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Inexpensive Thin Printable Batteries Developed
For a long time, batteries
were bulky and heavy. Now, a
new cutting-edge battery is
revolutionizing the field.
It is thinner than a
millimeter, lighter than a
... > full story
Hybrid Vehicles That Are Even More Efficient
A student in Spain has
designed a way to increase
the energy sustainability of
hybrid cars. The
implementation of his idea
enables a vehicle to consume
... > full story
Air-fueled Battery Could Last Up To 10 Times Longer: Ground-breaking Technology For Electric Cars
A new type of air-fueled
battery could give up to ten
times the energy storage of
designs currently available.
This step-change in capacity
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Battery-powered Vehicles To Be Revolutionized By New Technology
Thousands of small electric
scooters, bicycles and
wheelchairs throughout
Europe and Asia are powered
by LifePO4 -- a material
... > full story
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New Lithium Battery Can Store And Deliver More Than Three Times Power Of Conventional Lithium Batteries
May 19, 2009 — Scientists have laid the groundwork for a lithium battery that can store and deliver more than three times the power of conventional lithium ion ... > full story -
Bioelectricity Promises More 'Miles Per Acre' Than Ethanol
May 8, 2009 — Biofuels such as ethanol offer an alternative to petroleum for powering our cars, but growing energy crops to produce them can compete with food crops for farmland, and clearing forests to expand ... > full story -
Zero Emissions Motorcycle Gears Up For The Big Race
April 28, 2009 — Students have unveiled their lean, green racing machine which will battle it out in the world’s first zero-emissions Grand Prix this ... > full story -
Surveillance Vehicles Take Flight Using Alternative Energy
April 6, 2009 — Nearly undetectable from the ground, unmanned aerial vehicles are widely used by the military to scan terrain for possible threats and intelligence. Now, fuel cell powered UAVs are taking flight to ... > full story -
Virus-built Battery Could Power Cars, Electronic Devices
April 3, 2009 — For the first time, researchers have shown they can genetically engineer viruses to build both the positively and negatively charged ends of a lithium-ion battery. The new virus-produced batteries ... > full story -
Nanotech Batteries For A New Energy Future
March 22, 2009 — Scientists have developed new systems for storing electrical energy derived from alternative sources that are, in some cases, 10 times more efficient than what is commercially ... > full story -
MIT Battery Material Could Lead To Rapid Recharging Of Many Devices
March 16, 2009 — MIT engineers have created a kind of beltway that allows for the rapid transit of electrical energy through a well-known battery material, an advance that could usher in smaller, lighter batteries -- ... > full story -
Spin Battery: Physicist Develops Battery Using New Source Of Energy
March 12, 2009 — Scientists have been able to prove the existence of a "spin battery," a battery that is "charged" by applying a large magnetic field to nano-magnets in a device called a magnetic tunnel junction. The ... > full story -
Nanotechnology: Lithium-Ion Batteries Have Better Performance With New Electrode Material
February 18, 2009 — Researchers have created hybrid carbon nanotube metal oxide arrays as electrode material that may improve the performance of lithium-ion ... > full story -
New Shock Absorber Harvests Energy From Bumps In The Road, Increases Fuel Economy
February 13, 2009 — Undergraduate students have invented a shock absorber that harnesses energy from small bumps in the road, generating electricity while it smooths the ride more effectively than conventional shocks. ... > full story
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