The UltraBattery , Cheaper to Build While Giving More Power to Hybrids // Cur...

" " Earlier this year in January, Australia's CSIRO Energy Technology divulged about a new battery for hybrid cars called UltraBattery. It is technically a lead-acid battery and supercapacitator in one....

Noriko-san, Intelligent Sleep Mask Delivers Wake-up Call In

" " How often have you slept past your stations on a train journey, only waking to realize, your station crossed an hour ago? I have been a lazy commuter myself, and have gone through this on a number of occasions. I recognize the personal agony and the fellow...

Queen uploads YouTube Video

" " She was the first British monarch to send an email. She has her own website. And today the Queen uploaded video to YouTube during a visit to Google's British headquarters. The company celebrated the queen's visit by creating a special version of its google.co.uk...

Credit Cards Could Become Next Trouble Spot in Crisis

"Credit-card delinquencies are likely to become the next flashpoint in the credit crisis, though the impact on the overall economy won't be as severe as the housing slump, analysts believe. As the economy worsens...

Innovation leading to self

" " In a breakthrough study, European physicists have developed a unique computer circuit that can build itself - a development that can lead to self-assembling computers. Scientists took a long organic molecule with mobile electrons, called quinquethiophene that acts...

What memories are made of

" As in, the actual physical creation in your brain. Researchers believe they have discovered evidence to suggest that when you experience something for the first time, like riding a bike or seeing...

GE Concocts Battery Free RFID

" " Remember when RFID was the next big thing? When the world couldn't wait to have their luggage easily tracked at every airport? And when supply chain managers were all set to kick back and let these little tags do all the dirty work? Outside of a few exceptions, the...

Artificial trees capture solar and wind energy

" "A London-based startup called Solar Botanic announced yesterday that it has designed lifelike artificial plants and trees that harvest the power of the sun, wind and rain. The key to the company’s claim is its Nanoleaf— a supposed energy-capturing powerhouse....

Nanocoating to Protect Beehives

" " The problem? Bee colonies are dying, and have been decimated by 30 - 40 % since 2006 by what is called 'colony collapse disorder', threatening crops both in the United States and around the world. Industrial Nanotech, Inc. announced the launch of new patented...

MIT Research: New Earth

" " Young planets around other stars may be easier to spot because they stay hotter way longer than astronomers have thought, according to new work by MIT planetary scientist Linda Elkins-Tanton. For a few million years after their initial formation, planets like Earth...

New hybrid material dramatically improves solar technology

"" Ohio State University chemists have created a new material that could revolutionise photovoltaic solar panels. Today's solar cell materials are sensitive to only a limited range of frequencies, they can only...

Man creates homemade biodiesel from algae

"Man creates homemade biodiesel from algae"
 

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