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by Mahesh Basantani If there’s one thing we can depend on it’s the rising and falling of the tides. Up until very recently, tidal power has been a severely underutilized renewable energy source, but this won’t be the case much longer with the announcement of the world’s largest tidal power project in South Korea. A [...]

by Jorge Chapa What is the most efficient vehicle on the planet? And more importantly, how far can it go on a single liter of gas? The Microjoule is your answer, getting over 3,794 kilometers per liter, or approximately 8,923 miles per gallon! Looking less like a car than an amoeba-on-wheels, the Microjoule is the [...]

Dr Dave Worsley (pictured), a Reader in the Materials Research Centre at the University’s School of Engineering, is investigating ways of painting solar cells onto the flexible steel surfaces commonly used for cladding buildings. “We have been collaborating with the steel industry for decades,” explains Dr Worsely, “but have tended to focus our attention on [...]

Proyecto para producir etanol podría generar 1,000 empleos. Govind Nadathur es el investigador principal del proyecto. Foto: Juan Luis Valentín. Por Gladys Nieves Ramírez / gnieves@elnuevodia.com LAJAS – Los valles aluviales del oeste, la mayoría en estado de abandono, volverán a florecer de caña para generar de energía alterna a través de la producción de [...]

by Jorge Chapa It’s easy to mistake these buoyant solar panels from CoolEarth for a child’s balloons caught in a power line, but these shiny floating photovoltaic panels are scientist’s latest attempt at getting the highest possible efficiency out of a solar cell with the fewest materials. The Solar Balloon’s light material and bowl-like shape [...]