energy

Bionic leaf: using bacteria to convert solar energy into fuel

Posted in Science on 9th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller

Harvesting sunlight is a trick plants mastered more than a billion years ago, using solar energy to feed themselves from the air and water through photosynthesis.

ChargeTech promises to cut your smartphone charge time in half

Posted in Hardware on 23rd Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

The ChargeTech adapter can be used with phones and tablets, smartwatches, Bluetooth speakers and basically anything else with a USB charging cable.

Carbon sequestration may not be as effective as expected

Posted in Science on 23rd Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

A recent MIT study has found that far less carbon dioxide than the ideal prediction of 90 percent may be turned into rock when sequestered.

Sea level rise accelerating more than once thought

Posted in Science on 15th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

The world's oceans are now rising far faster than they did in the past, a new study says.

Solar energy to be at grid parity in most of the world within 2 years

Posted in Science on 13th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

Deutsche Bank is predicting that solar systems will cost is lower or equal to that of electricity from the electrical grid in up to 80 per cent of the global market within 2 years.