Roads that charge electric cars are part of a brave new automotive world
We're getting used to the idea of inductive charging for our phones, so why not for electric vehicles in the road network?
Posted: Nov 17th, 2015
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Perpetual youth for batteries?
A key issue with lithium ion batteries is aging. It significantly reduces their potential storage capacity. To date, very little is known about the causes of the aging effects. Scientists have now come a step closer to identifying the causes in their latest experiments.
Posted: Nov 17th, 2015
Read moreAn app to track your climate impact
Ducky is an app designed to motivate individuals and businesses to change their environmental habits, and to reveal the effects of their actions in everyday life.
Posted: Nov 13th, 2015
Read moreTiming is everything for renewable energy use
When it comes to limiting global temperature increases from greenhouse gas emissions, timing is everything - even when it comes to 'climate friendly' CO2 emissions from bioenergy, new research shows.
Posted: Nov 12th, 2015
Read moreMicrobes map path toward renewable energy future
Scientists find a surprise in how Cyanothece creates hydrogen.
Posted: Nov 10th, 2015
Read moreBuildings producing their own energy prepared for tomorrow's cities
An innovative facade, able to turn solar energy into heat for residents' use, will be installed next year in a building in Merida, Spain. The complex insulation system has passed all the tests and will prove its capabilities in real-life conditions.
Posted: Nov 2nd, 2015
Read moreSolar vehicle charging at home
Owners of home photovoltaic systems will soon be able to make their households even more sustainable, because PV power is also suitable for charging personal electronic vehicles. A home energy management system created by Fraunhofer researchers incorporates electric vehicles into the household energy network and creates charging itineraries.
Posted: Nov 2nd, 2015
Read moreEconomic LED recycling
Light emitting diodes are used in a great number of products like televisions and lamps or luminaires. Moreover they are penetrating the automotive lighting market to an ever greater degree. Nevertheless, there are no suitable recycling processes available today for these items. Researchers have developed a method to mechanically separate LEDs.
Posted: Nov 2nd, 2015
Read moreNew metal alloy could yield green cooling technologies
A promising new metal alloy system could lead to commercially viable magnetic refrigerants and environmentally friendly cooling technologies.
Posted: Oct 30th, 2015
Read moreSimple mathematical formula models lithium-ion battery aging
Hybrid electric vehicles, cell phones, digital cameras, and the Mars Curiosity rover are just a few of the many devices that use rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Now researchers have a simple mathematical formula to predict what factors most influence lithium-ion battery aging.
Posted: Oct 30th, 2015
Read moreNew concepts emerge for generating clean, inexpensive fuel from water
Researchers have improved the efficiency of the key processes and offering new conceptual tools that can be applied more broadly in the quest to split water with sunlight.
Posted: Oct 30th, 2015
Read moreShining more light on solar panels
Researchers have found a way to get more sun to shine on the panels and crank up the output by 30 percent or more.
Posted: Oct 22nd, 2015
Read moreSynthetic batteries for the energy revolution
Chemists present an innovative redox-flow battery based on organic polymers and water.
Posted: Oct 21st, 2015
Read moreNew report on energy-efficient computing
A report that resulted from a workshop jointly funded by the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) and National Science Foundation (NSF) outlines key factors limiting progress in computing - particularly related to energy consumption - and novel research that could overcome these barriers.
Posted: Oct 20th, 2015
Read moreNew crystal captures carbon from humid gas
A new material with micropores might be a way to fight climate change. Scientists have created crystals that capture carbon dioxide much more efficiently than previously known materials, even in the presence of water.
Posted: Oct 16th, 2015
Read moreLow-cost wafers for solar cells
Silicon wafers are the heart of solar cells. However, manufacturing them is not cheap. Over 50 percent of the pure silicon used is machined into dust. A new manufacturing technique puts an end to these material losses, with raw material savings of 50 percent along with an 80 percent reduction in energy costs.
Posted: Oct 9th, 2015
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