Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), www.mit.edu, Cambridge, MA is the globally number 1 ranked institution of research and higher education (based on Quacquarelli Symonds ranking in 2012-2013), with over 25,000 existing spawn out companies that collectively employ 3.3 million people and generate over $2 trillion annually (equivalent of 11th largest economy in the world), according to a 2009 study by Kaufman Foundation
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2013
20 Feb 2013
New liquid metal batteries for improved energy storage
The chemistry in Ambri's technology is different from any other currently used in batteries.30 Jan 2013
New freedom to tailor thermoelectrics
A researcher has developed a technique that provides a new way of manipulating heat, allowing it to be controlled much as light waves can be manipulated by lenses and mirrors.16 Jan 2013
Breakthrough for solar cell research
Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have shown how nanowires could pave the way for more efficient and cheaper solar cells.15 Jan 2013
New material harvests energy from water vapor
Engineers have created a new polymer film that can generate electricity by drawing on a ubiquitous source: water vapor.14 Jan 2013
E Ink Holdings
Electrophoretic display maker expands into new applications.10 Jan 2013
Xaar plc
9 Jan 2013
Will iron batteries return?
Electric vehicles whether hybrid or pure electric or for land, water or air, employ batteries on board, where supercapacitors have not replaced them.1 Jan 2013
Manipulating light to double solar power output
A new $2.4 million project funded by the U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy aims to greatly increase the amount of sunlight that becomes electricity.2012
31 Dec 2012
Recharge your electric car through its tires
Researchers power EVs with electricity transmitted from the road to steel belts in tires.24 Dec 2012
Solar startup
Last year's bankruptcy of Solyndra, a maker of thin-film solar panels that received a $535 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy, is casting a huge shadow over the market for solar power.24 Dec 2012
Flexible, light solar cells could provide new opportunities
MIT researchers have produced a new kind of photovoltaic cell based on sheets of flexible graphene coated with a layer of nanowires.12 Dec 2012
How 'transparent' is graphene?
The amazing electrical, optical and strength properties of graphene, a single-atom-thick layer of carbon, have been extensively researched over the last decade.7 Dec 2012
Funneling the sun's energy
The quest to harness a broader spectrum of sunlight's energy to produce electricity has taken a radically new turn, with the proposal of a "solar energy funnel" that takes advantage of materials under elastic strain.3 Dec 2012
Graphene Technologies
29 Nov 2012
Graphenea
22 Nov 2012
Friction could charge mobile phones
Researchers at Georgia Tech have created a device that takes advantage of static electricity to convert movement—like a phone bouncing around in your pocket—into enough power to charge a cell phone battery.9 Nov 2012
Medical devices powered by the ear itself
Deep in the inner ear of mammals is a natural battery — a chamber filled with ions that produces an electrical potential to drive neural signals.8 Nov 2012
Connecting with the Emerging Nervous System of Ubiquitous Sensing
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6 Nov 2012
New technique reveals lithium in action
Exactly what goes inside advanced lithium-air batteries as they charge and discharge has always been impossible to observe directly. Now, a new technique developed by MIT researchers promises to change that, allowing study of this electrochemical activity as it happens.5 Nov 2012
Smartphones that use half the power
The new advance is essentially a blazingly fast electronic gearbox. It chooses among different voltages that can be sent across the transistor, and selects the one that minimizes power consumption, and it does this as many as 20 million times per second.