when cooled...
General Electric Intend to Build A 400MW Solar Power Plant
General Electric (GE) announced the intention to build a 400MW solar power plant by investing $600m for its presence in the growing solar energy...
Solar cells to produce methanol from CO2
In the BIOCOMET project, researchers from Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research and Plant Research International, part of Wageningen UR, together with...
Researchers develop cheap golden window electrodes for organic solar cells
Researchers at the University of Warwick have developed a gold plated window as the transparent electrode for organic solar cells.
Contrary to what one might...
Pilot Steam Solar Power Plant Generation Opens in Spain
When most of us think of solar power being used to generate energy, we likely picture solar cells. Concentrated solar power plants use lenses...
Self-cooling effect in graphene at nanoscale
With the first observation of thermoelectric effects at graphene contacts, University of Illinois researchers found that graphene transistors have a nanoscale cooling effect that...
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...
Extreme testing for rotor blades
Wind turbines are growing bigger and bigger – the diameter of their rotor blades could soon reach 180 meters. But that creates a need...