ENERGY

The "Oscars of Science" Has Announced Its Winners for 2020

This year’s winners are credited with discoveries that address important and compelling scientific questions – from “What does a black hole look like?” to “Why do chilis taste hot?” and “What are the causes of neurodegenerative disease?”

Pure Liquid Fuel From Greenhouse Gas

Turning the greenhouse effect of GHG into valuable and reusable liquid fuel. What is a greenhouse gas? Greenhouse gas (GHG) is a gas that traps heat from the Earth's atmosphere.

Algae May Be Key To Ending Climate Change

Microalgae may not just be the stuff that people can eat or material that can be used as fuel. It might be the key to ending problems on climate change.

Smart Highways with Solar Roadways

Solar Roadways is the next best innovation in ensuring safe and snow-free roads. Thus, making it safe for everyone during the winter season.

Fraunhofer Institutes Looking to Mass Produce Textile-Based Solar Cells

The textile-based solar cells may be used on buildings and lorries. Fraunhofer Institutes and their partners have been looking to increase the market for the textile industry and this led them to the development of textile-based solar cells that they wish to produce in a commercialized scale in the future.

Physicists Copy Some Properties of the Sun in a Ball

Plasma physicists copy the solar wind from the sun in a 3-meter diameter aluminum ball. In 1958, solar physicist Eugene Parker predicted the existence of the solar wind, which is a constant stream of charged particles ejected by the sun from its corona.

Engineer Discovers a Way to Convert Wasted Heat into Energy

Battery life could potentially be improved by 50 percent using this technology. At the University of Utah, a mechanical engineer named Mathieu Francoeur has found a slight technicality when it comes to a principle that allows wasted heat to be recycled into usable electricity.

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