Converting sunlight to electricity might no longer mean large panels of photovoltaic cells atop flat surfaces like roofs. Using zinc oxide nanostructures grown…
Using precision techniques for making superconducting thin films layer-by-layer, physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National…
The sun is the energy source not only done for photovoltaic cells but also for thermal solar collectors. Whereas photovoltaic cells transform the sun's energy…
Created from oxygen and silicon (the second most plentiful element in the earth’s crust), such batteries would be lightweight, have an unlimited shelf life,…
In 2005, two years after the catastrophic power failure in the Northeast, Mantooth received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Gridworks…
Its storage capacity is ten times higher than the graphite substrate which has been used up to now, and promises considerable improvements for users. The new…
Now a team of chemical engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has developed a computational model that shows that carbon nanotubes may offer a…
Focusing on improved cathodes for devices known as Hall effect thrusters, the research would reduce propellant consumption in commercial, government and…
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with IEEE, is inviting university and collegiate student teams currently engaged in…
“Mobile lighting” refers to small, portable lighting systems that are used primarily by highway construction crews, airport maintenance personnel, and even…
The compact system can produce synthetically focused images of objects – at different planes in front of the camera – at speeds of up to 30 images per second….
Vikas Berry is a K-State assistant professor of chemical engineering who works with graphene, a carbon material only a single atom thick and discovered just…
The test flight took place on October 9th through 10th at Aberdeen Proving Ground. The Ion Tiger fuel cell development system team is led by NRL and includes…
They are regarded as displays of the future – organic light emitting diode-displays – called OLED-displays in short. This technology is already applied in…
Batteries can power anything from small sensors to large systems. While scientists are finding ways to make them smaller but even more powerful, problems can…
Scientists have a long and unsuccessful history of attempting to convert hydrogen to a metal by squeezing it under incredibly high and steady pressures.Metallic hydrogen is predicted to be a high-temperature superconductor. A superconductor is a state of matter where electrons, and thus electricity, can flow indefinitely and without resistance….
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