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More Energy Efficient Transistors Through Quantum Tunneling
March 26, 2012 — Researchers have announced breakthroughs in the development of tunneling field effect transistors, a semiconductor technology that takes advantage of the quirky behavior of electrons at the quantum ... > full story -
Nuclear Power Plants Can Produce Hydrogen to Fuel the 'Hydrogen Economy'
March 26, 2012 — The long-sought technology for enabling the fabled “hydrogen economy” — an era based on hydrogen fuel that replaces gasoline, diesel and other fossil fuels, easing concerns about ... > full story -
Cylinder Hides Contents and Makes Them Invisible to Magnetic Fields
March 22, 2012 — Researchers have created a cylinder which hides contents and makes them invisible to magnetic fields. The device was built using superconductor and ferromagnetic materials available on the ... > full story -
Brown Liquor and Solar Cells to Provide Sustainable Electricity
March 22, 2012 — A breakthrough for inexpensive electricity from solar cells, and a massive investment in wind power, will mean a need to store energy in an intelligent way. According to new research batteries of ... > full story -
Liquid-Like Materials May Pave Way for New Thermoelectric Devices
March 22, 2012 — In the continual quest for better thermoelectric materials -- which convert heat into electricity and vice versa -- researchers have identified a liquid-like compound whose properties give it the ... > full story -
Far Higher Potential for Wind Energy in India Than Previously Estimated
March 21, 2012 — A new assessment of wind energy in India has found that the potential for on-shore wind energy deployment is far higher than the official estimates -- about 20 times and up to 30 times greater than ... > full story -
Engineers Enlist Weather Model to Optimize Offshore Wind Plan
March 20, 2012 — Using a sophisticated weather model, environmental engineers have defined optimal placement of a grid of four wind farms off the US East Coast. The model successfully balances production at times of ... > full story -
Better Organic Electronics: Researchers Show the Way Forward for Improving Organic and Molecular Electronic Devices
March 20, 2012 — Scientists have provided the first experimental determination of the pathways by which electrical charge is transported from molecule-to-molecule in an organic thin film. These results also show how ... > full story -
Enough Room to Safely Store at Least a Century’s Worth of U.S. Fossil Fuel Emissions, Study Shows
March 19, 2012 — A new study shows that there is enough capacity in deep saline aquifers in the United States to store at least a century's worth of carbon dioxide emissions from the nation's coal-fired powerplants. ... > full story -
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Focus on Technology Overlooks Human Behavior When Addressing Climate Change
March 19, 2012 — Technology alone won't help the world turn away from fossil fuel-based energy sources, says a sociologist. A shift in political and economic policies to is needed to embrace the concept that ... > full story
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