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← Older postsKorean Researchers Develops Eco-friendly Plastic Production Technology
February 19, 2020The Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology has developed a new technology to produce eco-friendly polyethylene furanoate (PEF) plastic. PEF has been spotlighted as a new bio-alternative to replace PET plastic and is made of glucose, a sugar substance originating … Continue reading3
Posted in Other Stuff | Tagged Eco-Friendly, Korea, Plastic, research, technology | Leave a commentElectricity generated from urine with successful research done by UWE scientists
November 10, 2011We’ve seen poop-power before. Now, having human-waste perform yet another electricity-generating feat, the scientists at the University of West of England (UWE) in Bristol have successfully generated energy from urine. Pee generates electrons thanks to the anaerobic respiration of bacteria. … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged Electricity_generator, research, Urine | Leave a commentResearchers develop system to charge portable electronics on the go
August 25, 2011Juicing up portable electric devices on the go using energy emitted from human bodies is a dream long conceived by researchers and technology-developers. This might now be near-possible with this latest development by Researchers at the University of Wisconsin in … Continue reading3
Posted in Gadgets and Tech | Tagged Concept, Portable_Device_charger, research | Leave a commentCalTech researchers to develop process that uses air, water and the sun to create fuels
April 11, 2011The world has come to realise the need for alternative energy sources, with fossil fuels constantly depleting and the environment being destroyed gradually, owing to the use of these polluting fuels. Now scientists at CalTech are working on a technology … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged air, CalTech, Fuel, research, Sun, Water | Leave a commentTata Group researchers devise new way to create electricity from water
March 28, 2011Water can be used to create energy. We all know that by now. Turbines bolted on at strategic positions at dams aren’t so much on an uncommon site now. That isn’t the only way to create electricity from water though, … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged Electricity, research, Tata, Water | Leave a commentRat’s heart-beat and breath produce energy using a nanowire
June 8, 2010Well, here’s a way to produce energy using rats. Now don’t go imagining a wall full of hamster-wheels with rats running in them to generate energy. It’s actually the heart-beat and the breath of a rat that can send those … Continue reading3
Posted in Other Stuff | Tagged "alternative energy", nanowires, rat, research | Leave a commentMIT Lab Finds Way to Make Gadgets More Efficient by Tapping Waste Heat energy
November 27, 2009Right from power plants to cars to cell phones much of coveted energy tapped from burning fossil fuels gets wasted as heat energy that is released from them all. MIT labs are working to tap this very heat energy and … Continue reading3
Posted in Gadgets and Tech | Tagged "carbon footprint", "energy saving", "fossil fuels", "heat energy recycle", "heat energy", "quantum dot semiconductor", "thermal diodes", efficiency, Gadgets, MIT, research, technology | Leave a commentResearchers from univ of Washington find voltage from trees
September 12, 2009Forest fires have caused a lot of havoc, misery and distress over the years for people who have been victims. Researchers at the University of Washington (UW) has thought of an idea to run an electric circuit from the power … Continue reading3
Posted in Other Stuff | Tagged research, Voltage, washington | Leave a commentDiscarded TVs to be recycled to medicines, new research says
July 15, 2009The next time someone calls you a couch potato, show them this report and swell in pride. Scientists from the University of York are saying that now it is possible to recycle waste material from discarded televisions to make them … Continue reading3
Posted in Recycle | Tagged medical, research, TV | Leave a commentExtracting hydrogen from Urine requires less energy
July 7, 2009It may sound gross to some, but Gerardine Botte of Ohio University claims to have found a way to extract hydrogen from urine. Most of the hydrogen currently available is extracted by reforming natural gas with steam and this process … Continue reading3
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