How power became portable: An introduction to battery technology
The modern world, in all its grandeur and complexity, runs off a shockingly primal force, one that has been flowing through human bodies long before the first motor was built. Electricity, that same...
View ArticleNew Hybrid Fuel Cell Made From E. coli, Gold, And Titanium
Escherichia coli (E. coli) is not something anyone wants to come into contact with; after all, this bacteria is responsible for fairly potent, sometimes dangerous, food poisoning. A team of researchers...
View ArticleTeaming nature and technology for climate solutions
One corner of the Omani desert is blanketed by a type of rock with an unquenchable thirst for a colorless and odorless gas vital to life on Earth. That gas is CO, and when it reacts with peridotite, a...
View ArticleSolvay Displays Comprehensive Portfolio of High-Performance Polymers for...
(Source: Solvay SA) TOKYO, Japan, March 2, 2016- At Battery Japan 2016, Solvay will underscore its ongoing commitment to providing innovative materials for the market of high-energy, high-safety and...
View ArticleLiterature review on the safety of titanium dioxide and zinc oxide...
(Source: TGA - Therapeutic Goods Administration) Summary This scientific review report is limited to the review of safety concerns surrounding zinc oxide (ZnO) and titanium dioxide (TiO) nanoparticles...
View ArticleAre Organic Farms Really Worse When it Comes to Greenhouse Gases?
Organic farming earned some negative press recently with the publication of a paper that linked it to higher greenhouse emissions, but the truth is a little more complex. The paper, by University of...
View ArticleNASA Hosts Media for Update on Asteroid Grand Challenge, Robotics Tour (NASA...
(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Media and social media are invited to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland Tuesday, June 16 for an update on the...
View ArticleDOE Selects Projects to Advance Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected 16 projects to receive $10.2 million in funding to advance solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology. The new projects...
View ArticleReimagining Hydrogen: A Small Molecule With Large-Scale Ideas
While hydrogen is often talked about as a pollution-free fuel of the future, especially for use in fuel cell electric vehicles, hydrogen can be used for much more than zero-emission cars. In fact, from...
View ArticleComments/Suggestions are invited on the draft National Occupational...
(Source: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of the Republic of India) 8ed8cf3e-9ac2-4a57-8b88-bc19dde982fd.pdf Qualifications Pack For "Solar PV Installer - Electrical" QUALIFICATIONS PACK -...
View ArticleENTECHNOLOGY WATCH CO2 (essenscia - Belgian Federation for Chemistry and Life...
(Source: essenscia - Belgian Federation for Chemistry and Life Sciences Industries) TECHNOLOGY WATCH: Carbon Dioxide Conversion October 2016 Abstract Study of the recent patent literature on conversion...
View ArticleIndependent Test Results: Alabama Graphite Corp. Succeeds in Producing...
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Mar 28, 2017 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- The Energy Graphite(TM) Company Sourced and Manufactured in the United States of America TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - March 28, 2017) -...
View ArticleCore-shell nanostructures show promise in production of fuel gases (The...
(Source: The University of Georgia) Athens, Ga. - Researchers at the University of Georgia have created a nanostructure that could provide a path toward using solar energy more efficiently in the...
View ArticleDOE Selects Research Projects to Advance Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology...
(Source: Office of Fossil Energy) The Department of Energy's (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has selected for funding 16 solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology research projects....
View ArticleDOE Selects Research Projects to Advance Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology...
(Source: NETL - National Energy Technology Laboratory) Release Date: July 13, 2015 DOE Selects Research Projects to Advance Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology The Department of Energy's (DOE) National...
View ArticleGraphene key to dense, energy-efficient memory chips, Stanford engineers say...
(Source: Stanford University) Stanford Report, October 23, 2015 Only an atom thick, graphene is a key ingredient in three Stanford projects to create data storage technologies that use nanomaterials...
View ArticleBatteries that “drink” seawater could power long-range underwater vehicles
The long range of airborne drones helps them perform critical tasks in the skies. Now MIT spinout Open Water Power (OWP) aims to greatly improve the range of unpiloted underwater vehicles (UUVs),...
View ArticleAdvanced Materials for Advanced Batteries and Fuel Cells: Technologies and...
NEW YORK, April 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Use this report to: - Gain insight into the market dynamics of advanced battery and fuel cell technologies in terms of market value, number of units shipped and...
View ArticleMajor Advance in New Solar Cell Materials Achieved by BGU Researchers and...
(Source: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) A tri-national team (Singapore-Israel-Switzerland) that includes two BGU professors has reported a major advance in the physics of perovskite solar cells...
View ArticleOrganic LEDs could help make next foldable computers
SEOUL: Ultrathin and lightweight computers that roll up like a piece of paper may be closer to reality, thanks to highly flexible organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) developed by Korean scientists....
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