LONDON − New scientific discoveries have been made to beef up a biofuel, re-use waste heat, get more power from solar panels – and even deliver electricity across a room without using wires.
Here are four promising inventions that offer tantalizing potential to improve our lives and change how we generate and use power.
Image: Scientists in the United States have crossed a fir tree with a gut bacterium, fed it beef soup, and watched it deliver the chemistry of the highest-octane rocket fuel. Credit: Steve Snodgrass via Flickr
