Displays Controlled By Flexible Fins & Liquid Droplets More Versatile & Efficient Than LED Screens
Engineers inspired by the morphing skins of animals like chameleons and octopuses
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Renewable Solar Energy Can Help Purify Water & The Environment
Chemists led by Beckman researcher Xiao Su have demonstrated that water remediation can be powered in part — and perhaps even exclusively — by renewable energy sources.
Secretary Granholm Announces Winners of Solar Decathlon Design & Build Challenges
Competitors Represent the Next Generation of Energy-Savvy Architects and Engineers Who Will Build Our Clean Energy Future
New Polymer Manufacturing Process Slashes Energy Use By 90%
Researchers at the University of Illinois say they have found a new way to manufacture polymer structures for cars, trucks, buses, and airplanes that uses 90% less energy.
Obama Sets Up Cost Of US Solar Energy For Another Freefall
The cost of solar energy in the US will continue its rapid downward slide with $102 million in new DOE funding for new tech and market strategies.
$1 To Save Bicycling On Campus At University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
One dollar is not much to some folks. It is to others. However, for everyone, one dollar from a vast number of people is enough to do something significant. Grace Kyung, a graduate student studying urban planning at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign considered this before leading a campaign for bicycling on campus. Her idea … [continued]
New LiCoO2 Research Could Bridge Battery-Supercapacitor Gap
Researchers have been edging closer to having their energy storage cake and eating it, too, by merging the attractively powerful charge-discharge rate of supercapacitors with rechargeable lithium battery technology. Here’s an interesting angle from the University of Illinois College of Engineering based on lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO2), which just released … [continued]
Sugarcane Into Diesel — Cold-Tolerant, Highly Productive, Oil-Producing Crop Developed For US
A new type of sugarcane possessing a photosynthetic rate that’s been increased by 30%, boosted oil production, and improved cold-tolerance has been developed by a multi-institutional research team. The new sugarcane was developed with the intention of allowing large-scale biodiesel production to be undertaken in the US, using the new … [continued]
Lightweight, Flexible, Energy Efficient, Mass-Producible Solar Cells Now One Step Closer
Flexible solar cells that are lightweight, energy efficient, and mass-producible are now one step closer to being a reality thanks to new research from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Central Florida in Orlando. Researchers at those universities devised a new way of creating large sheets … [continued]
Scientists Report on Night-Warming Effect over Large Texas Wind Farms
According to a recent press release from the National Science Foundation, large wind farms in certain areas in of this country appear to affect local land surface temperatures. The news is based on a paper published today in the journal Nature Climate Change. Liming Zhou, an atmospheric scientist at the State … [continued]
