When Harry Met Arnold (California Institute of Technology)
(Source: California Institute of Technology) On November 12 and 13, the Beckman Institute at Caltech hosted a symposium on 'The Shared Legacy of Arnold Beckman and Harry Gray.' The two have worked...
View ArticleJCESR accomplishments halfway through its five-year charter (Argonne National...
(Source: Argonne National Laboratory) Today's lithium-ion batteries hold more than twice the energy of those released in 1991, and they continue to improve. But even when brought to their full...
View ArticleClay makes better high-temp batteries (Rice University)
(Source: Rice University) A unique combination of materials developed at Rice University, including a clay-based electrolyte, may solve a problem for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries destined for...
View ArticleScientists Develop World's First Cyber Plant
A team of scientists at Linköping University in Sweden have developed the first electrically augmented plant, creating both analog and digital circuits inside a living rose. This technology could allow...
View ArticleHarvesting sunlight to make valuable green products (CSIRO - Commonwealth...
(Source: CSIRO - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Those glorious sun rays you like to catch at the beach could be used to meet much of the world's energy needs over the...
View ArticleA potential control over superconductivity (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
(Source: Tokyo Institute of Technology) An applied potential can reversibly induce a superconducting-insulator transition in lithium titanate thin films, report researchers at Tokyo Institute of...
View ArticleStanford researchers develop new way to measure crop yields from space...
(Source: Stanford University) Stanford Report, November 10, 2015 A Stanford-led team has used satellites to measure a special light emitted by plants to estimate crop yields with more accuracy than...
View Article+ Sicification-induced Green Algae Aggregates Generate Hydrogen [11-05-2015]...
(Source: Zhejiang University) Nov. 5, 2015 Scientists work collaboratively to add a film of silicon dioxide to the cells of green algae, thus achieving sustainable photobiological hydrogen (H2)...
View ArticleTough enough: Stanford and IBM test the limits of toughness in nanocomposites...
(Source: Stanford University) Stanford Report, November 16, 2015 By slipping springy polystyrene molecules between layers of tough yet brittle composites, researchers made materials stronger and more...
View ArticleLithium-Air: A Battery Breakthrough Explained
In the quest for smaller, longer-lasting, more powerful batteries, scientists have tried many alternative approaches to battery chemistry. One may have just produced the breakthrough we’re waiting for....
View ArticleGMO viruses for high-efficiency solar cells (Eni SpA)
(Source: Eni SpA) Billions of years of evolution have allowed natural photosynthetic organisms- bacteria, algae and higher plants- to develop efficient mechanisms of sunlight harvesting for their...
View ArticleElectronic circuits implanted inside plants
London: Scientists in Sweden have developed an 'electronic' rose by implanting circuits inside the vascular system used to distribute water and nutrients in the plant. Researchers at Linkoping...
View ArticleNEOWISE Identifies Greenhouse Gases in Comets (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
(Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory) After its launch in 2009, NASA's NEOWISE spacecraft observed 163 comets during the WISE/NEOWISE prime mission. This sample from the space telescope represents the...
View ArticleStanford researcher suggests storing solar energy underground for a cloudy...
(Source: Stanford University) Stanford Report, November 23, 2015 A common criticism of a total transition to wind, water and solar power is that the U.S. electrical grid can't affordably store enough...
View ArticleNREL Research Honored With R&D 100 Awards (NREL - National Renewable Energy...
(Source: NREL - National Renewable Energy Laboratory) November 16, 2015 A technology developed at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been honored by R&D...
View ArticleNew desalination process just needs a shockwave (Engineers Australia)
(Source: Engineers Australia) During recent droughts, a number of Australian states built desalination plants to shore up their water supplies. But away from drought conditions, these plants become...
View ArticleSecretary Moniz Awards $125 Million for 41 Transformational Energy Technology...
(Source: US Department of Energy) WASHINGTON - U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today announced $125 million across 41 cutting-edge energy technologies awarded by the Department of Energy's (DOE)...
View ArticleRocket scientists bring expertise to analyzing breath of sick children...
(Source: Stanford School of Medicine) In 2013, two of Hanson's students - Christopher Strand and Victor Miller - sat at adjacent desks overlooking a 'Rockets of the World' poster. They were both...
View ArticleIf A Solar Plant Uses Natural Gas, Is It Still Green?
The giant Ivanpah solar power plant in the California Mojave Desert recently detailed how much natural gas it burned to generate power when the sun wasn’t sufficient – the equivalent to 46,000 tons of...
View ArticleUofL’s renewable energy prize goes to Harvard chemist Daniel Nocera...
(Source: University of Louisville) World-renowned chemist and professor Daniel Nocera, the Patterson Rookwood Professor of Energy at Harvard University, has won the 2015 Leigh Ann Conn Prize for...
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