Jan

29

Two Fuels From One Algae

January 29, 2015 | Leave a Comment

Researchers Greg O’Neil of Western Washington University and Chris Reddy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have found an unusual and untapped class of chemical compounds in an algae species to synthesize two different fuel products, in parallel, a from the single algae. The algae is a common algae commercially grown to make fish food that […]

Jan

28

A Kevlar Bulletproof Vest for Lithium Ion Batteries

January 28, 2015 | Leave a Comment

University of Michigan (UM) researchers have designed a Kevlar barrier that goes between the anode and cathode electrodes of lithium ion batteries. The new battery technology should be able to prevent the kind of fires that grounded Boeing’s 787 Dreamliners in 2013. The barrier is made with nanofibers extracted from Kevlar, the tough material in […]

Jan

27

Jaeyoung Park Explains EMC2 Progress On Bussard Fusion

January 27, 2015 | 2 Comments

Jaeyoung Park, Chief Scientist at EMC2 presented the team’s work to date and explored the level of what’s needed to continue research to a net power electrostatic nuclear fusion reactor. The presentation was given at the 16th U.S. Japan 2014 Workshop. This link here downloads the pdf file of Park’s presentation. It a very graphically […]

Jan

22

A Plastic Muscle Powered By Light That Is A Battery Too

January 22, 2015 | 1 Comment

Researchers at the Institut Charles Sadron, University of Strasbourg in France have made a polymer gel that is able to contract through the action of artificial molecular motors. The effect is similar to the linear motion of a muscle contraction.  This might be the first artificial muscle. When activated by light, these motors twist the […]

Jan

21

Stack Perovskite On Silicon Solar Cell For More Efficiency

January 21, 2015 | Leave a Comment

Stanford University researchers have stacked perovskites onto a conventional silicon solar cell dramatically improving the overall efficiency of the cell. Study co-author Michael McGehee, a professor of materials science and engineering at Stanford said, “We’ve been looking for ways to make solar panels that are more efficient and lower cost. Right now, silicon solar cells […]

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