Energy News
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 09:17:05 pm
Researchers have found a way to improve the performance of ferroelectric materials, which have the potential to make memory devices with more storage capacity than magnetic hard drives and faster write speed and longer lifetimes than flash memory.
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 08:26:54 am
Technophiles who have been dreaming of mobile devices that run longer on lighter, slimmer batteries may soon find their wish has been granted
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 07:33:38 am
"Super skin" is what Stanford researcher Zhenan Bao wants to create. She's already developed a flexible sensor that is so sensitive to pressure it can feel a fly touch down
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 09:24:55 am
Scientists jumbled the atomic structure of the surface layer of titanium dioxide nanocrystals, creating a catalyst that is both long lasting and more efficient than all other materials in using the sun's energy to extract hydrogen from water.
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 12:32:12 am
Using a common metal most famously found in self-cleaning ovens, Sossina Haile hopes to change our energy future. The metal is cerium oxide -- or ceria -- and it is the centerpiece of a promising new technology
Posted on January 07, 2011 at 08:29:18 am
Calling the results "extremely surprising," researchers report that methane gas concentrations in the Gulf of Mexico have returned to near normal levels only months after a massive release occurred following the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion.
Posted on January 07, 2011 at 12:09:03 am
The planet's northern magnetic pole is drifting slowly but steadily towards Russia -- and it's throwing off planes in Florida
Posted on January 06, 2011 at 08:51:09 am
An entirely new type of nanomaterial could enable the next generation of high-power rechargeable lithium (Li)-ion batteries for electric automobiles, as well as batteries for laptop computers, mobile phones, and other portable devices
Posted on January 06, 2011 at 08:47:06 am
As every middle-school child knows, in the process of photosynthesis, plants take the sun's energy and convert it to electrical energy
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 07:42:57 am
A benchtop version of the world's smallest battery -- its anode a single nanowire one seven-thousandth the thickness of a human hair -- has been created by a team led by Sandia National Laboratories researcher Jianyu Huang
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