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World's first energy-storage membrane

Researchers from the NUS Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative (NUSNNI) have developed the world's first energy-storage membrane, answering the need for cost-effective and environmentally friendly energy storage and delivery solutions.

Artificial leaf makes fuel from sunlight

Solar cell bonded to recently developed catalyst can harness the sun, splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen.

World's first energy-storage membrane

World's first energy-storage membrane outstrips existing rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors.

Artificial leaf makes fuel from sunlight

Researchers led by MIT professor Daniel Nocera have produced an "artificial leaf": Like living leaves, the device can turn the energy of sunlight directly into a chemical fuel that can be stored and used later as an energy source.

World's first energy-storage membrane

Researchers from the National University of Singapore's Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative (NUSNNI) have developed the world's first energy-storage membrane, answering the need for cost-effective and environmentally friendly energy storage and delivery solutions.

'Roadable aircraft' available for order

A notion firmly held as the epitome of 'the future' may soon be arriving in our skies and on our roads thanks to MIT-trained engineers at Terrafugia. The Transition® 'roadable light sport aircraft' is a two-seater personal aircraft equipped with road-worthy wheels, rear-wheel drive and electromechanical folding wings.

Findings could lead to better hydrogen storage

New research by a team from MIT and several other institutions analyzes the performance of a class of materials considered a promising candidate for such storage: activated carbon that incorporates a platinum catalyst, so hydrogen atoms can bond directly to the surface of carbon particles and then be released when needed.

New MEMS device generates energy from small vibrations

Researchers at MIT have designed a device the size of a U.S. quarter that harvests energy from low-frequency vibrations, such as those that might be felt along a pipeline or bridge.

Battery storage could get a boost from seaweed

Researchers may have found a new ingredient that could not only make lithium-ion batteries more efficient, but also cleaner and cheaper to manufacture.

Photovoltaics powered by heat - no sunlight required

A new photovoltaic energy-conversion system developed at MIT can be powered solely by heat, generating electricity with no sunlight at all.

While you're up, print me a solar cell

New MIT-developed materials make it possible to produce photovoltaic cells on paper or fabric, nearly as simply as printing a document.

WiTricity and IHI to develop wireless charging system for EVs

IHI Corporation and WiTricity Corporation of Watertown, MA have agreed to collaborate on the development of wireless charging systems for electric vehicles.

New way to store energy from the sun

One of the great advantages of the new approach to harnessing solar energy, Grossman says, is that it simplifies the process by combining energy harvesting and storage into a single step.

Printable solar cells

Almost as cheaply and easily as printing a photo on your inkjet, an inexpensive, simple solar cell has been created on that flimsy sheet, formed from special "inks" deposited on the paper. You can even fold it up to slip into a pocket, then unfold it and watch it generating electricity again in the sunlight.

John Rogers honored by Lemelson-MIT Prize

Official Lemelson-MIT Prize announcement honoring mc10 co-founder John Rogers.

New battery design could give electric vehicles a jolt

Significant advance in battery architecture could be breakthrough for electric vehicles and grid storage

New battery design could provide breakthrough storage

A radically new approach to the design of batteries, developed by researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), could provide a lightweight and inexpensive alternative to existing batteries for electric vehicles and the power grid.

A car battery at half the price

24M intends to greatly reduce the inactive material in a battery. According to estimates in a new paper.

Electric vehicles become electronic

About 80% of the value of a military jet aircraft lies in the circuitry, up from almost nothing a century ago. Civil airliners are about 50% electric and electronic, whereas the family car is around 30% so far, all these percentages steadily rising. The point is that an aircraft has far more than the radar, communications and other instruments accessed by the pilot: it is a sea of sensors, fuel controls and servo systems in the engines, wings and elsewhere. Even the family car adds much more than the satnav, phone, proximity sensors and other electronics directly assisting the driver, the MEMS accelerometer controlling the air bags being just one of an increasingly huge number of out-of-sight safety and other measures controlled by circuitry.

GenShock energy harvesting suspension passes military durability

US Army's Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center recently completed a four week accelerated durability test of GenShock technology on the M1152 HMMWV.