News tagged with new energy technology

'Cold fusion' rebirth? New evidence for existence of controversial energy source

Researchers are reporting compelling new scientific evidence for the existence of low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR), the process once called "cold fusion" that may promise a new source of energy. One group ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (48) | comments 59

Tech company to build science ghost town in NM

New Mexico, home to several of the nation's premier scientific, nuclear and military institutions, is planning to embark on a science project of unprecedented scale - a petri dish the size of a large U.S. city.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 18

Dance like a neutrino: Quantum scheme to simulate neutrino oscillations

The behaviour of some of the most elusive particles in the known universe can be simulated using three atoms in a lab, researchers at the Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT) at the National University of Singapore have ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Speed-bump device converts traffic energy to electricity

(PhysOrg.com) -- The two little words "speed bump" usually evoke unpleasant memories of spilled coffee and back-seat arguments questioning if and where you learned how to drive. In some green energy circles, ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

Post-doctoral researcher makes strides in fuel cell technology

Liang Wang, a post-doctoral researcher in the University of Delaware's Center for Fuel Cell Research in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, is developing new materials and structures that can improve ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Fujitsu develops innovative anti-distortion technology to cut energy use by two-thirds

Fujitsu today announced the development of a digital signal processing algorithm to compensate for waveform distortion in long-haul transmission systems of over several hundreds of kilometers. This, in turn, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

With changes, the grid can take it

Over the next two decades, the U.S. electric grid will face unprecedented technological challenges stemming from the growth of distributed and intermittent new energy sources such as solar and wind power, ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New tech removes air pollutants, may reduce energy use in animal ag facilities

Researchers from North Carolina State University and West Virginia University have developed a new technology that can reduce air pollutant emissions from some chicken and swine barns, and also reduce their energy use by ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Researchers cut machinery fuel consumption by half

Researchers at Aalto University in Finland have found a way to cut the amount of fuel consumed by non-road mobile machinery by half. This new technology captures energy, which up to now has been lost by the ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast