SGB Scaffolding and Industrial Services Appointed MATCOR Distributor in India...
(Source: Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services Inc) Chalfont, PA -- November 12, 2015 MATCOR, Inc., the trusted full-service provider of proprietary cathodic protection products, systems and...
View ArticleAlgae could be a new green power source (Concordia University)
(Source: Concordia University) Montreal, November 24, 2015 - As world leaders prepare to gather in France for the 2015 United Nations Conference on Climate Change next week, global warming - and how to...
View ArticleIndian-origin engineer discovers new green power source
Montreal, Nov 25 (IANS) An Indian-origin engineer and his team from Concordia University have created a technology to harness the electrical energy from blue-green algae. Both photosynthesis and...
View ArticleThe switch molecule (Technische Universität Wien)
(Source: Technische Universität Wien) In electronics, nothing works without transistors: they are the fundamental building blocks on which the logic circuits in our computer chips are based. They...
View ArticleGreenhouse gases hit record levels in 2014, says report
Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hit record levels during 2014 and will make the planet a more dangerous place for future generations, the World Meteorological Organization has warned. The...
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 ArticleComing to a monitor near you: a defect-free, molecule-thick film (University...
(Source: University of California - Berkeley) An emerging class of atomically thin materials known as monolayer semiconductors has generated a great deal of buzz in the world of materials science....
View ArticleWorld in 'unchartered territory' as greenhouse gases hit new high: UN
Geneva: Concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hit a new high in 2014, the UN said on Monday, warning the resulting climate change was moving the world into...
View ArticleScientists seek to harvest electricity from algae in green-energy effort
By Chris Arsenault TORONTO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Scientists are making progress in harnessing electricity from algae in what could be a breakthrough in green-energy technology to combat...
View ArticleProf. Dong Sung Kim Demonstrates Transparent and Flexible Triboelectric...
(Source: Pohang University of Science and Technology) Prof. Dong Sung Kim and his student Dongwhi Choi (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering) are the first to develop a one-step fabrication process to...
View ArticleNew touchscreen material to end daily smartphone charging
London, Nov 27 (IANS) British scientists have invented a new type of touchscreen material that requires very little power to illuminate, with vivid colours and high visibility in direct sunlight. The...
View ArticleNew technology enables solar cells to absorb more light
NEW YORK: A team of scientists at Stanford University, that includes an Indian origin researcher, has discovered how to make the shiny upper metal contact 'invisible' to light, thereby funnelling...
View ArticleWhistle-Blower U.S. Geophysicist Issues $10,000 Challenge What Really Causes...
JACKSON, Wyo., Nov. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Peter L. Ward, a longtime U.S. geophysicist, issued today a $10,000 personal challenge to fellow scientists to quantify the real cause of global...
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 ArticleDouble-Decker Solar Cells Capture More Sunlight
Swiss engineers have demonstrated tandem solar cells layered so they can catch more of the solar spectrum, providing a route to cheaper and more efficient solar power. The cells are not yet ready for...
View ArticleSunlight, life source of energy on Earth
The sun is the source of virtually all energy on Earth. It heats the Earth and causes winds. It evaporates water allowing rainfall. It nourishes plants and all life dependent on them. The sun was...
View ArticleAlgae could be a green power source
TORONTO: Researchers led by an Indianorigin scientist have developed a technology that harnesses electrical energy from blue-green algae, that could be...
View ArticleStanford engineers develop 'invisible wires' that could improve solar cell...
(Source: Stanford University) Stanford Report, November 25, 2015 Stanford scientists have discovered how to make the electrical wiring on top of solar cells nearly invisible to incoming light. The new...
View ArticleThis technology will make solar cells more efficient
WASHINGTON: Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have developed a new technology that could significantly improve the efficiency and lower the cost of solar cells. Researchers at Stanford...
View ArticleNew tech can make solar cells less `shiny`, more efficient
Washington D.C, Nov 30 (ANI): Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have come out with a new technology that can boost the efficiency and lower the cost of solar cells. A solar cell is basically...
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