High efficiency lighting in test on Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
The new Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center (ERC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has transformed a key building on the Institute’s storied campus into a...
Converting Heat Waste to Electricity Closer To Reality
Researchers at Northwestern University have placed nanocrystals of rock salt into lead telluride, creating a material that can harness electricity from heat-generating items such...
One billion Euro for graphene research project
Graphene, the world’s thinnest and most versatile material discovered by University of Manchester professors Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov, has been selected...
COOL BLUE FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS
A new type of durable, environmentally-benign blue pigment discovered at Oregon State University has also been found to have unusual characteristics in reflecting heat...
EU research breakthrough will cut 4G / LTE mobile network energy use in half
In coming years, internet access will be dominated by wireless devices such as mobile phones and tablets.
Today there are 1.2 billion mobile broadband users,...
$2 million award to provide clean energy to clean vehicles efficiently
The two-year project, supported by the South Coast Air Quality Management District and involving a number of public and private partners, will build solar...
Battery research could cut recharge time to less than 10 minutes
Adding a bit of graphene to battery materials could dramatically cut the time it takes to recharge electronics.
New battery materials developed by the Department...
Street lamp with LED lights and solar panels for the Olympics 2012
Street lamp has a futuristic design and is dubbed as solar tree being crafted by Ross Lovegrove. The urban design will totally transform the...
Harvesting Energy Through Heat
The huge development of the industrial field has seen an important growth these years and all new units are capable to generate heat. The...
E-Quickie a Wireless Electric Vehicle Built by the German Students
A group of German students has taken the idea to built an electric vehicle, called the E-Quickie, which runs on wireless power transmission. The...