Solar Energy Performance With Plastic Solar Cells Improved With New Method
| Rocket Aims For Cheaper Nudges In Space; Plasma Thruster Is Small, Runs On Inexpensive Gases Satellites orbiting the Earth must occasionally be nudged to stay on the correct path. Scientists are developing a new rocket that could make this and other spacecraft maneuvers much less costly, a consideration of growing importance as more private companies start working in space. |
| Solar Energy Performance With Plastic Solar Cells Improved With New Method Scientists have engineered an approach that is leading to improved performance of plastic solar cells (hybrid organic solar cells). |
| Clean Energy in Federal Budget Proposal While most of us are slashing budgets for everything, including energy, the federal government’s budget for clean energy is poised to jump significantly — directing a total of $646 billion between 2012 and 2019 to the development of clean energy sources. |
| New Nanogenerator May Charge IPods And Cell Phones With A Wave Of The Hand A new nanogenerator may charge iPods and cell phones with a wave of the hand. Scientists have described technology that converts mechanical energy from body movements or even the flow of blood in the body into electric energy that can be used to power a broad range of electronic devices without using batteries. |
| New Method To Eliminate Ibuprofen From Polluted Waters Using Ultrasound Scientists have developed an ultrasound treatment to remove ibuprofen from waters polluted with this drug. This method could be used in water purification plants, which would avoid the emission of pharmaceutical pollutants into rivers, lakes, seas and other surface waters. |
| Wind, Water And Sun Beat Biofuels, Nuclear And Coal For Clean Energy Biofuels, nuclear energy and coal are the worst choices for energy alternatives to petroleum products and wind, solar, geothermal, tides and waves are the best, according to results from the first quantitative, scientific evaluation of the proposed, major, energy-related solutions that assesses not only their potential for delivering energy for electricity and vehicles, but also their impacts on global warming, human health, energy security, water supply, space requirements, wildlife, water pollution, reliability and sustainability. |
| 50,000 Eyes on Modern Energy! We love people like Western Michigan University professor John Patten. People motivated by producing “clean, green, energy”. John mentioned this as his main motivator when spending $10,000 of his own money on a 45 foot Skystream 3.7 for the university’s campus. Well done professor! But, what I love about it is the fact that 50,000 (25,000 students) eyes will be on that turbine this year alone. Professor Patten is showing one tenth of a quarter of a million people (I liked how that sounded) that modern energy works. These students will get to see (and hear) the quiet, clean energy. |
| MIT Battery Material Could Lead To Rapid Recharging Of Many Devices MIT engineers have created a kind of beltway that allows for the rapid transit of electrical energy through a well-known battery material, an advance that could usher in smaller, lighter batteries — for cell phones and other devices — that could recharge in seconds rather than hours. |
| Ultimate In ‘Green’ Energy: Plants Inspire New Generation Of Solar Cells The ability of plants to turn sunlight into energy through photosynthesis has been successfully mimicked by scientists to produce a new generation of solar cells. |