News articles tagged with 'electricity'
Artificial leaf could debut new era of 'fast-food energy'
— 2 Dec 2011 09:41 | ChemistryTechnology for making an 'artificial leaf' holds the potential for opening an era of 'fast-food energy,' in which people generate their own electricity at home with low-cost equipment…
Charge it: Neutral atoms made to act like electrically charged particles
— 1 Apr 2011 15:18 | TechnologyCompleting the story they started by creating synthetic magnetic fields, scientists from the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), a collaboration of the National Institute of Standards and…
Novel nanowires boost fuel cell efficiency
— 1 Apr 2011 15:09 | TechnologyFuel cells have been touted as a cleaner solution to tomorrow's energy needs, with potential applications in everything from cars to computers…
Carnegie Mellon researchers electrify polymerisation
— 1 Apr 2011 14:48 | TechnologyScientists led by Carnegie Mellon University chemist Krzysztof Matyjaszewski are using electricity from a battery to drive atom transfer radical polymerisation (ATRP), a widely used…
Stanford researchers use river water and salty ocean water to generate electricity
— 30 Mar 2011 16:43 | TechnologyStanford researchers have developed a battery that takes advantage of the difference in salinity between freshwater and seawater to produce electricity…
Upgrading the vanadium redox battery
— 18 Mar 2011 15:09 | TechnologyThough considered a promising large-scale energy storage device, the vanadium redox battery's use has been limited by its inability to work well in a wide range of temperatures and…
Pollution tax rebates little help for low-income workers
— 22 Feb 2011 23:12 | EnvironmentAlthough policymakers believe the regressiveness of pollution taxes can be offset by returning revenue to the low paid through a reduced labour tax, that approach may not work, and…
Spent nuclear fuel is anything but waste
— 20 Feb 2011 16:21 | EnvironmentFailure to pursue a program for recycling spent nuclear fuel has put the U.S. far behind other countries and represents a missed opportunity to enhance the nation's energy security…
Geologists get unique and unexpected opportunity to study magma
— 17 Feb 2011 17:57 | Geology and palaeontologyGeologists drilling an exploratory geothermal well in 2009 in the Krafla volcano in Iceland encountered a problem they were simply unprepared for: magma (molten rock or lava underground)…
Victor Chang scientists unlock the 'gates' on sudden cardiac death
— 28 Jan 2011 17:21 | HealthAustralian researchers have come one step closer to understanding how the rhythm of the heartbeat is controlled and why many common drugs, including some antibiotics, antihistamines…