Massachusetts Institute of Technology

New York to London in an hour?  That might be in the future if high-speed vac-trains move from concept to reality.

The HIRIKO Project is an urban solution that will provide a more sustainable, more accessible electric vehicle.   The HIRIKO prototype was unveiled at the European Commission headquarters on January 24th in Brussels. 

Called the Energy Systems Integration Facility, or ESIF, the laboratory is located at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado. The NREL is one of 17 laboratories managed by the U.S.

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After performing a life-cycle analysis of 14 fuel sources, a team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have determined carbon emissions from biofuels vary greatly depending on the type of land used to produce the feedstocks.

A collaboration between researchers from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Boston College has delivered a solar thermoelectric generator, or STEG, with a peak efficiency of 4.6 percent.

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At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), researchers have taken a page from sci-fi author Michael Crichton (Prey) and are using viruses to assemble carbon nanotubes inside a solar cell.

While the big publicly traded wind power companies are chasing the “bigger” wind turbine strategy, a few small private companies are pursuing the “better” wind turbine technology that will be needed if the industry is to meet the U.S.

Google is known for chasing and catching big ideas, so it’s no surprise that Google.org is one of the venture backers of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS), touted as the technology that could make geothermal power a major contributor to America’s energy supply.