Silicon Generates Hydrogen when Oxidized

Nanosize Silicon Found to Generate Hydrogen Efficiently

The science of nanotechnology, specifically nanomaterials, has grown by leaps and bounds in the last decade, and scientists are discovering more material characteristics than...
Nanowires Could Make for Efficient Solar Cells

Nanowire Technology Used for More Efficient Solar Cells

Silicon solar cells currently are, at a maximum, between 19% and 50% efficient converting solar energy into electricity. The rest of that energy is...

“Physical Internet” to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated With Logistics

Engineers at Virginia Tech University and the University of Arkansas conducted a study which shows that if businesses are linked together through a shared...
Freshwater Microorganism Euglena

Bio-Plastic Made Out of Freshwater-Loving Euglena

Most plastics start out from organic compounds, many of which are petrochemicals, that is, petroleum-based. In order to reduce the demand on petroleum reserves,...

Wet-Powered Thin Film Generates Electricity

Given the right circumstances, we've probably all seen a piece of paper curl up when wet. Could this motion be put to work, that...

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...

10 Ideas to Generate Green Energy

We keep publishing stories on how to generate renewable energy, which tell us about investments worth millions. Scientific research, energy companies as well as governmental...

Influence of Solvent Mixtures on The Structure of Organic Solar Cells

Physicists from North Carolina State University claim that by controlling the way “mixing” occurs between the solar cell domains, we can boost their efficiency. According...

U.S. Navy to Produce Jet Fuel from Seawater

The US Navy, each year, requires more than 600 million gallons of Jet Fuel for continuous operations. To meet the demand, fifteen US...

Gamera II Human Powered Helicopter Reaches (Unofficial) Record Height

Human-powered flying machines have been dreamed of ever since the Middle Ages, when Da Vinci sketched his ornithopter and his other flying concepts (that...