New York Taxi’s Still Yellow But Greener with Nissan NV200
On treehugger appeared an article that quoted- still yellow, but greener - about the New York City taxis.
Why did they say this? Because New York...
Prius Family of Vehicles Unveiled by Toyota at the International Auto Show in Detroit
The 2011 North American International Auto Show held in Detroit unveiled the Prius family of vehicles.
In addition to the current third-generation Prius and Prius...
New idea to harnessing lightning strikes electrical charges for electricity
Wednesday a group of chemists from the University of Campinas in Brazil presented theirs research at 240th National Meeting of the American chemical Society...
Rare-Earth Elements Provides 25 Precent Greater Thermoelectric Conversion Efficiency
Thermoelectric materials and technology have powered spacecraft for decades. But, thanks to advances in efficiency discovered at Ames Laboratory, thermoelectric materials may have new,...
Smart hybrid material to generate energy from sun, wind, wave and movement
Imagine a world where all those gadgets that seem to constantly need recharging – from your mobile phone to your laptop to your mp3...
Nanoengineered batteries could enable the next generation of high-power rechargeable batteries
New Nanoengineered Batteries Developed at Rensselaer Exhibit Remarkable Power Density, Charging More Than 40 Times Faster Than Today’s Lithium-ion Batteries
An entirely new type of...
Rare Earth Problems Could Be Solved Through the New Magnet Materials
Researchers are now working on new types of nanostructured magnets that would use smaller amounts of rare-earth metals than standard magnets.
Many hurdles remain, but...
ORO a human powered vehicle the best for urban mobility
You Yin Ting, a well known industrial designer from Hong Kong delighted us with a rocking chair concept used for urban mobility, called oRo.
This...
Windows as Solar Power Plants Using Organic Photovoltaic Cells
MIT labs will face us with a new discovery and thanks to it the entire surface area of a building’s windows could be used...
Artificial photosynthesis to create cheap hydrogen for fuel
The production of cheap hydrogen for automotive or jet fuel may be possible by mimicking photosynthesis, according to a Penn State materials chemist,...