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Category Archives: Innovations
Conversion of Heat to Electricity in Single Molecules Explored
A Japanese team of researchers has investigated how geometry can affect electricity generation from heat by single-molecule devices. The groundbreaking research is premised on the direct conversion of a temperature difference into electricity. Continue reading
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A New Wave of Coal Mines Could Produce Renewable Electricity
Hannelore Kraft, North-Rhine Westphalia state governor, declared her support for a project that would transform the coal mine, Prosper Haniel, into a pumped storage facility. Continue reading
Wind Turbines Disguised As Trees To Produce Electricity
Imagine trees that can capture the wind and turn it into energy. With the use of developing technology, it is amazing to see how solar installations can produce energy without using fossil fuels. Continue reading
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Electricity from Earth Crust – Iceland Drilling in Molten Magma
Iceland Deep Drilling Project (IDDP) is drilling down into the molten magma that flows through volcanoes and hopes to have created the hottest hole in the earth. The project leaders and earth science scientists have hopes of establishing a powerful new sustainable energy source Continue reading
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A Nanomaterial which Acts as a Battery and a Supercapacitor Too
A powerful novel nanomaterial developed by Northwestern University chemist William Dichtel and his research team is going to be a game-changer in the field of electric charge storage and discharge technique. Continue reading
UK Scientists Successfully Transmit Data through Electric Grid
Data transmission through cables without any loss and that too at a very high speed and laying the separate cables for the same has become a necessity in this century. Continue reading
Now Cars Passing on Busy Roads to Produce Clean Electricity
In the United States, populous and busy states like California are facing traffic congestion problems at all hours of the day. Scientists in California are working hard to devise a method to generate energy by using these traffic jams on the state’s crowded highways into clean electricity. Continue reading
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Tagged California, clean electricity, electricity sources, Research
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First Ocean Currents Produced Electricity Goes Operational in the U.S.
Hawaii is the 50th and most recent state of the United States of America. Hawaii is the only U.S. state with islands and located in Oceania. Though these islands are blessed with nature the Hawaii state always face electricity problems. Continue reading
Store Electricity with Solid Oxide Fuel Cell – UK Researchers
University of St Andrews researchers led by Professor John Irvine have put forward an important step in the field of electricity storage which is generated by intermittent energy sources. In the energy conservation field, there is a continuous quest for scientists and researchers from all around the world. Continue reading
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Now Genetically Modified Bacteria to Act as Electrical Conductors
Scientists at the University of Massachusetts have genetically modified common soil bacteria to produce nanowires. These nanowires have metallic-like conductivity, means they can act as electrical conductors. Continue reading