New material draws heat away from hotspots much faster than current materials, which could lead to dramatic improvements in computer chip performance and energy efficiency Working to address... Read more
Researchers at Oregon State University have designed and fabricated the world’s smallest electro-optic modulator, which could mean major reductions in energy used by data centers and superco... Read more
In contradicting a theory that’s been the standard for over eighty years, an Illinois group led by Yang Zhang, assistant professor of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering and Beckma... Read more
A study by engineers at Oregon State University suggests that they have achieved the most realistic robotic implementation of human walking dynamics that has ever been done, which may ultima... Read more
A combination of nanotechnology and a virus found on tobacco could save huge amounts of energy in industrial and electronic processes Scientists have found a way to boil water faster, althou... Read more
Regulating comfort in small commercial buildings could become more efficient and less expensive thanks to an innovative low-cost wireless sensor technology being developed by researchers at... Read more
The United States can double its energy productivity by 2030 Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have long understood that... Read more
Berkeley Lab research finds utility customer-funded energy efficiency programs expanding across the United States; Midwest and South on the rise Spending on energy efficiency programs funded... Read more
The work also could prove important in finding more efficient ways to fuel vehicles of the future Chemical reactions on the surface of metal oxides, such as titanium dioxide and zinc oxide,... Read more
Edison’s Revenge The rise of direct current using devices and direct current generation have some rethinking the use of alternating current in the grid A new front in an old feud is be... Read more
Can Radical Efficiency Revive U.S. Manufacturing? Both traditional and new U.S. industries will have to increase energy efficiency if the nation is to retain its global position as a leading... Read more
What new energy efficiency technologies will change the game? I’d like to use this space on occasion to explore that question and get your feedback on companies that I profile. This week’s c... Read more
With the completion of a successful prototype, engineers at Oregon State University have made a major step toward addressing one of the leading problems in energy use around the world today... Read more
Car engines could soon be fired by lasers instead of spark plugs, researchers say. A team at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics will report on 1 May that they have designed lasers t... Read more