Experimental wind-farm produces tenfold power increase
Caltech researchers say the power output of wind-farms can be increased by an order of magnitude – at least tenfold…
Error tolerance could slash computer energy use
The amount of electricity required to run today’s computers, data centers and mobile devices is increasing rapidly and this growing…
Laser spark plug to give gas guzzlers new lease on life
The Japanese researchers behind an innovative laser spark plug system say it will improve fuel economy and reduce emissions of…
MIT scientists create self-assembling solar cell
One of the problems with common photovoltaic cells is that the sun’s rays can be highly destructive to the materials…
Incandescent light bulbs: not quite down and out
An ultra-powerful femtosecond laser flash can make regular incandescent light bulbs as cost-effective as their fluorescent cousins, say optics researchers…
New World Record For Solar Conversion Efficiency
Sandia National Laboratories and Stirling Energy Systems (SES) have set a new solar-to-grid system conversion efficiency record by achieving a…
Solar Cell Efficiency Approaching 50%
University of Delaware (UD) researchers have managed to crank up the efficiency of silicon solar cells to a record-breaking 42.8…