Luminescent Solar Laser Concentrates Sunlight For The Most Efficient Photovoltaic System

Collecting solar power in cloudy days is really a problem for the solar industry, since it can make this source of energy unreliable and pretty intermittent. An MIT researcher, Carmen Rotschild, presented a solution that would be perfectly suited for this.

Helmholtz Principle-Based Innovation Reduces Aircraft Consumption by 20%

Scientists discovered a new method to reduce an airliner's consumption and fuel costs by redirecting the air to waggle sideways around the wings. They are doing this with tiny air powered jets, making the air flow back and forth over the wing.

The Solar Table That Powers Your Laptop!

Sudia Design Labs, located in New York, has created a table that you can put out in the sun. What for? To charge it,...

How to Convert Your Car to Solar in One Easy Step

Many of the leading car manufacturers are now looking towards solar and releasing models with solar cells on the roofs that allow charging on...

Audi Increases Fuel Economy by Monitoring Traffic Lights

How you drive has just as much impact on your fuel economy as what you drive, and Audi Traffic Light Recognition could help drivers...

Chemically-Etched Black Silicon Proves Efficient Solar Cells Can Be Cheaper

While SiOnyx, a MA-based startup, uses lasers to create black silicon and improve the efficiency and price of solar cells, researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) discovered a simple chemical treatment that could replace the otherwise expensive antireflective solar cell coatings currently used in the industry.

100 Year-Old Aerodynamics Problem Solved: Could Increase MPG Dramatically

MIT researchers discovered the solution to a problem put 100 years ago by Ludwig Prandtl. It refers to the situation when, for example, a car accelerates up and down a hill, then slows to follow a turn, and the airflow around it cannot keep up and separates from it. This aerodynamic phenomena creates an additional drag, slowing the car, and forcing you to push harder on the pedal, consuming more gas.

MIT Students 3D Print Ice Cream, But Is It Green?

Ever since 3D printing hype began to grow, scientists have been questioning the claim that the process is environmentally friendly. However, while this debate...

Researchers Develop Device to Convert Vibrations Into Electricity

Bristol University researchers have developed a new way to provide free energy to businesses and homes. They have created a new type of energy-harvesting device that makes use of non-linear springs and mass.

Paint Your House With Solar Powered Paint!

Two UK researchers, David Worsley and Maarten Wijdekop have made up a paint that could produce electricity by gathering the energy from the Sun....