Scientists are using high-energy pulses of electricity to turn any source of carbon into turbostratic graphene in an instant. The process promises environmental benefits by turning waste into valuable graphene …read more Source:: Science
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Solar power from ‘the dark side’ unlocked by a new formula
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•Most of today’s solar panels capture sunlight and convert it to electricity only from the side facing the sky. If the dark underside of a solar panel could also convert …read more Source:: Science
A new way to turn heat into useful energy
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•Scientists have figured out how to capture heat and turn it into electricity. The discovery could create more efficient energy generation from heat in things like car exhaust, interplanetary space …read more Source:: Science
Reactor turns greenhouse gas into pure liquid fuel
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•An electrocatalysis reactor built at Rice University recycles carbon dioxide to produce pure liquid fuel solutions using electricity. The scientists behind the invention hope it will become an efficient and …read more Source:: Science
Best in snow: New scientific device creates electricity from snowfall
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•Researchers have designed a new device that creates electricity from falling snow, a first. The device is inexpensive, small, thin and flexible like a sheet of plastic. …read more Source:: Science
Electricity-conducting bacteria yield secret to tiny batteries, big medical advances
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•These strange bacteria conduct electricity via a structure never before seen in nature — a structure scientists can co-opt to miniaturize electronics, create powerful-yet-tiny batteries, build pacemakers without wires and …read more Source:: Science
Capturing bacteria that eat and breathe electricity
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•Researchers traveled to Yellowstone National Park to find bacteria that may help solve some of the biggest challenges facing humanity — environmental pollution and sustainable energy. …read more Source:: Science
Converting Wi-Fi signals to electricity with new 2D materials
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•Imagine a world where smartphones, laptops, wearables, and other electronics are powered without batteries. Researchers have taken a step in that direction, with the first fully flexible device that can …read more Source:: Science
Great potential for floating solar photovoltaics systems
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•Researchers estimate that installing floating solar photovoltaics on the more than 24,000 human-made US reservoirs could generate about 10 percent of the nation’s annual electricity production. Their findings reveal for …read more Source:: Science
Part-organic invention can be used in bendable mobile phones
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•Engineers have invented a semiconductor with organic and inorganic materials that can convert electricity into light very efficiently, and it is thin and flexible enough to help make devices such …read more Source:: Science