All Articles Tagged As: electricity

Electricity from the exhaust pipe (6/4/2008)

Researchers are working on a thermoelectric generator that converts the heat from car exhaust fumes into electricity ...> Full Article

Improved ion mobility is key to new hydrogen storage compound (5/19/2008)

A materials scientist has deciphered the structure of a new class of materials that can store relatively large quantities of hydrogen within its crystal structure for later release ...> Full Article

Researchers create new material for fuel cells (5/16/2008)

Increases power output by more than 50 percent ...> Full Article

Chemical Engineer Discovers Way of Increasing Battery Life with Environmentally Friendly Fuel Cells (4/23/2008)

Chemical engineering professor is exploring a way to increase battery life with an environmentally friendly alternative ...> Full Article

Microbial fuel cells turn on the juice (12/5/2007)

The combination of beer, wastewater, microbes, fuel cells, high school students and teachers sounds like a witches' brew for an old-fashioned, illicit '60s beach party. ...> Full Article

Fuel Cells Gearing Up To Power Auto Industry (11/1/2007)

The average price for all types of gasoline is holding steady around $2.95 per gallon nationwide, but the pain at the pump might be short-lived as research may eliminate one of the biggest hurdles to the wide-scale production of fuel cell-powered vehicles. ...> Full Article

Solution to a seven-decade mystery is crystal clear to chemist (10/20/2007)

A researcher has helped solve a scientific mystery that stumped chemists for nearly seven decades. In so doing, his team's findings may lead to the development of more-powerful computer memories and lasers. ...> Full Article