Researchers at SARDI have discovered and isolated a super strain of a native microalgae species after six years of bioprospecting. This discovery could form the basis of a local biofuels industry.
The research is part of a $4.2 million microalgae...
Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a way to produce electricity from random mechanical motion using triboelectric nanogenerators. These are devices fabricated from flexible polymeric materials with a high degree of transparency. Rubbing the surface of these...
Ecomove, a Danish manufacturing firm, is developing a range-extended version of its Qbeak electric vehicle. The new vehicle is projected to go for 500 miles in-between battery charges by using methanol fuel cells as range-extenders.
The vehicle incorporates up to...
It is now entirely possible for electrical gadgets to keep on running after fuel is depleted. Materials scientists at Harvard have developed a solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) that uses hydrogen as fuel to generate electricity, but can store electrochemical...
A new wireless power transmission system has been put up by Nihon Dengyo Kosaku and Volvo Technology Japan. Unlike previous versions developed by Dengyo, this one is able to transmit 10 kilowatts of electricity through microwaves at a distance...
Researchers at the University of Exeter developed a system that can predict wave power. This offers huge possibilities in harnessing the full potential of marine energy.
The existing technology to extract energy from the sea is still immature compared to...
NASA is developing an airborne wind-power system that is expected to be more efficient than land-based tower turbines.
The system has two components. One is a set of turbines attached to a kite that generates electricity. The other is a...
BSolar, a firm headquartered in Israel, is capitalizing on the idea that a solar panel can collect sunlight on its back, too. That happens when light gets reflected from surfaces behind the panel and it gets lost with conventional...
The world's coal deposits were roughly formed during a 60-million year period from 360 to 300 million years ago. Then, it stopped at the end of the Carboniferous period. What happened?
A team of 71 researchers from 12 countries, including...
Aerosols from the June 2011 eruption of Nabro volcano in Eritrea in northeast Africa breached the stratosphere layer. This discovery was reported in the July 6 issue of Science by researchers led by Adam Bourassa of the University of...
