Breakthrough Iron-Based Superconductors Pave the Way for Energy-Intensive Technologies
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory scientists have developed an iron-based high performance superconducting wire, paving the way for some of...
Belgium’s Whale-like Ice Rink in Liège is Both Energy Efficient and Fun
Liège’s new Olympic Ice Rink, which has the rather interesting look of a beached whale, was finally completed last month. L'Escaut Architecture are responsible...
Lilliputian Systems’ “Nectar” Fuel Cell Provides Gadget Power for Weeks
In a bid to help supplement the increasing power demand of today’s gadgets, Lilliputian Systems this week introduced their Nectar Mobile Power System during...
A Solar-Powered Temporary Housing Unit Now Home to Damaged Property Victims
A number of designers are competing to design the best practical emergency housing unit. Michel Antoun Zateef’s design of The Temporary Housing Unit is...
True North Log Homes Adds More Energy Efficiency by Using Sustainably Grown Timber
True North Log Homes has constructed this quite marvellous structure from Quebec and north Ontario’s sustainably-grown white pine heartwood timber, which incidentally are also...
Department of Energy Sponsors Contest to Find Top Energy-Saving Monitors
In an effort to lessen electricity usage, the US Department of Energy (DOE), in partnership with the International Clean Energy Coalition, is sponsoring a...
Ford’s New MyEnergi Lifestyle Reduces Energy Bills and Carbon Footprint
Ford recently introduced its MyEnergi Lifestyle project which indicates how integrating plug-in vehicles with renewable energy sources and home appliances can help a family...
Micro Antenna Boosts Mobile Connectivity and Battery Life
Are mobile phones and other wireless personal electronic devices green? While we don't boast how big our gasoline-powered mobile phone generators are, we have...
Innovative GravityLight for Developing Countries Looking for Investors
There are currently 1.5. billion people across the globe who have no reliable access to electricity. These people are instead reliant on biomass fuels,...
Highly Efficient Light-Emitting Diode Mimics Fireflies
Studying the structure of firefly lanterns, scientists from Belgium, France and Canada were able to identify a pattern of jagged scales that enhances the...
