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In 1991, EPFL scientists Brian O’Regan and Michael Grätzel developed solar cells inspired by plant photosynthesis. 34 years later, the technology had reached 12% efficiencyIn 1991, EPFL scientists Brian O’Regan and Michael Grätzel developed a solar cell inspired by plant photosynthesis. Their dye-sensitized so...- Deep-sea mining may be necessary for a greener futureDeep-sea mining for cobalt and nickel could speed up renewable energy adoption. Discoveries in the Clarion-Clipperton zone revealed unique ...
- CSIR-NIIST scientists set efficiency record of 35.6 % in indoor photovoltaic using solar cellsScientists at CSIR-NIIST have achieved a new efficiency record of 35.6% in indoor light harvesting using DSCs. This breakthrough technology...
- IISER, IIT researchers develop new artificial photosynthetic system to capture solar energyThere have been many attempts at replicating the molecular and atomic structure of the light-harvesting mechanism in the lab. Polymeric str...
- IIT Hyderabad develops low-cost, eco-friendly solar cells using 'kumkum dye'The dye-sensitised solar cell (DSSC) is based on New Fuchsin (NF) dye with aqueous electrolyte and platinum-free counter electrodes, accord...
- Record fastest light pulse ever developedResearchers at University of Central Florida in the US had developed a 67-attosecond extreme ultraviolet light pulse in 2012 which was the ...
- Researchers develop device from spinach to produce electricityJerusalem, Sep 23 (IANS) Using a membrane extract from spinach leaves, Israeli researchers have developed a bio-photo-electro-chemical (BPE...
- First artificial photosynthesis system to produce fuelThere are also other approaches, such as using perovskites, a novel class of hybrid materials, with which it is already possible to achieve...
- Clean energy generated using bacteria-powered solar panelScientists have created a bio-solar panel that generates electricity from photosynthesis and respiratory activities of cyanobacteria, or bl...
- Arctic animals navigate by the light of winter MoonResearchers said that the behaviour is most likely an attempt by zooplankton to avoid predators hunting by moonlight.
- The key to colonizing Mars could be tiny green microbesIn science fiction, we find humans harvesting fields of wheat under terraformed Martian skies and growing rows of potatoes inside climate-c...
- Here's how the world can be fed by hacking photosynthesisImagine if we could grow 30 to 60 percent more wheat in a field, using the same amount of space, water, fertilizer, and sunlight.
- Bacteria used to convert solar energy into liquid fuelAn enzyme takes the hydrogen back to protons and electrons, then combines them with carbon dioxide to replicate - making more cells.
- Solar energy set to replace power companiesScientists keep advancing solar technology, and these advances will keep bringing the prices down. The advances are coming in every conceiv...
- Indian kid Ritankar Das in UC Berkeley leaves academia awestruckRitankar Das has become the youngest medalist in a century of the UCLA, Berkeley, by completing a double major in bioengineering, chemical ...
- Solar energy: Some technological advances that seem promisingThe next decade could also see the emergence of artificial photosynthesis, the holy grail of solar energy research. We describe a pick of s...
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