energy
A New Physics Theory of Life
Posted in Science on 23rd Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller
Popular hypotheses credit a primordial soup, a bolt of lightning and a colossal stroke of luck. But if a provocative new theory is correct, luck may have little to do with it.
Chemical process turns any plant matter, even trees, into biofuels
Posted in Science on 21st Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller
Nearly any plant material can be broken down into simple sugars.
Battery advance could boost renewable energy take up
Posted in Featured, Science on 20th Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller
US researchers have made an important step forward in the quest to store electricity from intermittent energy sources such as wind and solar.
Micro-windmills used to recharge cell phones
Posted in Hardware on 12th Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller
A micro-windmill that generates wind energy and may become an innovative solution to cell phone batteries constantly in need of recharging.
Researchers split water into hydrogen, oxygen using light, nanoparticles
Posted in Science on 18th Dec, 2013
by Alex Muller
Technology potentially could create a clean, renewable source of energy.