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High-speed method to aid search for solar energy storage catalysts

Posted: 25 May 2012 01:52 PM PDT

Scientist have developed a new high-throughput method to identify electrocatalysts for water oxidation.

Kamis, 24 Mei 2012

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Reversible doping: Hydrogen flips switch on vanadium oxide

Posted: 21 May 2012 07:42 AM PDT

If you are not a condensed matter physicist, vanadium oxide may be the coolest material you've never heard of. It's a metal. It's an insulator. It's a window coating and an optical switch. And thanks to a new study by physicists, scientists have a new way to reversibly alter VO2's electronic properties by treating it with one of the simplest substances -- hydrogen.

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Wind-driven Mars tumbleweed rover to roll through rocky terrain?

Posted: 23 May 2012 08:48 AM PDT

New research shows that a wind-driven "tumbleweed" Mars rover would be capable of moving across rocky Martian terrain -- findings that could also help with designing the best possible vehicle.

Selasa, 22 Mei 2012

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Senin, 21 Mei 2012

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Bright future for solar power from space

Posted: 16 May 2012 06:38 AM PDT

Solar power gathered in space could be set to provide the renewable energy of the future thanks to innovative research.

Americans support national clean-energy standard

Posted: 13 May 2012 11:46 AM PDT

The average US citizen is willing to pay 13 percent more for electricity in support of a national clean-energy standard, according to new research.

Sabtu, 19 Mei 2012

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ScienceDaily: Energy Technology News


New silicon memory chip may offer super-fast memory

Posted: 18 May 2012 10:25 AM PDT

The first purely silicon oxide-based "resistive RAM" memory chip that can operate in ambient conditions -- opening up the possibility of new super-fast memory -- has now been developed.