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Scavenging Ambient Electromagnetic Energy to Power Small Devices

Electromagnetic energy floating all around us that has been transmitting from all kinds of electrical devices is the type of energy that researchers at Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering are trying to tap into. Professor Manos Tentzeris and his team are conducting studies in which they will harness energy transmitted by such [...]

Stable Way To Store Heat From the Sun

The way to solve the energy crisis has always been finding a reusable source of energy. The sun, wind, and water are by far the sources we need to harness the most. Being able to store this energy has been one of the problems that they face. Researchers at MIT have revealed exactly how a [...]

MAterials Scientists Use Waste to Turn Water Into Hydrogen Fuel

Materials scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are working on a system that uses small amounts of otherwise waste energy to convert water into hydrogen fuel. The process is simple and recycles waste that wouldn’t be used ordinarily. “This study provides a simple and cost-effective technology for direct water splitting that may generate hydrogen fuels [...]

Creating a New Source of Energy From Photosynthesis?

Unless you are living under a rock you know that one o the biggest discussion points over the last decade revolve around finding alternative fuel and energy sources. Recently, scientists in France have been able to generate a chemical energy by use of Photosynthesis. Their discovery created a biofuel cell that might lead to conversion [...]

AErospace Designs Being Used In Wave Energy System

Frist off, let’s explain what a “wave energy system” is. At first read you probably think this has something to do with radio, gamma, or whatever type of wave in some sort of

NSF Awards 32 New Plant Genome Projects

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has just awarded just over $100 million to 32 plant genome research projects. These projects are designed to to help in the understanding of the plant genome in hopes that they will be able to understand more fully how they react to the environment. The projects are there to find [...]

Greenhouse on the Moon?

Odyssey Moon, a team competing for a $30 million purse in the Google Lunar X Prize contest, officially joined forces with another private space firm Friday to deliver the first greenhouse to the moon as part the “Lunar Oasis” project. “Imagine a bright flower on a plant in a crystal clear growth chamber on the [...]

Solar Industry Upbeat in Poor Economy

Even though the economy certainly isn’t ripe for those that would normally buy solar panels, the attendees at the Solar Power International 2008 were still in a good mood. “I think there’s a flight to quality and we believe there’s a flight to solar because of that,” said Tom Werner, the CEO of California-based solar [...]

“Green” Gasoline Created From Sugar and Carbs

Two research teams are announcing this month that they have successfully converted sugar-potentially derived from agricultural waste and non-food plants-into gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and a range of other valuable chemicals. What? Yeah…they are saying that they can get fuel from sugar. A renewable source that many find intriguing as it is something that is [...]

Quest For Renewable/Alternative Energy, and/or “Green” Careers

It has been quite a while since I contemplated going back to school for further education. With the recent presidential election around the corner I am hearing quite a bit about the quest to find renewable energy sources, and the idea that there is going to be a big push for jobs in alter4native energy. [...]