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Posted August 9, 2011:

• Hybrid Solar System Makes Rooftop Hydrogen

Posted July 30, 2011:

• Sun-Free Photovoltaics: Materials Engineered to Give Off Precisely Tuned Wavelengths of Light When Heated

Posted July 29, 2011:

• Scientists Build Battery in a Nanowire: Hybrid Energy Storage Device Is as Small as It Can Possibly Get

Posted July 27, 2011:

• Graphene Nanocomposite a Bridge to Better Batteries

Posted July 21, 2011:

• Ohio Supercomputer Center Lifts Land Speed Racer Toward 400-Mph Goal

Posted July 13, 2011:

• New Way to Store Sun's Heat: Modified Carbon Nanotubes Can Store Solar Energy Indefinitely, Then Be Recharged by Exposure to the Sun
• New Electric Concept Car Has Excellent Driving Dynamics

Posted July 12, 2011:

• Wireless Power Could Cut Cord for Patients With Implanted Heart Pumps

Posted July 7, 2011:

• Power from the Air: Device Captures Ambient Electromagnetic Energy to Drive Small Electronic Devices

Posted June 30, 2011:

• WiFi 'Napping' Doubles Phone Battery Life

Posted June 24, 2011:

• Lithium Profoundly Prevents Brain Damage Associated With Parkinson's Disease, Mouse Study Suggests

Posted June 19, 2011:

• New Insights on an Old Material Will Enable Design of Better Polymer Batteries, Water Purification

Posted June 16, 2011:

• Firefighters' Communications: Wireless 'Breadcrumbs' That Won’t Become Toast When Baked ... or Soggy When Hosed

Posted June 15, 2011:

• First Self-Powered Device With Wireless Data Transmission
• New Catalyst Will Allow Commercialization of Revolutionary Fuel Cells

Posted June 7, 2011:

• New Method to Make Sodium Ion-Based Battery Cells Could Lead to Better, Cheaper Batteries for the Electrical Grid

Posted May 31, 2011:

• Clean Energy Technology: Direct Methanol Fuel Cell System Moves Forward
• Stamping out Low Cost Nanodevices
• Code Green: Energy-Efficient Programming to Curb Computers' Power Use

Posted May 23, 2011:

• Portable Hydrogen Reactor for Fuel Cells

Posted May 18, 2011:

• What Electric Car Convenience Is Worth

Posted May 12, 2011:

• Evolutionary Conservation of Fat Metabolism Pathways

Posted May 9, 2011:

• Forklift Trucks That Run on a Green Charge

Posted May 5, 2011:

• Better Glasses-Free 3-D: Mew Approach to Make 3-D Illusions More Realistic

Posted April 26, 2011:

• Scientists Focus on Light Ions for Fast Ignition of Fusion Fuels

Posted April 22, 2011:

• Choosing the Right Electric Vehicles Batteries for the Future

Posted April 18, 2011:

• Electric Cars Need Night Time Charging, Evidence Suggests

Posted April 15, 2011:

• Novel Ionic Liquid Batteries

Posted April 14, 2011:

• Solar Power Without Solar Cells: A Hidden Magnetic Effect of Light Could Make It Possible

Posted April 6, 2011:

• Battery-Less Chemical Detector Developed
• Replacing Batteries May Become a Thing of the Past, Thanks to 'Soft Generators'
• Research Into Batteries Will Give Electric Cars the Same Range as Gas Cars, Experts Say

Posted April 5, 2011:

• Lithium in Drinking Water in Andean Villages Could Affect Thyroid Function, Research Suggests

Posted April 4, 2011:

• Giant Batteries for Green Power
• Mobile With Electricity

Posted March 30, 2011:

• Fast-Recharge, Lithium-Ion Battery Could Be Perfect for Electric Cars

Posted March 29, 2011:

• River Water and Salty Ocean Water Used to Generate Electricity

Posted March 28, 2011:

• Huge Potential of Nanocrystals to Raise Efficiency in Fuel Cells

Posted March 20, 2011:

• Batteries Charge Quickly and Retain Capacity, Thanks to New Structure

Posted March 17, 2011:

• Electric Grid Reliability: Increasing Energy Storage in Vanadium Redox Batteries by 70 Percent

Posted March 14, 2011:

• Solar Power Systems Could Lighten the Load for British Soldiers
• Better Batteries for Electric Cars
• Testing Smart Energy Systems

Posted March 10, 2011:

• New Technology Would Dramatically Extend Battery Life for Mobile Devices

Posted March 7, 2011:

• Affordability of Batteries Key to Harnessing Wind and Solar Power

Posted February 23, 2011:

• New High-Performance Lithium-Ion Battery 'Top Candidate' for Electric Cars

Posted February 22, 2011:

• Toward Computers That Fit on a Pen Tip: New Technologies Usher in the Millimeter-Scale Computing Era

Posted February 18, 2011:

• Fountain of Youth from the Tap? Environmental Lithium Uptake Promotes Longevity, Scientists Demonstrate

Posted February 16, 2011:

• Treatment for Manic-Depressive Illness Restores Brain Volume Deficits

Posted February 8, 2011:

• Portsmouth Woman Receives Totally Implanted Hearing Aid

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