At Sandia National Laboratories, an unusual thing has happened. Researchers 3D printed a massive mold for manufacturing wind turbine blades. The project is a collaboration with...
Standalone power modules that harvest and convert vibrations from their surroundings into electricity could soon fuel future microsystems. Autonomy is a much-anticipated feature...
Science Focus, the online home of BBC Focus Magazine, teamed up with the folks behind BBC World Service’s CrowdScience to answer questions on the topics of: Are electric cars...
Perovskite solar cells promise cheaper and efficient solar energy, with enormous potential for commercialization. But even though they have been shown to achieve over 22% power-...
On paper, the idea is brilliant: Capture carbon dioxide molecules from a power plant’s emissions before they reach the atmosphere, while also generating power. The concept,...
Using flexible conducting polymers and novel circuitry patterns printed on paper, researchers have demonstrated proof-of-concept wearable thermoelectric generators that can...
An international research team led by scientists at The University of Texas at Dallas and Hanyang University in South Korea has developed high-tech yarns that generate electricity...
Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the University of Maryland have developed a batter that uses a water-salt solution as the electrolyte medium. The electrolyte...
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a new way to track dynamic molecular features in soft materials, including the...
Researchers have developed a solar paint that can absorb water vapor from air and split it to generate hydrogen – the cleanest source of energy. The paint contains a newly...
