MIT researchers are applying new technologies to radically improve an old concept — thermophotovoltaic (TPV) conversion of light into electricity, according to an MIT news release.
Rather than using…
With gas process topping $3 a gallon, alternative fuels like hydrogen are getting noticed.
Although hydrogen may be a way off as an everyday fuel, nanotechnology is helping bring the day closer when …
I've run several posts lately about nanotech advances that are having a big impact on battery design. Now researchers at MIT have devised a way to use genetically engineered viruses as scaffolding…
A new class of devices aims to convert energy created from body movement to power future nanoscale components, according to Foxnews.com.
These so-called "nanogenerators" would be less bulky…
Ultracapacitors "have the potential to provide an energy storage device ten times more powerful than even the latest batteries in hybrid cars," says MIT's Technology Review.
A new line …
Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed nanotechnology out of tiny nanowires that generate electricity when they vibrate, according to a report at All New Headlines.
Imagine the mechanics and tec…
EETimes reports that the market for thin-film and organic photovoltaics (PV) is projected to be worth over $2.3 billion by 2011, according to NanoMarkets, an industry analyst firm.
Honda Motor Co., …
Researchers at Wake Forest University's Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials are working to create flexible, or " conformal, " organic solar cells that can be wrapped aroun…