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Electronics integrated into textiles are gaining in popularity: Systems like smartphone displays in a sleeve or sensors to detect physical performance in athletic wear have already been produced. The main problem with these systems tends to be the lack of a comfortable, equally wearable source of power. Scientists are now…

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A novel, low-cost solar thermal energy conversion system has been developed that can easily generate steam from sunlight. The solar conversion system can help make technologies that rely on steam, like seawater desalination, wastewater treatment, residential water heating, medical tool sterilization and power generation, more efficient and affordable. Read more…

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By Robin Sayles Précis: Solar thermal news you need to know. Australian scientists hit record solar thermal dish efficiency Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have developed a new receiver which sets a record-high efficiency for a solar thermal dish, ANU announced. “This new design could result in a…

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