Items tagged with energy

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Cyborg Moth Gets a New Radio Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 - 14:51:29 - Anuradha Menon Attempts by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to create cybernetic insects (hybrids of biological and electronic bugs) have... read more

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... read more

Photosynthesis Viewed in a Flash Monday, February 9th, 2009 - 15:55:56 - Sarah Gingichashvili A new method of examining the inner workings of plants has shed light on how they harvest the Sun's energy. Researchers have taken laser snapshots... read more

Biofuel for $2.49/Gallon from Wood or Straw Saturday, January 31st, 2009 - 14:48:56 - Anuradha Menon Researchers push gasification pyrolysis as a means to more affordably process wood and other substances into biofuel. Germany, known as a hotbed for... read more

Major Alaska Volcano Set to Blow Next Week Friday, January 30th, 2009 - 12:14:28 - Anuradha Menon While Yellowstone's ongoing geological activity is certainly worrisome, it pales in comparison to the long history of activity in Alaska, arguably... read more

ESA Seeks to Join US Dark Energy Mission Sunday, January 18th, 2009 - 16:32:37 - Ehud Rattner The European Space Agency (ESA) is seeking a slot as the third partner in the Joint Dark Energy Mission (JDEM), alongside two US agencies already... read more

NASA'S Telescope Unveils a Dozen New Pulsars Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 - 18:40:14 - Anuradha Menon NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered 12 new gamma-ray-only pulsars and has detected gamma-ray pulses from 18 others. The finds are... read more

A Robot Inspects Wind Energy Converters Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 - 14:27:40 - Anuradha Menon The material of wind energy converters must withstand intense forces. Are rotor blades damaged? A new robot inspects wind energy converters more... read more

Spanish Solar Firms Accused of Fraud Monday, December 22nd, 2008 - 15:54:15 - Ehud Rattner In the past two years, Spain's solar industry has grown by a spectacular 900%. The country now has the third largest solar capacity in the world... read more

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