Stretchable electronics are the future of mobile electronics Electronic devices become smaller, lighter, faster and more powerful with each passing year. Currently, however, electronics such... Read more
Renewable energy could fully power a large electric grid 99.9 percent of the time by 2030 at costs comparable to today’s electricity expenses Renewable energy could fully power a large elect... Read more
Imagine a computer chip that can assemble itself. According to Eric M. Furst, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Delaware, engineers and scientists are c... Read more
The amount of power to be reaped from tapping low- and high-altitude winds dwarfs global demand Wind turbines on land and offshore could readily provide more than four times the power that t... Read more
The financial viability of wind power has been demonstrated in Europe, China, and parts of the United States New estimates of the potential for wind power and the research that backs the est... Read more
Innovation Ecosystem On global and local scales, there is a large shift in how novel ideas and discoveries can quickly establish market relevance and commercial significance. The acquisition... Read more
Something for the “Oceanic Fleet” of autonomous, renewable energy driven plastic scooping robots to help with . . . IT While working on a research sailboat gliding over glassy se... Read more
Imagine a car that runs quietly, burns no gas, produces no emissions, stores renewable energy, and sometimes even pays you back. Seem like a pipe dream? Soon it won’t be. Vehicle-to-grid tec... Read more
Pulling valuable fuels out of thin air? It sounds like magic, but Joel Rosenthal, a chemist at the University of Delaware, is working to transform carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas in t... Read more
Image via Wikipedia If enough plug-in electric vehicles communicate with the grid, they could provide cheap storage for excess electricity SAN DIEGO — The white Toyota Scion xB parked... Read more