Energy News

Using a carbon nanotube instead of traditional silicon, Cornell researchers have created the basic elements of a solar cell that should lead to much more efficient ways of converting light to electricity than now used in calculators and on rooftops.

Just a few years ago, most conversations Christian Wetzel had about his research began with a quick explanation of LEDs.

Solar cells could soon be produced more cheaply using nanoparticle “inks” that allow them to be printed like newspaper or painted onto the sides of buildings or rooftops to absorb electricity-producing sunlight.

Could be used for a variety of tasks, from spying, to mine detection to search and rescue missions in collapsed buildings.

Researchers the world over are striving to develop organic solar cells that can be produced easily and inexpensively as thin films that could be widely used to generate electricity.

The fifth edition of Virginia Tech's Green500 List shows that supercomputers continue to use less power even as their capacity soars. Computers raking in top spots a year ago are falling by the wayside to newer models.

Using a composite metamaterial to deliver a complex set of instructions to a beam of light, Boston College physicists have created a device to guide electromagnetic waves around objects such as the corner of a building.

A research program aimed at using platinum as an exploration guide for nickel has for the first time been able to put a time scale on the planet's large-scale convection processes.

A giant new machine called' Oyster' designed to harness the power of ocean waves and turn it into 'green' electricity is being installed on the seabed off the Atlantic shores of the Orkney Islands.

Engineers at Leeds are developing a way to capture the kinetic energy produced when soldiers march and use it to power their equipment.