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Encouraging enterprise in the organic electronics sector

Cambridge entrepreneurship programme to train technologists and researchers to accelerate commercialisation and encourage venture creation in organic electronics across the EU.

Self-healing solar cells channel natural processes

Creating solar cell devices with channels that mimic organic vascular systems can effectively reinvigorate solar cells whose performance deteriorates due to degradation by the sun's ultraviolet rays.

Enhanced yet affordable material for supercapacitors

Researchers have developed a new method to massively synthesize enhanced yet affordable materials for supercapacitors.

Synthetic antenna mimics plants' light harvesting abilities

Researchers have developed a dye-based molecule that mimics the light harvesting complex found in plants.

Pressac becomes a promoter of the EnOcean Alliance

The EnOcean Alliance is pleased to announce that Pressac Communications Ltd has become a new promoter member.

For some Southwest states, electricity is the cleanest vehicle fuel

Electric vehicles are becoming more common on roads in the Southwest, and policymakers need to know if they are cleaner than conventional gasoline and natural gas-fueled vehicles.

New method to synthesize enhanced materials for supercapacitors

Researchers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) have developed a new method to massively synthesize enhanced yet affordable materials for supercapacitors.

Electric vehicle range extenders: leaving piston engines behind

This article shares some of the research in the new IDTechEx report, "Range Extenders for Electric Vehicles Land, Water & Air 2013-2023" which covers all such vehicles, on land, on/under water and airborne.

Internal tagging technique for 3D-printed objects

The 3D printing process used to produce an object can simultaneously generate an internal, invisible tag, say scientists.

Tiny bendy power supply for even smaller portable electronics

The tiny power supply measures less than half a centimetre across and is made from a flexible material, opening up the possibility for wearable electronics.

Damen delivers their first hybrid patrol vessel to Amsterdam

The first hybrid vessel developed by Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld, has now been delivered to Waternet (the Water Network Foundation) in Amsterdam.

Altering organic molecules' interaction with light

Researchers have discovered a new platform that provides simple means to manipulate organic molecules' emission, and may have important implications to organic light emitting devices and molecular biosensors.

Device could coat smart phone screens with energy harvesting material

Nearly doubling the efficiency of a breakthrough photovoltaic cell they created last year, researchers have developed a two-layer, see-through solar film that could be placed on windows, sunroofs, smartphone displays and other surfaces to harvest energy from the sun.

Car manufacturers to develop charging infrastructure for EVs in Japan

Toyota Motor Corporation, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd., and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation will work together to promote the installation of chargers for electric-powered vehicles and build a charging network service that offers more convenience to drivers in Japan.

Battery design gets boost from aligned carbon nanotubes

Researchers have created a new flexible nano-scaffold for rechargeable lithium ion batteries that could help make cell phone and electric car batteries last longer.

Land Rovers Electric Defender project begins trials at Eden Project

The first Electric Defender has started work at the Eden Project near St Austell in Cornwall in an inaugural real world trial of its capabilities. Unveiled at this year's Geneva Motor Show, the Land Rover Electric Defender is a pioneering research project into the electrification of an all-terrain vehicle.

IDTechEx announces 3D Printing LIVE

IDTechEx is pleased to announce its inaugural event 3D Printing LIVE which is taking place in Santa Clara CA on November 20-21 2013.

World's first full-production fuel-cell vehicles arrive in the UK

Hyundai Motor Company has delivered five full-production emissions-free hydrogen powered vehicles to London. The Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles - the first production fuel cell cars in the world - will be an integral part of the London Hydrogen Network Expansion (LNHE) project.

Disorder improves performance of plastic solar cells

Scientists have spent decades trying to build flexible plastic solar cells efficient enough to compete with conventional cells made of silicon.

eMagin posts disappointing Q2 2013 financial results

eMagin announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013.