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Harvard Clean Power Plan Could Save the US $38bln a Year

Courtney Lepping — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 20:38:37 +0000

Harvard released a report predicting that The Clean Power Plan would save the United States $38 billion a year. How? Lower healthcare costs that, when factored in with the costs of switching to green energy, would save money. The Clean Power Plan, created under the Obama administration, functions much like The Clean Air Act in […]

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Bionic Leaf Turns Light Into Liquid Biofuel

Mila Luleva — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 19:56:42 +0000

Scientists at Harvard developed a bionic leaf that can convert light into biomass more efficiently than nature, and then make biofuel. Artificial photosynthesis has been in the spotlight for quite some time. Typically it is associated with splitting the water molecule into hydrogen and oxygen via some sort of a solar technology. The produced hydrogen […]

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Harvard Scientists Propose Method to Capture The Energy Released by Earth’s Surface

Mila Luleva — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 20:40:28 +0000

When it comes to renewable energy, the Sun seems to be one of the most obvious sources, and this is why a lot of research and efforts are directed towards finding means to harness sunlight. But if we have to think of what would be the opposite of solar, or incoming light, then that would […]

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Harvard 3D Printed Microbattery Wins Innovation Award

Mila Luleva — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 04:56:00 +0000

University of Harvard, or more precisely, scientists from the university’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, were granted with the Academic R&D Award last week, for their innovative and very successful development of a rechargeable 3D-printed lithium-ion microbattery. The award was given to Professor A. Lewis and his team, who published their work earlier this […]

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Harvard’s 3D-Printed Rechargeable Micro-Battery Targets Tiny Devices

Benji Jerew — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 18:09:23 +0000

Electronic devices continue to miniaturize, but the batteries that power them haven’t kept pace. That could all change with a 3D-printed micro-battery recently developed at Harvard. When I first looked at the video, it almost looked like any other 3D printer that I’d ever seen in action, including the time-lapse. What makes this 3D printer […]

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Ecofriendly Bacteria Batteries Powered by Dirt

Mike Sandru — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:04:50 +0000

Harvard scientists have found a solution that could light up homes of some 500 million people living in sub-Saharan Africa. They have created microbial fuel cell (MFC) batteries that derive power from naturally occurring bacteria in soil.

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