Nanoscale Solar Cells Are Better than Classic Solar Cells

Nanoscale Solar Cells Are Better than Classic Solar Cells

Energy efficiency matters when cells work in groups

Current Table Lets You Power Up Your Mobile Devices via “Photosynthesis”

Current Table Lets You Power Up Your Mobile Devices via “Photosynthesis”

The Current table is an eco-friendly device that was inspired by the workings of nature

  • Sci Pry
  • By Dan Talpalariu
  • November 26th, 2008
VIVACE Will Harness Energy from Water

VIVACE Will Harness Energy from Water

The new device will put the dangerous water currents to a good use

  • How to
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • August 2nd, 2008
How Spot Welding Works

How Spot Welding Works

Resistance welding techniques

  • How to
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • May 19th, 2008
How Magnetos Work

How Magnetos Work

Electric current generators

Ampere Could no Longer Be Coulomb per Second

Ampere Could no Longer Be Coulomb per Second

Metrological current pumps may soon become reality

  • Sci Pry
  • By Stefan Anitei
  • November 14th, 2007
The Most Amazing Insect Migration: The Monarch Butterfly

The Most Amazing Insect Migration: The Monarch Butterfly

3,200 Km (2,000 mi) from southern Canada to central Mexico

Variable Liquid Lenses Could Revolutionize Cameras

Variable Liquid Lenses Could Revolutionize Cameras

No mechanical parts

7 Things You Didn't Know About Lightning

7 Things You Didn't Know About Lightning

Scientific oddities about this natural phenomenon

The Smallest Superconducting Device in the World

The Smallest Superconducting Device in the World

It measures the faintest magnetic fields

Unique Microscopic Light Sensor Built with Water

Unique Microscopic Light Sensor Built with Water

Tiny water droplets and hair-thin electrodes

New Liquid Lens Can Instantly Magnify Without Any Moving Parts

New Liquid Lens Can Instantly Magnify Without Any Moving Parts

It can switch between two degrees of magnification

  • Nature
  • By Stefan Anitei
  • May 11th, 2007
Short Circuit in the Southern Ocean Circulation

Short Circuit in the Southern Ocean Circulation

Detected with helium, emitted by hot vents