Novel technology can power your home for days using half the water needed to flush a toilet
Emission-free hydrogen could, one day, entirely replace fossil fuels - and a start up believes it can make it accessible to all.
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Joseph Shavit
- Nov 16
Transparent window coating can actively cool buildings without using energy
Researchers design a transparent window coating that could lower the temperature inside buildings, without expending a single watt of energy
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 6
Revolutionary solar harvesting system can generate power 24 hours a day
The great inventor Thomas Edison once said, “So long as the sun shines, man will be able to develop power in abundance."
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 3
Flexible thermoelectric generator efficiently converts wasted heat to electricity
The energy systems that power our lives also produce wasted heat—like heat that radiates off hot water pipes in buildings and exhaust pipes.
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 5
Miniaturized, energy efficient, computer chip is faster than silicon
Researchers from UPenn have zeroed in on hardware redesign to deliver required improvements in speed, agility and energy usage.
Joseph Shavit
- Sep 20
Groundbreaking transparent solar cells generate power 1000x more efficiently
Solar panels often get a bad rap for spoiling the appearance of homes and businesses. Yet, this may be about to change.
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 24
Quantum charging technology cuts EV charging time to 3 minutes
Research has been pursued in order to develop alternative sources of energy, most of which utilize electricity as the main energy carrier.
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 6
Physicists make major leap forward in race for room-temperature superconductivity
New research builds on team’s landmark discovery of a room-temperature superconductor by replicating results with even greater efficiency.
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 3
New computer hardware runs 1 million times faster than the synapses in the human brain
A practical inorganic material in the fabrication process enables their devices to run 1 million times faster than previous versions.
Joseph Shavit
- Jul 20
Highly transparent solar cells have a 1000x greater power conversion efficiency
Solar panels often get a bad rap for spoiling the appearance of homes and businesses. Yet, this may be about to change.
Joseph Shavit
- Jul 18
Radical innovation 'shifts the sun' to dramatically improve solar cell efficiency
Increasing solar panel efficiencies while lowering cost to replace coal and gas as energy sources still requires technological advancements
Joseph Shavit
- Jul 12
Solar panel innovation generates 1,000x more power
The result surprised the research group: compared to pure barium titanate of a similar thickness, the current flow was up to 1,000x stronger
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 6
A 50% reduction in emissions by 2030 can be achieved. Here’s how
Reducing emissions will require major policy changes such as doubling the amount of electricity generated from renewables and a shift to EVs
Joseph Shavit
- Apr 28
Architecture Students Build Solar-Powered Greenhouse That Uses 50% Less Energy
A group of architecture students came up with a new way to store use and store energy in greenhouses through solar power.
Joseph Shavit
- Apr 28
A spice found in most kitchens is key to greener, more efficient fuel cells
Turmeric and gold are used to create an electrode that requires 100 times less energy to efficiently convert ethanol into electricity.
Joseph Shavit
- Apr 26
Introducing the solar power generating bike path of the future
Many people who live in cities are taking to biking prompting designers and city officials to reimagine bike paths and public transport.
Joseph Shavit
- Apr 23
Prototype nuclear battery packs 10 times more power
Researchers have optimized the design of a nuclear battery generating power from the beta decay of nickel-63, a radioactive isotope.
Joshua Shavit
- Apr 21
New transistor could cut 5% from world’s digital energy budget
The team’s design could reduce the number of transistors needed to store certain data by as much as 75%.
Joseph Shavit
- Apr 6
Meet the man with Britain’s lowest fuel bill as he drives the world’s smallest car
Alex became the proud owner of the world's smallest car - an adorable blue Peel P50 - after seeing Jeremy Clarkson drive one on Top Gear.
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 12
Giant floating solar panel flowers provide clean energy to coal-addicted Korea
The solar project on the 17-mile-long reservoir in Hapcheon is able to generate 41.5 megawatts, enough to provide power for 60,000 people