Display screens with colored solar cells
A new kind of screen pixel doubles as a solar cell and could boost the energy efficiency of cell phones and e-readers. The technology...
Swiss solar powered aircraft to energy efficiency
The Swiss team composed by: Andre Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard were stopped by the weather in their attempt to circumnavigate the Earth in an...
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...
How to bring sunlight into your home
The science of light and liquids has been intimately entwined since Léon Foucault discovered the speed of light in 1862, when he observed that...
The solar cell that also shines – LED type design
To produce the maximum amount of energy, solar cells are designed to absorb as much light from the Sun as possible.
Now researchers from the...
The Rooftop Solar Challenge – How can we make it easier and more affordable...
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is part of a national effort to find out.
UT ’s Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public is...
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...
Luci, a solar powered lantern designed by MPOWERD to enlighten people
As a paradox of our century the poverty is growing in the emergent countries and nearly half of the world’s population has no access...
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...
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...