13 Year-Old Aidan Dwyer Uses Fibonacci Sequence to Improve Solar Power Collection
Inspiration comes in a many forms, or rather at many ages - you just have to recognize it. For example, you can feel inspired...
Self-Cleaning Clothes Turned Reality by Two Chinese Researchers
Two Chinese researchers have developed a chemical coating that makes cotton clothes self-cleaning. The method that gets rid of stains and foul smells is...
World's Lightest Material is a Metal, Could Be Used for Making Better Batteries
A newly invented material could revolutionize many industries at once. Discovered by a collaborating team from three U.S. universities, the metal is the lightest...
Air Filter That Sensibly Increases Engine Power and MPG Patented by Romanian Engineer
Corneliu Birtok-Baneasa, a Romanian engineer, has invented a groundbreaking air filter that decreases the fuel consumption by 10 to 15 percent and raises an...
Newly-Discovered Process Makes Gasoline From Wood Chips
Clay Wheeler, a researcher from the University of Maine has created what could be the alternative to using petroleum for making gasoline - a...
Miniature "Flying Carpet" Made of Conductive Plastic Developed at Princeton
Researchers at Princeton University have come up with a 10cm (4in) piece of plastic that has taken flight in their laboratory.
Using tiny conducting threads...
World's Smallest Nano-Motor Powered by Electricity for First Time in History
Now this is not our typical green scientific breakthrough, but it may one day change the way we consume energy and improve electric motors...
Plastic Bottle Light Bulbs Illuminate Homes Without Electricity During the Day in Philippines
Using one-liter plastic bottles, water and bleach, they managed to create the Bottle Light Bulb. The concept is very simple but a real wonder for those poor people who lived in darkness, or at the light of toxic petrol lamps.
Light Harvesting Nanoantennas Made With Plant DNA and Artificial Molecules
A University of Toronto research team has reported the first time construction of what they call "artificial molecules." These molecules have been inspired by photosynthesis and use nanotechnology to harvest sunlight.
Piezo-Photovoltaic Device Creates Electricity From Wind/Rain/Sun
A new device that harvests energy from raindrops, winds or sunlight has been invented at the Institute for Materials Research and Innovation at the University of Bolton, UK. Elias Siores led a team who created a special polymer with piezoelectric and photosensitive properties.
