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Printed Photonic Crystal Mirrors Shrink On-Chip Lasers Down to Size
The team published its findings on July 22, 2012 in Nature Photonics.At just 2 micrometers in height – smaller than the width of a human hair – the…
New Ultracapacitor Delivers a Jolt of Energy at a Constant Voltage
An alternative energy storage device called an ultracapacitor can be recharged hundreds of thousands of times without degrading, but ultracapacitors have their…
Fracking's Footprint on Pennsylvania Forests
Since 1859, more than 325,000 oil and gas wells have been drilled in the state, and many areas still bear the scars of strip-mining for coal. Now the latest…
Lausward Power Plant to Break Three World Records
That's a new world record for a single combined cycle block. The net energy conversion efficiency will add up to more than 61 percent. That's also a world…
Making "Renewable" Viable: Drexel Engineers Develop New Technology for Grid-Level Electrical Energy Storage
One of the foremost challenges for sustainability is efficient use of renewable energy resources, a goal that hinges on the ability to store this energy when…
Global Alliance of Solar Energy Research Institutes
Three leading solar research institutes: the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, NREL (USA), Fraunhofer Institute for Solar…