Dec
31
Friction Reduction to Near Zero
December 31, 2015 | Leave a Comment
Argonne National Laboratory Center for Nanoscale Materials scientists have built a lubrication system with virtually no friction. Friction hampers the movement of all mechanical parts, including engines for transportation. The new system wraps graphene flakes around nanodiamonds that then roll between a diamond-like carbon-surface and graphene on silica. Friction hampers the movement of all mechanical […]
Dec
30
Can LEDs Work In Greenhouses?
December 30, 2015 | Leave a Comment
Purdue University researchers have published a study of supplemental lighting experiments in HortScience noting that light-emitting diodes are becoming a viable alternative to high-pressure sodium supplementation. The Purdue team collected physicochemical and sensory data in studies investigating the effect of supplemental light quantity and quality on greenhouse-grown tomatoes. The supplemental intracanopy LED lighting at the […]
Dec
29
Solar Powered Hydrogen Production Advances
December 29, 2015 | Leave a Comment
Scientists at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced advances have been made toward affordable photoelectrochemical (PEC) production of hydrogen. PEC is solar energy driving a semiconductor coated with a catalyst that for this example chemically splits hydrogen from water. The NREL work shows that molecular catalysts can be as highly active as […]
Dec
24
Research Shows How Algae May Yield Better Biofuels
December 24, 2015 | Leave a Comment
Scientists from the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have discovered that a metabolic pathway previously only suggested to be functional in photosynthetic organisms is actually a major pathway and can enable efficient conversion of carbon dioxide to organic compounds. The discovery shines new light on the complex metabolic network for carbon utilization in […]
Dec
23
Solid State Lithium Ion Battery Research Shows Progress
December 23, 2015 | Leave a Comment
Solid-state electrolytes designed for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are emerging as a safer alternative to their more prevalent and sometimes flammable liquid-electrolyte counterparts. The problem in research is they don’t currently have as much conductivity. A new study has revealed promising results that could drastically boost the performance of solid-state electrolytes, and could potentially lead to […]
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