Plants That Glow In The Dark Might Replace Home Lighting Systems
The latest innovation in the field of genetic modification is set to create a unique kind of bioluminescent plants, which have the potential to...
Iran’s Apartment No. 1 Built Entirely from Recycled Stone
Iranian city Mahallat is home to a thriving stone cutting industry. Even though the industry contributes nearly half of the city’s economy, it also...
Composite Nanomaterials Remove Microbes and Chemical Contaminants From Drinking Water
A prototype developed by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Medras in Chennai, India, purifies 10 litres of water at a time, making...
PediPower Extracts Gadget-Ready Energy from Walking
Ever wondered how it'd be like generating electricity while walking? A team of students at Rice University have created PediPower - a device that,...
Energy Floors Transform Kinetic Energy from Dancing into Electricity
Floors which harvest kinetic energy to produce electricity have already been used in sports arenas with implementation in running tracks and fields. This development is...
Graphene and Monolayers For More Efficient Solar Cells
With all the talk about nanomaterials making up more efficient solar cells, most of the focus has been on graphene and its unique properties....
Energy Efficient Lighting Industry Blooming in 2013
The 2012 Energy-Efficient Lighting Industry survey conducted by the leading manufacturer Precision-Paragon was released last week, indicating that the industry expects growth in energy-efficient...
Window Socket Sticks to Windows and Solar-Powers Gadgets
Ever wanted to harness that free energy coming from the Sun and put it into your gadget? If this project succeeds, all you have...
SUPRAPOWER Project to Develop Superconductor Wind Turbines for EU
Despite the clean energy provided by wind turbines, they remain expensive to build and install, especially the offshore type. To help reduce this cost,...
New LED Streetlight Reduces Light Pollution and Saves Energy
Light pollution is one of the biggest sources of pollution worldwide. Because some chemical processes that cleanse the atmosphere only occur in the dark, light...
