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The search for thermoelectrics, exotic materials that convert heat directly into electricity, has received a boost from researchers at the California Institute of Technology and the University of Tokyo, who have found the best way to identify them.
Jun 27th, 2013
Read moreFor the first time ever, scientists and stakeholders from all over the world come together this week to have a look at the big impacts picture. They assemble at the 'Impacts World 2013' conference in Potsdam, Germany, aiming at developing a new scientific agenda to systematically address knowledge gaps and to start bridging them.
Jun 27th, 2013
Read moreProviding auxiliary hydrogen power to docked or anchored ships may soon be added to the list of ways in which hydrogen fuel cells can provide efficient, emissions-free energy.
Jun 27th, 2013
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A new method for the desalination of sea water has been reported. In contrast to conventional methods, this technique consumes little energy and is very simple. This electrochemically mediated seawater desalination is based on a system of microchannels and a bipolar electrode.
Jun 27th, 2013
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The two-seat DA36 E-Star 2 plane recently made its one-hour maiden flight and was then presented to aeronautics experts at the Paris Air Show.
Jun 27th, 2013
Read moreEnergy conservation in a small number of households could go a long way to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, scientists are reporting.
Jun 27th, 2013
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IEA report sees renewable power increasingly cost-competitive with new fossil-fuel generation, but agency warns against complacency.
Jun 26th, 2013
Read moreThe UK chemical industry requires 'an urgent and radical rethink' into how it produces chemicals if it is to play its part in meeting Government's stringent greenhouse gas emission reduction targets of 80% plus by 2050.
Jun 26th, 2013
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Proposed method could be more efficient than previous systems and easier to retrofit in existing power plants.
Jun 25th, 2013
Read moreNew lines of engineered bacteria can tailor-make key precursors of high-octane biofuels that could one day replace gasoline.
Jun 25th, 2013
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Theoretically, hydropower can step in when wind turbines go still, but barriers to this non-polluting resource serving as a backup are largely policy- and regulation-based, according to Penn State researchers.
Jun 25th, 2013
Read moreConversion-efficiency mark is a world record for a 2-junction solar cell measured under 1-sun illumination.
Jun 25th, 2013
Read moreThe search for more versatile and less expensive materials for solar energy received a boost today as Harvard launched a free database that catalogues the suitability of 2.3 million organic, carbon compounds for converting sunlight into electricity.
Jun 24th, 2013
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A EUR 3 million investment in new state-of-the art technologies will allow the European Solar Test Installation to keep pace with the rapidly evolving photovoltaics market and be able to address forthcoming standardisation issues.
Jun 24th, 2013
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Researchers have developed an inexpensive catalyst that uses the electricity generated from solar energy to convert carbon dioxide into synthetic fuels.
Jun 21st, 2013
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Scientists have been able to show for the first time at ambient conditions that the quantum mechanisms of energy transfer make phyotosynthesis more robust in the face of environmental influences. The quantum phenomenon responsible, known as coherence, is manifested in so-called photosynthetic antenna proteins that are responsible for absorption of sunlight and energy transport to the photochemical reaction centers of photosynthesis.
Jun 20th, 2013
Read moreUniversity Laval researchers have developed a highly effective method for converting CO2 into methanol, which can be used as a low-emissions fuel for vehicles.
Jun 20th, 2013
Read moreScientists at the Institute of Photovoltaic at the University of Stuttgart have developed an innovative method, enabling damage to the photovoltaic modules to be revealed quickly, above all for the first time also independent of lighting conditions with the help of luminescence images.
Jun 20th, 2013
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