Teenager Builds Homemade Nuclear Fusion Reactor
If somebody told you that a teenager built a nuclear fusion reactor in his garage, it would take quite some convincing until you believe...
Scientists Gene Edit Plants to Be Better at Capturing Carbon
It’s not enough for humans to pump less carbon into the atmosphere. To address climate change, many experts say we’re going to need to...
Extinct Species Could Be Restored Thanks to New Technology
A team of researchers have mapped almost the entire genome sequence of two Siberian woolly mammoths, a step closer to the possibility of bringing...
How Thermophotovoltaic Solar Cells Could be 80% Efficient
Theoretically, single-junction photovoltaic solar cells can only achieve 34% efficiency, a theoretical maximum, since that's pretty much all the spectrum they can absorb and...
Build a Joe Cell Hydrogen Generator from a Silicone Tube! (video)
In the times when gas prices rise and rise, and there's no optimistic future for our pockets, hydrogen and Brown's gas generation look more and...
E-City Bus Demonstrator Brings Electric Mobility to Public Transport Systems
The ultimate goal of any city government is to create a sustainable and at the same time functional public transport system. The easiest way...
New Technology By Disney Generates Electricity From Paper
Digital interactive media has become quite a big part of our entertainment. New devices are increasingly taking an active role in interaction, responding to...
Stolen Electrons from Green Alga Demonstrate New Kind of Organic Solar Cells
WonHyoung Ryu at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, working with overseas colleagues from Stanford, found an interesting way of hybridization between a green alga, Chlamydomonas, and gold nanowires, to directly collect the electrons produced through photosynthesis by the plant.
An Interesting Report on Solar Panel Efficiency in Near Space Conditions
You don't really have to be an accredited scientist to prove the world that you actually can do scientific experiments. All you need is passion, knowledge and a little financial effort. That's how a team of San Diego engineering students succeeded doing an experiment that involved sending a balloon, solar panels, cockroaches and anti-freeze Cucujus beetles into near-space.
Biofuel Production Could Benefit from New Nanobowl Construction
One of the issues in biofuel production has always been making it efficient. Various catalyst materials have been found to be very efficient, but...
