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,...
Nearly Hard as Steel: Aluminum with Fullerenes
Russian researchers with Siemens Corporate Technology (CT) are using special carbon nanoparticles to optimize materials. They are adding fullerenes —soccer ball-shaped molecules comprising 60...
Car Battery Are More Friendly Environmental Than Believe
Another way of thinking is necessary when you try to compare the environmental effects of battery powered cars to those caused by conventionally fuelled...
Hybrid vehicle powered by hydrogen fuel cell energy system
Berlin specialist in energy storage solutions obtains order for fuel cell system solution for garbage collection vehicle
Heliocentris Fuel Cells AG is a specialist for...
Cree Will Introduce Dimmable LED Bulbs On the Market
Cree LED maker is gunning for the demise of the 60-watt incandescent bulb with a demonstration LED bulb that's energy efficient and disperses light in...
More efficient and cost effective hydrogen fuel cells
Hydrogen fuel cells, like those found in some “green” vehicles, have a lot of promise as an alternative fuel source, but making them practical...
Living off the grid a necessity for a better life
Living off the grid could be an option?
I think it's time to take seriously the option of living off the grid, and to use...
Liquid-like materials for new thermoelectric devices
In the continual quest for better thermoelectric materials—which convert heat into electricity and vice versa—researchers have identified a liquid-like compound whose properties give it...
Converting heat into power
A new kind of high-temperature photonic crystal could someday power everything from smartphones to spacecraft.
A team of MIT researchers has developed a way of...
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...