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Energy refers to the application of engineering to energy efficiency and services, facility management, ecology, and alternative energy technologies. It includes renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, geothermal power, biofuels, and hydro power.
Exciton binding energy is the key for efficient solar cells
The golden ticket for successful solar cell technology is efficiency: the amount of sunlight a solar cell can…
Harvesting unused mechanical energy in the environment
A new concept in energy harvesting could capture energy that is currently mostly wasted due to its characteristic…
It’s getting hot in here, so charge up your smart watch
Company founders Akram Boukai, CEO, and Douglas Tham, Chief Technology Officer of Matrix Industries, based in Menlo…
Supercomputer from NASA shows Earth’s carbon dioxide
A NASA supercomputer project builds on the agency's satellite measurements of carbon dioxide and combines them with…
Smartphone earthquake detector recorded nearly 400 tremblors
The University of California, Berkeley's worldwide network of smartphone earthquake detectors has recorded nearly…
Nuclear methods used to study pest-resistance
Researchers at the University of Missouri, using advanced nuclear methods, have determined the mechanisms corn…
Polar bears and reindeer suffering from climate change
From the Arctic to the Mojave Desert, terrestrial and marine habitats are rapidly changing. These changes impact…
Sawdust super sponge soaks up oil spills
The sawmill waste that's sometimes tossed onto home garage floors to soak up oil spilled by amateur mechanics,…
Methane emissions blow away efforts to slow down climate change
The powerful greenhouse gas, and main cause of climate change, Methane, is growing faster in the atmosphere than…
Understanding the ‘perfect storm’
With the number and variety of species gradually diminishing toward the poles, biodiversity on earth is greatest in…