More Proof That Solar Panels Work In Extreme Cold
The US Navy has a hand in a small array of solar panels that could have an outsized influence on energy resilience throughout Alaska and the surrounding regions.
The US Navy has a hand in a small array of solar panels that could have an outsized influence on energy resilience throughout Alaska and the surrounding regions.
Advances in thin-film and other new solar technologies are expected to be driven by the demand for lightweight, high-power solutions in the EV, aerospace and wearable solar markets, reckons Matthew Reese, the author of a new study on the evolution of the technology.
Solar energy could face the axe under the Trump Administration, but bank on the US military to fight for its renewable energy programs.
The US Office of Naval Research has been tapped to spearhead a new public-private research effort that will bridge the “Valley of Death” between cutting edge foundational research and the marketplace, all in the name of commercializing the next generation of ultra lightweight metals. Among other things, that translates into … [continued]
While we’ve been busy touting graphene as the “miracle material of the new millennium,” there’s another advanced materials kid on the block called carbon nanotubes and they haven’t exactly been on the snooze either. A team of researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) has just announced that they’ve … [continued]
In what sounds like a solution in search of a problem, a few years ago researchers at Rice University figured out a way to create graphene ribbons by “unzipping” carbon nanotubes. Well, now it looks like a problem has been found, and it’s a big one with huge implications for … [continued]
For years now, the US Navy has been raising alarms over the impact of continued petroleum dependency on national security, and now it looks like the oil-soaked chickens have come home to roost. According to an article last week by the Office of Naval Research, the Navy’s new laser weapons … [continued]
Carpets and mud don’t usually make a good pairing, but a new energy-harvesting “carpet” takes its inspiration directly from, yes, mud. Currently under study at the University of California, Berkeley, the rug-like device would mimic the ability of muddy sea floors to absorb energy from ocean waves, and it … [continued]
The U.S. Navy is behind a push to exploit one of the “hottest” areas of the electromagnetic spectrum, the terahertz band. The Office of Naval Research contributed to a breakthrough project at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory last fall with the help of graphene nanoribbons, and just last month a team … [continued]
Congressman Ron Paul seems to have a weird thing for old light bulbs, but you’ll find no such sentimentality in the U.S. Navy. Following up on a Sailor’s complaint about the noisy hum from out-of-date berth lights in submarines, the Office of Naval Research has been working on a new … [continued]