Energy & Green Tech
Imagine not having to charge your phone or laptop for weeks. That is the dream of researchers looking into alternative batteries that go beyond the current lithium-ion versions popular today. Now, in a new study appearing ...
Dec 06, 2018
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Energy & Green Tech
How easily, how conveniently, how fast, will I be able to charge my electric car? Simple questions and car makers are quite busy giving us answers that will impress.
Dec 16, 2018 weblog
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Robotics
OK, this is the future and it is just a normal day at a parking garage where the new norm is the electric vehicle. A little blue car pulls in and ambles over to the lane space of D8.
Dec 28, 2019 weblog
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Engineering
A new study led by The Australian National University (ANU) could lead to cheaper and more efficient solar technology.
Dec 19, 2018
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have reported a new mechanism to speed up the charging of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. Simply exposing the cathode to a beam ...
Oct 31, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
Scientists have discovered that a highly promising group of materials known as hybrid lead halide perovskites can recycle light - a finding that they believe could lead to large gains in the efficiency of solar cells.
Mar 24, 2016
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Consumer & Gadgets
Microsoft's patent filing recently made public has juiced up curiosity over what Microsoft might debut sooner or later as its own version of a folding computing device.
Sep 02, 2019 weblog
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Energy & Green Tech
The challenge of building an energy future that preserves and improves the planet is a massive undertaking. But it all hinges on the charged particles moving through invisibly small materials.
Nov 21, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
New research could lead to the design of new materials to help improve the performance of perovskite solar cells (PSCs).
Jan 10, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
Tires that recover energy as they roll made numerous headlines this week as tech watchers explored Sumitomo's concept.
Jul 31, 2019 weblog
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Energy & Green Tech
Though the days of hardwired wall-mounted phones are ending and wireless internet connections are common at home and on the go, people are still dependent on cords to charge their mobile devices. My research, and that of ...
Dec 14, 2018
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Engineering
If manufacturers of cell-phone batteries could tell which cells will last at least two years, then they could sell only those to phone makers and send the rest to makers of less demanding devices. New research shows how manufacturers ...
Mar 25, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
A 20-kilowatt wireless charging system demonstrated at Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has achieved 90 percent efficiency and at three times the rate of the plug-in systems commonly used for electric ...
Mar 31, 2016
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Engineering
UConn engineers have created a biodegradable pressure sensor that could help doctors monitor chronic lung disease, swelling of the brain, and other medical conditions before dissolving harmlessly in a patient's body.
Jan 16, 2018
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Energy & Green Tech
Most people have felt that sting from grabbing a doorknob after walking across a carpet or seen how a balloon will stick to a fuzzy surface after a few moments of vigorous rubbing.
Mar 07, 2018
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