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High-Quality White Light Produced By Four-Color Laser Source

Scientists at Sandia National Labs have developed a diode laser with lighting quality comparable to incadescents and the new lights…

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Ex-Apple Leaders Push the Humble Thermostat Into the Digital Age

Two Cupertino alums have created a thermostat with iPod ease, but will builders and homeowners warm up to it?

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How Vehicle Automation Will Cut Fuel Consumption

In addition to being safer, intelligent cars and trucks could save money through lighter materials and drafting efficiencies from close-…

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0.5mm2 ARM Chip Offers 5X Energy Efficiency, Jacks Up Performance

Computer chip-maker ARM has developed a clever way to maintain performance while showing 60-70% gains for smartphones by splitting…

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California Drops to No. 2 in Energy Efficiency Rankings

Massachusetts places first in a ranking of the most energy-efficient states by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (…

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EV Battery Housing Being Made Lighter, Safer

An EV battery housing made from fiber composite is 25% lighter than a traditional metal casing, paving the way for more efficient…

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Weather Analytics: Weather Data for the 21st Century

Building energy management takes a leap forward with advanced weather software capable of ultra-precise predictions.

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Memory Trick Could Speed Up the Web

Despite higher costs, dynamic random access memory (DRAM) may eventually supplant traditional hard disks because of DRAM's significantly…

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Wireless Tech to Play a Big Role in an Efficient, Connected Future

In a new report from CTIA, the wireless industry's lobbying organization, the group argues that widespread adoption of wireless…

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The Quasicrystal Laureate

Professor Dan Schechtman received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry last week for his discovery of quasicrystals, a new form of matter with…

Research

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The Mother of All EV-Solar-Smart Grid Integrations

The ambitious Austin, TX-based Pecan Street project is piloting a number of green neighborhood technologies, but the real challenge will…

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Is Europe Ready for Automated Demand Response?

To address the unique demand response challenges in Europe, companies are pilot testing systems that can reduce load on local feeder…

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Dipping May Improve Ultracapacitors and Batteries

Adding a coating of graphene or carbon nanotubes is showing promise for improving the energy density of traditional ultracapacitors and…

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Retroficiency: 25M Square Feet of Hands-Free Commercial Building Efficiency

A start-up is helping companies identify building energy efficiency improvements by leveraging data on tens of thousands of real-world…

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A Simple Way to Boost Battery Storage

Berkeley researches engineer a new, stretchy, conductive polymer binder that may increase the capacity of lithium ion batteries by 30%…

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Matt Scullin, Power Recycler

Innovative silicon-based thermoelectrics could be the key to making waste heat-to-electricity applications cheap and easy to use.

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