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World's First Demonstration of Power Transfer from Wheels to Power an Electric Car
December 5, 2012 — Electric vehicles (EV) have ten times higher energy performance than automobiles powered by gasoline-based engines. However, they are not yet popular with drivers due to the need to store large ... > full story -
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Potent Greenhouse Gas: California's N2O Emissions May Be Nearly Triple Current Estimates
December 4, 2012 — Using a new method for estimating greenhouse gases that combines atmospheric measurements with model predictions, scientists have found that the level of nitrous oxide in California may be 2.5 to 3 ... > full story -
Synchrotron Gives Insight Into Green Energy Enzymes
December 4, 2012 — Chemists have been using a Japanese synchrotron to get a detailed look at enzymes that could help power the green ... > full story -
Boosting Heat Transfer With Nanoglue: New Method for Significantly Increasing Heat Transfer Rate Across Two Different Materials
December 4, 2012 — Scientists have developed a new method for significantly increasing the heat transfer rate across two different materials. Results could enable new advances in cooling computer chips and ... > full story -
Bridge to the Quantum World: Dirac Electrons Found in Unique Material
December 4, 2012 — In a discovery that helps clear a new path toward quantum computers, University of Michigan physicists have found elusive Dirac electrons in a superconducting ... > full story -
Gases from Grasses: Simulations on Ranger Supercomputer Help Researchers Understand Biofuel Reactions
December 4, 2012 — Researchers used computer simulations and laboratory experiments to discover a reaction site on gold-titanium oxides that is responsible for high rates of catalysis relevant to biofuel and fuel cell ... > full story -
Scientists Develop Indium-Free Organic Light-Emitting Diodes
December 3, 2012 — Scientists have discovered new ways of using a well-known polymer in organic light emitting diodes, which could eliminate the need for an increasingly problematic and breakable metal-oxide used in ... > full story -
NASA Voyager 1 Encounters New Region in Deep Space
December 3, 2012 — NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a new region at the far reaches of our solar system that scientists feel is the final area the spacecraft has to cross before reaching interstellar ... > full story -
Search for Life Suggests Planetary Systems More Habitable Than Ours
December 3, 2012 — Scattered around the Milky Way are stars that resemble our own sun—but a new study is finding that any planets orbiting those stars may very well be hotter and more dynamic than ... > full story -
World's Smallest Wrench Puts New Twist on Microscopic Manipulation; Harnesses Laser Light's Ability to Gently Push and Pull
December 3, 2012 — Harnessing laser light's ability to gently push and pull microscopic particles, researchers have created the fiber-optic equivalent of the world's smallest wrench. This virtual tool can precisely ... > full story
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