ENERGY TECH - NANO DAILY

Aug 06, 2015 (UPI)

Coal-fired power is coming to an end in New Zealand as the country focuses on taking the global pole position in renewables, the energy minister said. "Historic...

A zero-emission route to clean middle-distillate fuels from coal

Aug 05, 2015 (SPX)

A novel process configuration has been developed for producing clean middle-distillate fuels from coal with minimal emissions. The EMS Energy Institute at Penn ...

Better together: Graphene-nanotube hybrid switches

Aug 04, 2015 (SPX)

Graphene has been called a wonder material, capable of performing great and unusual material acrobatics. Boron nitride nanotubes are no slackers in the material...

EPA power act target of potential court action

Aug 03, 2015 (UPI)

The U.S. mining industry said Monday it was considering legal action in response to tighter greenhouse gas rules unveiled by the Obama administration. The final...

Sol-gel capacitor dielectric offers record-high energy storage

Aug 01, 2015 (SPX)

Using a hybrid silica sol-gel material and self-assembled monolayers of a common fatty acid, researchers have developed a new capacitor dielectric material that...

Boxfish shell inspires new materials for body armor and flexible electronics

Jul 30, 2015 (SPX)

The boxfish's unique armor draws its strength from hexagon-shaped scales and the connections between them, engineers at the University of California, San Diego,...

Unidentified military orders SFC Energy's fuel cells

Jul 29, 2015 (UPI)

Germany's SFC Energy AG is to supply a next-generation fuel cell system for an undisclosed military customer. The low-rate initial production order, which inclu...

Ultra-thin hollow nanocages could reduce platinum use in fuel cells

Jul 28, 2015 (SPX)

A new fabrication technique that produces platinum hollow nanocages with ultra-thin walls could dramatically reduce the amount of the costly metal needed to pro...

Superfast fluorescence sets new speed record

Jul 28, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers have developed an ultrafast light-emitting device that can flip on and off 90 billion times a second and could form the basis of optical computing. ...

Wireless power transfer with magnetic field enhancement boosted

Jul 28, 2015 (SPX)

Research from North Carolina State University and Carnegie Mellon University shows that passing wireless power transfer through a magnetic resonance field enhan...

Stretching the limits on conducting wires

Jul 28, 2015 (SPX)

In the race to produce highly stretchable conductors, researchers have developed a new technique that aligns sheets of layered carbon nanotubes along stretched ...

NIST calculates high cost of hydrogen pipelines, shows how to reduce it

Jul 27, 2015 (SPX)

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has put firm numbers on the high costs of installing pipelines to transport hydrogen fuel--and also fo...

Fast, efficient system to produce graphene for energy storage applications

Jul 24, 2015 (SPX)

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and University of Western Australia researchers have developed a new process to develop few-layer graphene for use in e...

Engineered hybrid crystal opens new frontiers for high-efficiency lighting

Jul 16, 2015 (SPX)

It's snack time: you have a plain oatmeal cookie, and a pile of chocolate chips. Both are delicious on their own, but if you can find a way to combine them smoo...

In search of a healthy and energy efficient building

Jul 16, 2015 (SPX)

Imagine if, in an effort to clean the air more efficiently, you were involuntarily introducing chemicals more dangerous than the ones you were trying to scrub. ...

Molecular fuel cell catalysts hold promise for efficient energy storage

Jul 16, 2015 (SPX)

In the quest for better, less expensive ways to store and use energy, platinum and other precious metals play an important role. They serve as catalysts to prop...

Are fuel cells environmentally friendly? Not always!

Jul 16, 2015 (SPX)

Fuel cells are regarded as the technology of the future for both cars and household heating systems. As a result, they have a key role to play in the switch to ...

CEC awards annual winners

Jul 16, 2015 (SPX)

The renewable energy industry has congratulated Carnegie Wave Energy and Windlab for their industry leadership as they took out top honours at the Clean Energy ...

Tunneling out of the surface

Jul 10, 2015 (SPX)

A research team comprising scientists from Tohoku University, RIKEN, the University of Tokyo, Chiba University and University College London have discovered a n...

Engineers break power and distance barriers for fiber optic comms

Jul 09, 2015 (SPX)

Electrical engineers have broken key barriers that limit the distance information can travel in fiber optic cables and still be accurately deciphered by a recei...