10-09-25 A team led by a North Carolina State University researcher has shown that water-gel-based solar devices artificial leaves can act like solar cells to produce electricity. The findings prove the concept for making solar cells that more closely mimic...
10-09-24 The Office of Naval Research Global (ONR Global) continues to pursue aggressive energy goals established by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, with the design of a system that controls electrical flow for lighting, a highly efficient platform that may...
10-07-06 A fire at a transformer station in Toronto has plunged parts of the Canadian city into darkness. 加拿大城市多伦多一座变电站发生火灾,使该市部分地区陷入黑暗之中。 Some 250,000 people were left without electricity for more than an hour during a heatwa...
10-05-19 At the scale of the very small, physics can get peculiar(特殊的,罕见的) . A University of Michigan biomedical engineering professor has discovered a new instance of such a nanoscale phenomenon---one that could lead to faster, less expensive porta...
10-04-24 丹麦一家酒店近日推出一项低碳环保新举措,邀请入住的客人通过安装在酒店的脚踏发电自行车边运动边发电,如果发电量到达一定标准便可以免费享用一顿晚餐。 The Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers, 15 minutes from the centre of the Danish capital and five minutes fr...
10-03-24 Tiny generators developed at the University of Michigan could produce enough electricity from random(任意的,随机的) , ambient(周围的,外界的) vibrations to power a wristwatch, pacemaker or wireless sensor. The energy-harvesting devices, created...
10-02-25 South African trade unions are threatening strikes after the country's government allowed state-owned power firm Eskom to raise prices by 24.8%. 南非政府同意国有电厂伊斯康将电费提高24.8%,这一做法遭到工会的反对。 Eskom has struggled to meet demand f...
09-10-15 Researchers have discovered a magnetic equivalent to electricity: single magnetic charges that can behave and interact like electrical ones. 研究人员发现磁力等同于电力:单磁荷可以像电磁荷一样相互作用。 The loops of a magnetic field can be seen in th...
09-08-24 Scientists have photographed upwards lightning, a rarely-seen phenomenon where electricity from storms flows into the upper atmosphere. 科学家拍摄到向上的闪电,一种十分罕见的现象--暴风雨中的电流向上层大气流动。 Gigantic jets can travel more than 60k...
09-08-02 Ants believed to have a kamikaze attraction to electricity have been discovered in one of England's finest National Trust gardens. 英国最好的国民托管组织的一座花园之中发现了对电有神秘吸引力的蚂蚁。 The ants are said to be more attracted to electrici...