Superconducting Wire Generates and Transports Electricity, Wins Additional Funding
As part of a wind energy project, a superconducting wire that can generate and transport electricity brought to a team of engineering researchers at...
Severe Water Crisis Could Hit the World by 2025 (Infographic)
When you wash your car, when you extend that already extra-long shower or simply when you flush the toilet, think for a moment that...
Innovative Micro Fuel Cell Could Power Future Electronics
The first hydrogen fuel cells , much like the first mobile phones, were large, bulky, and expensive. Technologies in various fields, such as metallurgy,...
FIPEL Polymer Lighting Technology Better, Healthier and Cheaper than CFL
Scientists at the Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials at Wake Forest University in North Carolina have found a lighting solution that is equivalent...
Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Replace Indium-Oxide in Screen Displays
A breakthrough development emerged from the U.S Department of Energy’s (DOE) Ames Laboratory. Scientists have discovered a way to replace breakable metal-oxide, indium tin...
New Window Reduces Need for Artificial Lighthing of Office Buildings
While natural light can be used at building structures, to get into the rooms that are on the surface of the construction, MIT started...
Building Energy Efficiency Data Harvesting Simplified
Measuring building efficiency can be a very complex undertaking, and might require hourly metering systems, extensive sensor networks, and sophisticated computer systems. The data...
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Electronics-Scavenged Gallium Responsibly Recycled by Mitsubishi
Often, recovering rare-earth elements from recycled scraps, such as scrap electronic devices or car electronics, requires processes that aren't very earth-friendly. Gallium , for...
Water Purification Sachets to Aid Developing Countries
With the aim to provide developing countries a cheap and easy way to purify water, Procter and Gamble (P&G), a giant multinational consumers good...
Coca-Cola and Dean Kamen Partner for Clean Water
One of the world's growing problems, not only in developing countries, is access to clean drinking water. Over ¾ billion people could benefit from...
