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Hot electron solar cell

Hot Electrons Could Double Solar Cell Power Efficiency

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 2

Scientists have experimentally verified a theory suggesting that hot electrons could double the output of solar cells. The researchers, from Boston College, have built solar cells that successfully use hot ...


Clinton: US would help raise billions on climate (AP)

Clinton: US would help raise billions on climate

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 4

(AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to put new life into flagging U.N. climate talks Thursday by announcing the U.S. would join others in raising $100 billion a year by 2020 to help ...


Panasonic Starts Mass-Production of High-Capacity 3.1 Ah Lithium-ion Battery

Technology / Energy

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Panasonic Corporation developed a 18650-type high-capacity 3.1 Ah lithium-ion battery and began mass production of the battery this December. The new 3.1 Ah battery has a nickel positive electrode and an energy density of ...


Method makes refineries more efficient

Chemistry / Other

created 18 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Refineries could trim millions of dollars in energy costs annually by using a new method developed at Purdue University to rearrange the distillation sequence needed to separate crude petroleum into products.


Digital quantum battery

Digital Quantum Battery Could Boost Energy Density Tenfold

Physics / Quantum Physics

created 15 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (15) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists theorize that quantum phenomena could provide a major boost to batteries, with the potential to increase energy density up to 10 times that of lithium ion batteries. According to ...


Google-Fujitsu join 'smart objects' alliance

Technology / Hi Tech

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Internet powerhouse Google and Japanese electronics giant Fujitsu have joined an alliance to promote the ability of objects from appliances to cars to communicate with one another online.


STEM gets greener: Promoting critical thinking using renewable energy technology

Technology / Energy

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Can building model cars really help create the next generation of electric vehicle designers and engineers? Researchers at North Carolina State University think so. Through a recent grant, they will develop a curriculum that ...


Wiggling and waggling: Study sheds light on amazing bee brain

Wiggling and waggling: Study sheds light on amazing bee brain

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Their brains are tiny - about the size of sesame seeds - and yet the behaviour of the humble honey bee is so advanced it has scientists scratching their heads in disbelief.


Diplomatic frenzy at final day of UN climate talks (AP)

Diplomatic frenzy at final day of UN climate talks

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(AP) -- A diplomatic frenzy enveloped the final day of the U.N. climate conference Friday, with President Barack Obama twice meeting privately with China's premier as world leaders pressed to salvage a global ...


SPARKy devices helps amputees return to normal lives (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Health

created 14 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Arizona State University researchers have developed a prosthetic device that literally puts the spring back into an amputee's step. The ASU scientists have developed and refined SPARKy (for spring ankle with regenerative ...



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