ENERGY TECH - NANO DAILY

PolyU develops novel eco high performance energy storage device

Sep 25, 2015 (SPX)

The Department of Applied Physics of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed a simple approach to synthesize novel environmentally friendly m...

Using hybrid gold nanoclusters for enzymatic fuel cells

Sep 25, 2015 (SPX)

With fossil-fuel sources dwindling, better biofuel cell design is a strong candidate in the energy field. In research published in the Journal of the American C...

Green storage for green energy

Sep 25, 2015 (SPX)

A team of Harvard scientists and engineers has demonstrated a rechargeable battery that could make storage of electricity from intermittent energy sources like ...

Houston researchers create fatigue-free, stretchable conductor

Sep 23, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers have discovered a new stretchable, transparent conductor that can be folded or stretched and released, resulting in a large curvature or a significa...

Digestible batteries needed to power electronic pills

Sep 23, 2015 (SPX)

Imagine a "smart pill" that can sense problems in your intestines and actively release the appropriate drugs. We have the biological understanding to create suc...

Notre Dame to do away with coal

Sep 22, 2015 (UPI)

With Pope Francis headed to the United States, one of the nation's largest Catholic universities, Notre Dame, said it was moving away from coal. "In recognition...

Coal's image suffering in climate debate: BHP

Sep 19, 2015 (AFP)

The coal industry is losing the public relations battle against environmental activists, mining giant BHP Billiton has warned as it urged the sector to unite to...

Designing switchable electric and magnetic order for low-energy computing

Sep 18, 2015 (SPX)

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have developed a new material that combines both electrical and magnetic order at room temperature, using a design app...

New ORNL catalyst addresses engine efficiency, emissions quandary

Sep 15, 2015 (SPX)

A catalyst being developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could overcome one of the key obstacles still preventing a...

Discovery of a highly efficient catalyst eases way to hydrogen economy

Sep 15, 2015 (SPX)

Hydrogen could be the ideal fuel: Whether used to make electricity in a fuel cell or burned to make heat, the only byproduct is water; there is no climate-alter...

Breakthrough observation of Mott transition in a superconductor

Sep 15, 2015 (SPX)

An international team of researchers, including the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Twente in the Netherlands and the U.S. Department of...

Study: Efficient new catalyst may pave way for hydrogen economy

Sep 14, 2015 (UPI)

Many researchers continue to hold hope for an eco-friendly hydrogen economy -- a comprehensive energy-delivery industry based on hydrogen. Hydrogen can be burne...

Physicists catch a magnetic wave that offers promise for more energy-efficient computing

Sep 14, 2015 (SPX)

A team of physicists has taken pictures of a theorized but previously undetected magnetic wave, the discovery of which offers the potential to be an energy-effi...

Rat race over Scandinavia's household waste

Sep 13, 2015 (AFP)

Norway and Sweden are locked in a tug-of-war over dozens of lorries that cross the border each day carrying loads of precious cargo: garbage. Sweden is conscien...

Hyperloop: Transport into the Future

Sep 09, 2015 (SPX)

Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum imparts extensive expertise in vacuum technology to one of the most challenging transportation projects of the future. The German-Americ...

SeaRoc and Natural Power helping EDF's Paimpol-Brehat Tidal Farm

Sep 09, 2015 (SPX)

SeaRoc and sister company Natural Power have joined forces to develop their offshore energy capabilities in France. This has now resulted in the two companies, ...

New nanomaterial maintains conductivity in three dimensions

Sep 08, 2015 (SPX)

An international team of scientists has developed what may be the first one-step process for making seamless carbon-based nanomaterials that possess superior th...

New findings move flexible lighting technology toward commercial feasibility

Sep 08, 2015 (SPX)

Imagine illuminating your home or business with flat, inexpensive panels that are environmentally friendly, easy on your eyes, and energy-efficient because they...

New technique lowers cost of energy-efficient embedded computer systems

Sep 03, 2015 (SPX)

Electrical and computer engineers at North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for creating less-expensive, low-power embedded systems - th...

Corvus Energy powers the world's first electric commercial fishing vessel

Sep 03, 2015 (SPX)

Corvus Energy is pleased to announce a Corvus ESS with a Siemens BlueDrive PlusCmarine propulsion system will power the Selfa Elmax 1099 electric fishing boat. ...