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The American industries are investing in a new algae-based fuel
The United States – the American industries are turning towards to a new energy. After the rise in oil prices, they decided to invest in a new fuel made from algae. Two giants of American industry have partnered with companies offering biofuel...
COLED – new technology for organic light emitting diodes
New high-efficiency light sources that can entirely displace incandescent lamps and fluorescent lights has been developed. Scientists nonprofit research institute SRI International and the Japan-based chemical company Showa Denko KK (SDK) combined a ...
Einstein’s theory was not always right, as evidenced by the Brownian motion
The theory of Brownian motion goes back mainly to Albert Einstein and involves, in the case of the diffusion of particles, the famous bell curve of Gauss. A group of American researchers have recently discovered that Einstein’s theory did not w...
Renewable energy: Will biomass targets be achieved?
France – If France is relying heavily on biomass to meet its targets for renewable energy development by 2020, a study by the institute Xerfi concludes that the targets for 2012 relating to the recovery of organic waste will not be achieved. Fr...
Lumiblades, a bright new idea from Philips
Netherlands – Lumiblades are available in different colors: red, blue, green or white. It is an application of technology OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) or “organic LED.” OLEDs are presented in the form of assemblies of small d...
The largest electrical energy farm using marine energy off the coast of England
England – A new field of machinery designed to produce energy through the waves and tides will be born in the south-west of the country. It will make this site a new leader in the market for technologies whose power comes from the sea. The cons...
Volkswagen plans an electric car for 2013
Germany – The president of Volkswagen, Martin Winterkorn, recently said the group planned to deliver its first electric car series in 2013. Martin Winterkorn said: “We will draw part of the new series “Small Family” in order to offer our ...
Solar energy: towards a new generation of photovoltaic cells
Lausanne, Switzerland – researchers of the federal Polytechnic school of Lausanne (FPSL) and university of Stanford developed and tested photovoltaic cells of new generation. A revolution in the field, and a world first in terms of technology. ...
Toyota: Marketing of fuel-cell vehicle by 2015
Japan – The vice president of Toyota, Masatami Takimoto, said that the company wants to remain at the cutting edge of technology for the production of “green cars” preserving the environment. In this spirit, Toyota is preparing to ...
Microsoft believes that there is too much emphasis on renewable energy
The CEO of the research unit of Microsoft believes that the debate about the solutions against climate change is misguided. For him, efforts should focus on the drastic reduction of CO2 emissions, the main greenhouse gases contributing to global warm...
