Two-in-one device uses sewage ...

Mar 29, 2012 by

Two-in-one device uses sewage as fuel to make electricity and clean the sewage

Scientists have described a new and more efficient version of an innovative device the size of a washing machine that uses bacteria...

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Wind turbines that learn like ...

Mar 27, 2012 by

Wind turbines that learn like humans

A control algorithm inspired by human memory may increase wind turbine efficiency while requiring less computational power than other...

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New dimension for solar energy...

Mar 27, 2012 by

New dimension for solar energy: Innovative 3-D designs more than double the solar power generated per area

Intensive research around the world has focused on improving the performance of solar photovoltaic cells and bringing down their cost....

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More economical way to produce...

Mar 27, 2012 by

More economical way to produce cleaner, hotter natural gas

New technology is offering the prospect of more economical production of a concentrated form of natural gas with many of the...

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Butterfly wings’ ‘...

Mar 26, 2012 by

Butterfly wings’ ‘art of blackness’ could boost production of green fuels

Butterfly wings may rank among the most delicate structures in nature, but they have given researchers powerful inspiration for new...

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Slime mold mimics Canadian hig...

Mar 26, 2012 by

Slime mold mimics Canadian highway network

A researcher placed rolled oats on a map of Canada, covering the major urban areas. One urban area held the slime mold See the...

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Nuclear power plants can produ...

Mar 26, 2012 by

Nuclear power plants can produce hydrogen to fuel the ‘hydrogen economy’

The long-sought technology for enabling the fabled “hydrogen economy” — an era based on hydrogen fuel that replaces gasoline,...

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Plasma flows may shed light on...

Mar 23, 2012 by

Plasma flows may shed light on predicting sunspot cycles

A geophysics researcher wants to look inside the sun. More: Plasma flows may shed light on predicting sunspot...

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Brown liquor and solar cells t...

Mar 22, 2012 by

Brown liquor and solar cells to provide sustainable electricity

A breakthrough for inexpensive electricity from solar cells, and a massive investment in wind power, will mean a need to store energy...

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Jellyfish inspires latest ocea...

Mar 21, 2012 by

Jellyfish inspires latest ocean-powered robot

Researchers have created a robotic jellyfish, named Robojelly, which not only exhibits characteristics ideal to use in underwater...

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Engineers enlist weather model...

Mar 20, 2012 by

Engineers enlist weather model to optimize offshore wind plan

Using a sophisticated weather model, environmental engineers have defined optimal placement of a grid of four wind farms off the US...

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A basic — and slightly a...

Mar 20, 2012 by

A basic — and slightly acidic — solution for hydrogen storage

Sometimes, solutions for hard problems can turn out to be pretty basic. That’s especially true researchers where the solution...

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