According to the North Carolina Utility Commission, Apple intends to double the amount of fuel cells it will use at its data center in Maiden, North Carolina. In November, Apple filed to increase its fuel cell size but kept...
Murata Manufacturing has invented a wireless power transmission technology that strengthens an entire system’s transmission efficiency and achieves a power efficiency 20 to 30 points higher than traditional techniques.
A great deal of power loss occurs when a direct-current voltage is...
Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering in Troy, New York have developed a new method for increasing the heat transfer rate across two different materials.
This method might advance LED devices, collecting solar power, harvesting...
Scientists at the Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials at Wake Forest University in North Carolina have found a lighting solution that is equivalent to LEDs and more efficient than compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs. And, thankfully, it produces more...
Scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md conducted a study using satellite data and climate models, predicting drier conditions and increased risk of wildfires in the next few decades. At the annual meeting of American Geophysical...
University of Arizona’s Biosphere provides an amazing opportunity for researchers to observe and study the interactions between water, microbes, soil and plants. This is now possible thanks to the realistic manmade hillside setting, which will help improving global climate...
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 oxide, used in screen displays in computers, TVs and cell phones, with a polymer in...
There’s no way around it. Photovoltaics, while incredibly energy efficient, are expensive. In sharp contrast, dye-based solar cells seem to be a cheaper alternative to traditional solar cells. Looking especially promising are tandem cells made up of a conventional...
Mercury levels in the ocean have been increasing steadily for the past century. The industrial revolution, coal burning, and mining have contributed greatly to rising mercury levels.
The article "Sources to Seafood: Mercury Pollution in the Marine Environment" in the...
Stanford PhD student and entrepreneur Colin Wessels turned his thesis into a Palo Alto, California startup called Alveo Energy. Alevo’s goal is to develop and commercialize a battery made out of water and Prussian blue dye. Wessels’ intention is...
