2015
8 articles originally published this year.
India Permits Tewari's Space Powered Generator
In much of the mainstream scientific world, electrical generators that produce any efficiency higher than unity have been ruled out due to the Law of Conservation of Energy (LCE), but things are…
30 Dec 2015 · 8 min read
The Secret to Fusion Is a Long Tube
For the blink of an eye, nuclear fusion appears possible. Nuclear reactors today are fission reactors, where decaying nuclear material heats water to power generators. Fusion reactors, in theory,…
26 Aug 2015 · 1 min read
Sol-gel Capacitor Dielectric Offers Record-high Energy Storage
Using a hybrid silica sol-gel material and self-assembled monolayers of a common fatty acid, researchers have developed a new capacitor dielectric material that provides an electrical energy storage…
5 Aug 2015 · 4 min readSheerWind claims its INVELOX wind turbine produces 600% more power
(Phys.org) —SheerWind Inc. of Chaska, Minnesota is claiming in a press release that its newly developed funnel-based wind turbine system is capable of producing 600 percent more power than…
27 Jul 2015 · 2 min read
New energy cell can store up solar energy for release at night
Researchers have, for the first time, found a way to store electrons generated by photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells for long periods of time (Credit: UT Arlington)
8 Jul 2015 · 2 min read
Power Tree Solar Concept
While land constraints have not been a primary concern for solar deployment in the past, this is certain to change. According to the DOE, the world currently uses about 15,000 GW of power and by the…
5 Jul 2015 · 2 min read
Can the next generation of reactors spur a nuclear renaissance?
In order to meet that growing demand while hitting a greenhouse gas reduction target of 26 to 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025, a chorus of voices from industry and think tanks is calling for a…
1 Jul 2015 · 8 min read
900hp Quant EV powered by flow cell battery
One of the wildest cars at the Geneva Motor Show, the Nanoflowcell Quant e-Sportlimousine is a research prototype that's powered by salt water. More accurately, it's powered by a flow battery that…
6 Mar 2015 · 7 min read