Green energy from snowfall produced by Snow-TENG
A team of researcher and colleagues from the University of California – UCLA conducted by senior author Richard Kaner, have designed a brand new...
Global warming turns tundra to forest
In just a few decades shrubs in the Arctic tundra have turned into trees as a result of the warming Arctic climate, creating patches...
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...
Self-Assembling Nanocubes
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering have developed a technique that enables metallic nanocrystals to self-assemble into larger,...
Seagrasses can store as much carbon as forests
Seagrasses are a vital part of the solution to climate change and, per unit area, seagrass meadows can store up to twice as much...
Maine students became experts in renewable energy
A hydropower turbine has the potential to not only create energy, but has also sparked the creation of both a renewable energy company and...
Human Exposure To Radio Frequency Fields
Primary antennas for transmitting wireless telephone service, including cellular and Personal Communications Service (PCS), are usually located outdoors on towers and other elevated structures...
The trees as raw material for elastic high-capacity battery
I never thought that is possible to make elastic high-capacity battery from wood pulp. Now it is obviously. A very good team of researchers...
Cleaning objects at nanoscale
When I thought I saw all in the field of cleaning, I found out that a team of German scientists at FAU - Friedrich-Alexander...
Atmospheric warming altering ocean salinity and the water cycle
A clear change in salinity has been detected in the world's oceans, signaling shifts and acceleration in the global rainfall and evaporation cycle tied...