(Nanowerk Spotlight) Steam is important for desalination, hygiene systems, and sterilization; and in remote areas where the sun is the only source of energy, being able to generate steam with solar ...

Nanotechnology researchers have unveiled a solar-powered sterilization system that could be a boon for more than 2.5 billion people who lack adequate sanitation. The "solar steam" sterilization system ...

Scientists have unveiled a revolutionary new technology that uses nanoparticles to convert solar energy directly into steam. The new "solar steam" method is so effective it can even produce steam from ...

Solar technology is beginning to heat up, thanks to researchers at Rice’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP). Scientists have developed a method of solar thermal heating that generates steam at the ...

Australian engineers might have solved one of the biggest obstacles to scaling up solar energy — the lack of affordable storage technology that allows solar to be used at peak demand after the sun ...

Rice University scientists have unveiled a device that uses metallic and conductive carbon nanoparticles to turn solar energy into steam. The technology, developed at Rice’s Laboratory for ...

The Saudi Arabian Mining Company will buy industrial solar-generated steam from GlassPoint. Saudi Arabia will host New York-based GlassPoint, which is building the world’s biggest solar thermal plant ...

A demonstration project in California may prove that steam created with the sun's heat can help get more oil out of the ground The Coalinga oil field in California has been pumping out crude since ...