ENERGY TECH - NANO DAILY

A brighter design emerges for low-cost, 'greener' LED light bulbs

Oct 20, 2014 (SPX)

The phase-out of traditional incandescent bulbs in the U.S. and elsewhere, as well as a growing interest in energy efficiency, has given LED lighting a sales bo...

Magnetic mirrors enable new technologies by reflecting light in uncanny ways

Oct 20, 2014 (SPX)

As in Alice's journey through the looking-glass to Wonderland, mirrors in the real world can sometimes behave in surprising and unexpected ways, including a new...

Catalysts for hydrogen fuel cells cab be synthesized in microwave oven

Oct 17, 2014 (SPX)

Swedish and Chinese researchers show how a unique nano-alloy composed of palladium nano-islands embedded in tungsten nanoparticles creates a new type of catalys...

Brighter energy-saving flat panels using carbon nanotubes

Oct 17, 2014 (SPX)

Even as the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics has enshrined light emitting diodes (LEDs) as the single most significant and disruptive energy-efficient lighting solut...

Lockheed Martin claims nuclear energy breakthrough

Oct 16, 2014 (AFP)

Lockheed Martin Corp says it has made a technological breakthrough in developing a power source based on nuclear fusion, with reactors small enough to fit on th...

Revving up fluorescence for superfast LEDs

Oct 15, 2014 (SPX)

Duke University researchers have made fluorescent molecules emit photons of light 1,000 times faster than normal -- setting a speed record and making an importa...

Stanford scientists create a 'smart' lithium-ion battery that warns of fire hazard

Oct 15, 2014 (SPX)

Stanford University scientists have developed a "smart" lithium-ion battery that gives ample warning before it overheats and bursts into flames. The new technol...

Lockheed Martin developing compact nuclear fusion reactor

Oct 15, 2014 (UPI)

Skunk Works, a secretive experimental technology division of the aerospace and defense stalwart Lockheed Martin, says it's on its way to developing the first ev...

Cree Power Modules Revolutionize Inverter Platform for Power Generation Systems

Oct 15, 2014 (SPX)

Cree has expanded the award-winning silicon carbide (SiC) 1.2 kV six-pack power module family with a new 20A all-SiC module ideally suited for 5-15 kW three-pha...

LED light earns physics Nobel for Japanese-born trio

Oct 07, 2014 (AFP)

Three scientists from Japan won the Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday for pioneering energy-efficient LED lighting, a weapon against global warming and poverty...

New Absorber Will Lead to Better Biosensors

Oct 07, 2014 (SPX)

Biological sensors, or biosensors, are like technological canaries in the coalmine. By converting a biological response into an optical or electrical signal, th...

LEDs: A light-bulb moment that is changing the world

Oct 07, 2014 (AFP)

Just over 20 years ago, three physicists working in two laboratories in Japan cracked a problem that had stumped rivals for decades -- how to prise blue light f...

Stressed Out: Research Sheds New Light on Why Rechargeable Batteries Fail

Oct 03, 2014 (SPX)

Pity the poor lithium ion. Drawn relentlessly by its electrical charge, it surges from anode to cathode and back again, shouldering its way through an elaborate...

New Technology May Lead to Prolonged Power in Mobile Devices

Sep 30, 2014 (SPX)

Researchers from The University of Texas at Dallas have created technology that could be the first step toward wearable computers with self-contained power sour...

How things coil

Sep 30, 2014 (SPX)

When one sends an email from Boston to Beijing, it travels through submarine optical cables that someone had to install at some point. The positioning of these ...

Blue LED breakthrough for efficient electronics

Sep 30, 2014 (SPX)

In a step that could lead to longer battery life in smartphones and lower power consumption for large-screen televisions, researchers at the University of Michi...

Smart, eco-friendly new battery to solve problems

Sep 30, 2014 (SPX)

Present-day lithium batteries are efficient but involve a range of resource and environmental problems. Using materials from alfalfa (lucerne seed) and pine res...

Lego-like modular components make building 3-D 'labs-on-a-chip' a snap

Sep 23, 2014 (SPX)

Thanks to new LEGO-like components developed by researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, it is now possible to build a 3-D microfluidic system quic...

Ditching coal a massive step to climate goal: experts

Sep 22, 2014 (AFP)

Phasing out coal as an electricity source by 2050 would bring the world 0.5 degrees Celsius closer to the UN's targeted cap for climate warming, an analysis sai...

Recruiting bacteria to be technology innovation partners

Sep 19, 2014 (SPX)

For most people biofilms conjure up images of slippery stones in a streambed and dirty drains. While there are plenty of "bad" biofilms around - they even cause...