Wireless Inductive Charging Gets Boost From DoE
Plugless Power in Whytheville, VA will use a US Department of Energy grant to implement its wireless inductive charging receivers on electric vehicles.
Electric...
Technology to Clean Oceans of Plastic Debris Developed by Student
Boyan Slat, a 19-year-old Aerospace Engineering student at TU Delft designed a device that could clean the ocean from plastic trash.
The concept called Ocean...
Recyclable Organic Solar Cell Hits New Efficiency Record at 2.7%
Photovoltaic organic solar cells have the potential to be truly green, but often their manufacturing processes are not so green.
Petroleum- and silicon-based solar cells...
New Method Monitors Urban Pollution at Specific Time and Location
Urban pollution caused by nitrogen oxides can now be predicted for specific locations at particular hours, thanks to recent study done by scientists at...
VW Developing CO2 Air Conditioning System, Rejects EU Law for 2017
A new refrigerant developed by Honeywell and Dupont, HFO-1234yf, will be required by law to replace R-134a, but Volkswagen is rejecting this and developing...
Leftover Ash Generates Hydrogen Gas, We Just Need to Collect It
When power plants burn coal, wood or even refuse to generate electricity, the leftover ash generates hydrogen gas, which is why it must be...
Switchgrass Biofuel Makes Home Energy Costs Drop
According to a study conducted by the USDA Agricultural Research Service, the burning of biomass in the form of switchgrass, instead of oil, could...
Melbourne, Australia Certified as Carbon Neutral
The National Carbon Offset Standard of Australia (NCOS) certified the city of Melbourne as the latest carbon-neutral metropolis in the country.
Although this is already...
Rising CO2 Levels May Lead to Mass Extinction of Species
Based upon the levels of CO2 in the atmosphere, which could continue to be released, the Earth may be heading toward conditions like those...
Monsoon Rainfall in The Northern Hemisphere Intensified By Natural Climate Change
Global monsoon rainfall in the Northern Hemisphere has intensified almost three times more than what has been predicted by recent global warming models.
This is...
