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New Technology to Trap Killer Sparks

Thursday, March 5th, 2009 - 12:09:20 - Anuradha Menon

On the morning of 14 April 2006, an engineer was working on a 480-volt disconnect switch in the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at the Brookhaven...

Hydrogen Produced from Aluminum and Water
Friday, February 27th, 2009 - Janice Karin
Scientists at Pennsylvania State University and Virginia Commonwealth University are producing hydrogen by exposing clusters...

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Hamsters On Treadmills Generate Electricity

Saturday, February 14th, 2009 - 18:24:22 - Anuradha Menon

Could hamsters help solve the world’s energy crisis? Probably not, but a hamster wearing a power-generating jacket is doing its own small part to...

Energy Harvesting Shock Absorbers

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 - 12:04:34 - Anuradha Menon

A team of MIT undergraduate students has invented a shock absorber that harnesses energy from small bumps in the road, generating electricity while...

Cheap 100,000 hours LED Light
Friday, February 6th, 2009 - Sarah Gingichashvili
Researchers at Cambridge University have found a new way to produce light-emitting diodes (LEDs), which they say can reduce...

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Electricity From Straw

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 - 16:33:13 - Anuradha Menon

Researchers have developed the first-ever biogas plant to run purely on waste instead of edible raw materials – transforming waste into valuable...

'Magic' Lights Could Slash Electricity Use

Friday, January 30th, 2009 - 16:09:04 - Anuradha Menon

A new way of making LEDs could see household lighting bills reduced by up to 75% in five years time, thanks to research at Cambridge University. The...