Thermoelectric technology uses auto exhaust heat to create electricity
Researchers are creating a system that harvests heat from an engine's exhaust to generate electricity, reducing a car's fuel consumption.
The effort is funded with...
Energy Savings through User-Controlled Efficient Lighting Systems
These days, in newer buildings it’s often hard even to find a plain old-fashioned light switch. Often, the only controls are automatic motion-detector switches...
Lights Up the Night With a Solar Powered Umbrella
Let us try an imaginary exercise and go back in time, in a hot summer place, in full swing, restaurants and bars with outdoor...
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,...
Massive Off Shore Wind Farm in South Korea
Wind energy currently meets a mere 1.5% of global electricity generation. But scientists foresee a lot of potential in this alternative energy source. Asian...
Street Trees Illuminated by Gold Nanoparticles
The discovery that gold nanoparticles can induce luminescence in leaves has opened up the prospect of using roadside trees as street lights.
Post-doctor Yen-Hsun Su...
Reduce Your Electricity Home Consumption With LumiSmart
What do you think MP3s and light bulbs have in common? Quite a lot, you’ll see when the light bulbs are attached to a...
A greener way to grow carbon nanotubes
Study suggests new way for manufacturers to minimize environmental impact of carbon nanotube production
Given their size, strength and electrical properties, carbon nanotubes — tiny,...
New Highly Stable Fuel-Cell Catalyst Gets Strength from its Nano Core
Palladium core protects precious platinum; enhances reactivity/stability
Stop-and-go driving can wear on your nerves, but it really does a number on the precious platinum that...
Harvesting Solar Energy from Pavement to Melt Ice
The heat radiating off roadways has long been a factor in explaining why city temperatures are often considerably warmer than nearby suburban or rural...