Graduate Student Jian Shi and Engineering Assistant Professor Xudong Wang at the University of Wisconsin-Madison came up with a new device that is able to convert small amounts of mechanical energy into electricity.
In other words, the device could be...
A Pennsylvania-based team called Pipistrel-USA has recently won the NASA CAFE Green Flight Challenge after taking the first place with their electric plane called the Taurus G4, that was able to fly 200 miles in less than two hours.
The...
Britain's chief scientific adviser, John Beddington, recently declared that nuclear power remains vital in the fight against global warming, also referring to Japan's Fukushima crisis.
The British government has great plans for the future by wanting to reduce greenhouse gas...
Solarcentury, a solar energy company specialized in solar panels and photovoltaic systems, is one step closer to finish the construction of London's largest solar roof. When the project will be completed, it is also expected to become world's...
Good news for German electric car users come from E.ON. The company will start building ultra-fast charging stations along the country's motorways and will specialize only on DC chargers.
Of course, the charging stations will be compatible with the CHAdeMO...
A new discovery coming the Northwestern University could make solar cells embeddable in clothes and various fabrics. It involves changing tin, an important element of solar cells, with carbon nanotubes, considered more flexible and efficient.
For a solar cell to...
France's first hydrogen powered car was tested at Marcoussis, a town in the center of the country, and will be put on sale by the end of 2015.
According to Benoît Potier, head of the French company Air Liquide, "the...
Some companies use the term "green" to wash their polluting image - the best term used for their actions is "greenwashing." Others simply implement technologies into their own production plants that not only recycle their own waste, but also...
An international group of scientists have cracked the genetic code of two heat-loving fungi, Myceliophthora thermophila and Thielavia terrestris, and could use their findings for faster and greener development of biofuels derived from biomass.
They discovered that the two fungi...
Researchers at Princeton University have come up with a 10cm (4in) piece of plastic that has taken flight in their laboratory.
Using tiny conducting threads that electrify the plastic, the "flying carpet" is driven by "ripple power" - waves of...
