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Novel Structures Made with DNA Scaffolds Could Help Create Solar-Powered Materials

By arranging pigments on a DNA scaffold, an MIT-led group of researchers has developed a light-harvesting material that closely imitates the construction of naturally occurring photosynthetic structures.

14 Nov 2017

New Innovative Façades Improve Energy Efficiency of Buildings

A ventilated façade with a double chamber and flow control device has been created by two researchers from School of Building Engineering at UPM.

13 Nov 2017

Inducing Student Collaboration to Find Best Algal Strains for Making Biohydrogen

A new National Science Foundation (NSF) grant has been offered to Arizona State University and Kevin Redding, professor in the School of Molecular Sciences and director of the Center for Bioenergy and Photosynthesis (CB&P), for a study on altering the generation and consumption of energy in a nation.

10 Nov 2017

Funding for Converting Heat from Paved Surfaces into Electricity

In order to produce power from hot pavements, Samer Dessouky, professor of civil and environmental engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio, has received $298,000 via the Strategic Alliance between the Texas Sustainable Energy Research Institute and CPS Energy, established in 2010.

8 Nov 2017

Solar Greenhouses with Magenta Panes can Generate Electricity and Grow Crops Simultaneously

The first crops of cucumbers and tomatoes cultivated inside electricity-generating solar greenhouses were as healthy as those grown in conventional greenhouses, indicating that "smart" greenhouses hold significant potential for dual-use farming and renewable electricity production.

6 Nov 2017

Stanford Earth Researchers Develop New Methods for Removing Carbon from Atmosphere

Of the roughly two dozen medical CT scanners spread across Stanford’s main campus and medical centers, two can be found in basement labs of the Green Earth Sciences Buildings.

3 Nov 2017

Mimicking Huge Clams to Enhance Biofuel Production

Alison Sweeney from the University of Pennsylvania has been examining huge clams from the time when she was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

3 Nov 2017

Study Relates Metal Ion and Free Radical Content in Lichens to Air Pollution

An MIPT-based research team has proposed that atmospheric air quality can be assessed by analyzing lichen composition when traditional monitoring stations are not available.

3 Nov 2017

Duke Energy Proposes Solar and Energy Storage Projects for Reliable, Cleaner Energy

Duke Energy is planning to fix battery storage equipment and solar panels that will work as a microgrid at the Indiana National Guard's Camp Atterbury training operation in Johnson County, Ind.

2 Nov 2017

Efficient and Cost-Effective Technique to Capture Wave Energy from Oceans

Wave energy, in contrast to solar and wind energy, has been relatively costly and difficult to tap. However, engineers at Sandia National Laboratories have been endeavoring to change the scenario with influence from other industries.

31 Oct 2017

UD Researchers Develop New Processes to Ramp Up Bio-Based Aviation Fuel

Airplanes zoom overhead with wispy-white contrails that stream behind them. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) controlled 43,684 flights, on average, daily in 2016, and U.S. commercial and military flights together used more than 20 billion gallons of jet fuel.

31 Oct 2017

New Catalyst Could Reduce Cost of Electrolytic Hydrogen Production

Electrolysis, a process by which electricity is used to split the water molecule, is the cleanest way to get hydrogen, a clean and renewable fuel. Currently, researchers at ICIQ and URV, headed by Prof. José Ramón Galán-Mascarós, designed a new catalyst that lowers the cost of electrolytic hydrogen production.

31 Oct 2017