Converting greenhouse gas emissions into energy-rich fuel using nano silicon (Si) in a carbon-neutral carbon-cycle is illustrated.Credit: Chenxi Qian
Every year, humans advance climate change and global warming -- and quite likely our own eventual extinction -- by injecting about...
MIT graduate student George Ni holds a bubble-wrapped, sponge-like device that soaks up natural sunlight and heats water to boiling temperatures, generating steam through its pores.Credit: Jeremy Cho
How do you boil water? Eschewing the traditional kettle and flame, MIT...
This is a darkened electrochromic film on plastic prepared by chemical condensation.Credit: Cockrell School of Engineering
Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have invented a new flexible smart window material that, when...
The charged tip of a scanning tunneling microscope and an additional magnetic field lead to localized stable electron states in graphene.Credit: Nils Freitag, RWTH Aachen
In a tiny quantum prison, electrons behave quite differently as compared to their counterparts in...
Felix Venn, one of the researchers involved, on the ANU solar thermal dish. Credit: Stuart Hay, ANU
Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have set a world record for efficiency for a solar thermal dish generating steam that could...
Physicists and technicians of the TSU and Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science SB RAS are developing experimental samples of ceramics that are resistant to extreme temperatures. The scientists aim to invent a material that can withstand up...
This illustration shows the structure of 16 molecules that were studied while bound to metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) that exhibit handedness. The frameworks stabilized the molecules for study with X-rays.Credit: S. Lee, E. Kapustin, O. Yaghi/Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley
Researchers...
This is a wood composite as an energy efficient building material: Guided sunlight transmission and effective thermal insulation.Credit: University of Maryland and Advanced Energy Materials
Engineers at the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland (UMD)...
SolidEnergy Systems' battery (far right) is twice as energy-dense, yet just as safe and long-lasting as the lithium ion batteries used in consumer electronics. The battery uses a lithium metal foil for an anode, which can hold more ions...
This is a condensation trail, or contrail, left behind an aircraft.Credit: Courtesy of Mick West
Well-understood physical and chemical processes can easily explain the alleged evidence of a secret, large-scale atmospheric spraying program, commonly referred to as "chemtrails" or "covert...
Photon upconversion: Energy transfer between the molecules is based on electron exchange (Dexter electron transfer).Credit: Illustration: Michael Oldenburg
The upconversion of photons allows for a more efficient use of light: Two photons are converted into a single photon having higher...
