energy

Wireless power system charges devices up to 20 feet away

Posted in Hardware on 8th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

Firms are racing to develop a feasible method for delivering power wirelessly.

CES 2015: Charging a mobile battery in seconds

Posted in Hardware on 7th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

Being able to recharge devices 100 times faster than at present has the potential to revolutionize the way we use mobile phones, tablets, laptops and wearable tech.

Most fossil fuels 'unburnable' under 2C climate target

Posted in Featured, Science on 7th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

Most of the world's fossil fuel reserves will need to stay in the ground if dangerous global warming is to be avoided, modelling work suggests.

New technology purifies water with sunlight and catalysts

Posted in Hardware on 2nd Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

A system that uses sunlight and catalysts to purify polluted water at a high reaction rate, improving access to clean water where it's needed.

Study finds possible alternative explanation for dark energy

Posted in Science on 30th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller

Dark energy is an unknown form of energy that is proposed to drive the accelerated expansion of the universe.