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Squeezing More Energy Out of Batteries

Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center has developed a new printing technology that promises to pack more energy into batteries for electric…

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Eliminating the Laptop Charging Brick

Institute faculty member's start-up says gallium nitride could make power electronics more efficient.

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The Key to Better Solar Cells: Bumpy Mirrors

Stanford University researchers have developed a nanoscale metal reflector that boosts the efficiency of solid electrolyte dye-…

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Efficiency Could Cut World Energy Use Over 70 Percent

A study by Cambridge researchers shows that approximately 73 percent of global energy use could be eliminated simply by implementing…

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Researchers Show Simple But Effective Discoveries That Could Enhance Wind Turbines’ Efficiency by 18 Percent

Potential improvements to wind turbine efficiency include (1) using computers to measure the airflow over blade surfaces and adjust the…

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Four Ways to Harvest Solar Energy from Roads

Researchers at the University of Rhode Island have identified a number of ways to harvest waste heat from asphalt roads, including…

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Nanogenerator Powers Up

Researchers at Georgia Tech have used piezoelectric materials to make the first nanowire-based generators that can harvest enough…

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New Method Predicts How Oil Flows After Drilling Disaster

UCSB's Igor Mezic has developed a new method for predicting how oil will flow and mix in the ocean. Using this new method, Mezic…

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Green Laser Absorption Loss Culprit ID’d

A research team led by Institute faculty member Chris Van de Walle believes they have identified the source of absorption loss in green…

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Revolutionary Intel Chip Uses Light to Send Data

In collaboration with Institute Director John Bowers, Intel has developed a prototype high-speed optical data link, which is integrated…

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Google Funds ‘Radical’ Efficiency Research

Fred Chong and Ricardo Bianchini discuss the importance of energy efficient servers and data centers.

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