All posts tagged "energy"

Technology

New approach to computing boosts energy efficiency

The Excess project includes methodology and software as well as hardware, such as the processors from...

Physics

New theory could lead to new generation of energy friendly optoelectronics

The transparency of a device at the 2D limit can be tuned using an electric bias,...

Biology

Side swim style saves shark energy

Credit: Murdoch University Hammerhead sharks swim on their sides up to 90 per cent of the...

Physics

Making a solar energy conversion breakthrough with help from a ferroelectrics pioneer

Artist’s concept of optically-generated non-thermalized electrons and their collection in a ferroelectric crystal. An intense screening...

Earth

Study provides a new method to measure the energy of a lightning strike

When lightning strikes the sand, it may generate a cylindrical tube of glass, called a fulgurite....

Technology

Engineering student designs revolutionary energy storage solution

Credit: Lancaster University A Lancaster engineering undergraduate has invented a new storage solution that could provide...

Technology

New lithium-oxygen battery greatly improves energy efficiency, longevity

In a new concept for battery cathodes, nanometer-scale particles made of lithium and oxygen compounds (depicted...

Technology

Developing reliable renewable energy sources

Dr Zulfiqar Khan. Credit: Bournemouth University As the world’s population continues to grow, so does our...