Tag Archives: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Hybrid Cars Significantly More Fuel-Efficient In India & China Than US

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Ritesh Pothan

Hybrid vehicles are significantly more fuel-efficient in India and China than they are in the US, according to new research from the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. This disparity in efficiency between the different markets is down … Continue reading →

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Water + Sunshine = Biofuel as Lab in California Chases Dream

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Ritesh Pothan

It sounds like magic, far-out fiction, a California dream. Yet earnest scientists are hard at work on a new alchemy: brewing fuel for cars — synthetic gasoline — from little more than water and sunshine. Mimicking the way plants turn … Continue reading →

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70% Efficient Solar Cells Possible Using Silicon BC8

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Ritesh Pothan

Researchers at the University of California (UC), Davis state an exotic form of silicon could produce major gains in solar cell efficiency. When a particle of light hits a silicon crystal, it generates a negatively charged electron and a positively … Continue reading →

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