Thermo Mirror to Detect Human Body Temperature
Sometimes we get tired of staring into the mirror. The standard mirror really doesn't do much, but the Thermo Mirror is another story.
The device,...
GlassPoint Solar Make Steam for Extracting Oil Using Solar Power
The new demonstration solar power steam plant at McKittrick in California uses sunlight concentrated by mirrors in a greenhouse to pre-heat water.
Natural gas in...
Japanese Wind Power Plants Survive the Earthquake
Wind power capacity increased quickly in the past ten years in Japan, but most recently the sector has experienced a slowdown because of following...
How to convert waste heat to electricity at the nanoscale
Scientists have discovered that a class of materials known to convert heat to electricity and vice versa behaves quite unexpectedly at the nanoscale in...
Hydrogen and graphene
Graphene has engendered high expectations whereof its extreme properties depend on the fact that it consists of a single sheet of carbon atoms.
However the...
Rechargeable batteries and hydrogen-fuel production cheaper now
A team of researchers at MIT has found one of the most effective catalysts ever discovered for splitting oxygen atoms from water molecules —...
US’s renewable energy versus nuclear power
According to the information, in first nine months of 2011 the whole spectrum of renewable energy produced fewer than 12 percent of United States energy...
Invisibility field cloak a reality
Science fiction fans are one step closer to having their dreams realised thanks to Slovak and Spanish electrical engineers who have developed a prototype...
Understanding the link between magnetism and superconductivity
S-European team revisits 30-year-old breakthrough with new methods, understanding
European and U.S. physicists this week are offering up the strongest evidence yet that magnetism is...
Silk Technology Offers Solutions for Medicine and Electronics
An ancient fiber could soon be spun into cutting edge technology. Recent discoveries and new processing techniques have shown that silk can offer innovative...