Smart buildings: energy efficiency at what price?
Automating heating and other environmental controls can bring huge savings to commercial buildings. To what extent is it possible to achieve the same results in residential homes? What is the...
View ArticleKeeping our cool in space
As spacecraft become larger, the heat they produce also increases. That means vehicles built for long-term space exploration need more efficient cooling systems.
View ArticleHow to make the fish farming industry more climate friendly
A new Master's thesis shows that a renewable wind and solar energy solution can cut emissions by 50 per cent and at the same time increase profitability.
View ArticleStudy unravels long-held Fermi puzzle tied to nonlinear systems
In physics, the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou (FPUT) problem—which found that certain nonlinear systems do not disperse their energy, but rather return to their initial excited states—has been a challenge...
View ArticleModeling reveals how policy affects adoption of solar energy photovoltaics in...
One key goal for renewable energy in the United States is to promote the continued adoption of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create a clean energy workforce.
View ArticleBiology's need for speed tolerates a few mistakes
Biology must be in a hurry. In balancing speed and accuracy to duplicate DNA, produce proteins and carry out other processes, evolution has apparently determined that speed is of higher priority,...
View ArticleNew tech could prevent need to store non-working pacemakers inside the heart
Like conventional pacemakers, tiny new leadless pacemakers are designed to work for about 12 years.
View ArticleSheffield bioenergy experts collaborate with Egyptian partners to produce...
Seawater in Egypt could be turned into drinking water using biomass energy as a source of heat in a new collaborative project from academics at the University of Sheffield UK and Port Said University...
View ArticleJump in renewable energy jobs worldwide: agency
The renewable energy sector employed 9.8 million people worldwide in 2016, a sharp increase from 2012, the Abu Dhabi-based International Renewable Energy Agency said on Wednesday.
View ArticleResearch explores 'artificial leaf' system for solar fuel production
If human beings could mimic the way plants make their own fuel, it's not a stretch to say that Earth's energy needs could be solved.
View ArticleFrequency modulation accelerates the research of quantum technologies
Many modern technological advances and devices are based on understanding quantum mechanics. Compared to semiconductors, hard disk drives or lasers, quantum devices are different in the sense that they...
View ArticleA self-sufficient home with solar panels installed only on its facade
EPFL, in association with the School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg, the Geneva School of Art and Design and the University of Fribourg, is taking part in the 2017 international Solar...
View ArticleNovel electrode materials have designed pathways for electrons and ions...
Electrodes are critical parts of every battery architecture – charge too fast, and you can decrease the charge-discharge cycle life or damage the battery so it won't charge anymore. Scientists built a...
View ArticleHow protons move through a fuel cell
Hydrogen is regarded as the energy source of the future: It is produced with solar power and can be used to generate heat and electricity in fuel cells. Empa researchers have now succeeded in decoding...
View ArticleA 100-year-old physics problem has been solved
At EPFL, researchers challenge a fundamental law and discover that more electromagnetic energy can be stored in wave-guiding systems than previously thought. The discovery has implications in...
View ArticleResearchers develop simple way to fabricate micro-supercapacitors with high...
(Phys.org)—One of the most promising microscale power sources for portable and wearable electronics is a micro-supercapacitor—they can be made thin, lightweight, highly flexible, and with a high power...
View Article2-D layered devices can self-assemble with precision
Squid-inspired proteins can act as programmable assemblers of 2D materials, like graphene oxide, to form hybrid materials with minute spacing between layers suitable for high-efficiency devices...
View ArticleScientists design promising new cathode for sodium-based batteries
Scientists have designed a new type of cathode that could make the mass production of sodium batteries more feasible. Batteries based on plentiful and low-cost sodium are of great interest to both...
View ArticleWorld's highest output density with power amplifier for W-band GaN transmitters
Fujitsu today announced the development of a gallium-nitride (GaN) high-electron mobility transistor (HEMT) power amplifier for use in W-band (75-110 GHz) transmissions. To realize long-distance,...
View ArticleScientists propose new area of study in energy generation
The growth of humanity is limited by our tools. Each era of human development, from caves to the Industrial Revolution to sending Curiosity to Mars, is marked by technological evolution. A...
View ArticleEngineers develop tools to share power from renewable energy sources during...
If you think you can use the solar panels on your roof to power your home during an outage, think again. During an outage, while your home remains connected to the grid, the devices that manage your...
View ArticleEarth as hybrid planet: New classification places Anthropocene era in...
For decades, as astronomers have imagined advanced extraterrestrial civilizations, they categorized such worlds by the amount of energy their inhabitants might conceivably be able to harness and use....
View ArticleConnected Lighting Test Bed advancing smart, adaptive lighting
Long gone are the days when light bulbs simply shine in the darkness.
View ArticleFully renewable India in 2050 can take a shortcut to emission-free future
India can function on a fully renewable electricity system in 2050. This is the result of a new research by Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT). The study shows that developing countries that...
View ArticleResearchers report reversal of current flow in a quantum system
In a classical thermodynamic system, heat current flows from the hotter body to the colder one, or electricity from the higher voltage to the lower one. The same thing happens in quantum systems, but...
View ArticleClean energy can advance Indigenous reconciliation
Canada's remote communities need reliable and affordable energy to operate their schools and businesses and heat their homes. But the current situation is woefully inadequate.
View ArticleSubsidizing coal and nuclear power could drive customers off the grid
Within the next month, energy watchers expect the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to act on an order from Energy Secretary Rick Perry that would create new pricing rules for certain power plants...
View ArticleTechnology ready, but acceptance pending for distributed energy systems
Will we be able to do away with the classic centralized energy supply in the future? From a technological perspective: yes. Distributed multi-energy systems are feasible. But from an economic and...
View Articlee-Genie tool could grant energy saving wishes for businesses
A new monitoring tool for businesses has been developed by researchers at the University of Nottingham to help reduce energy use and cut costs.
View ArticleNew algorithm for simulating the structure of quantum systems on a quantum...
An international collaboration of quantum physicists from the University of Bristol, Microsoft, Google, Imperial College, Max Planck Institute, and the Sun Yat-sen University have introduced a new...
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