Dynamics of radiocesium in forests after the Fukushima disaster: Concerns and some hope
Scientists compile available data and analyses on the flow of radionuclides to gain a more holistic understandingCredit: Forestry and Forest ...
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Load-reducing backpack powers electronics by harvesting energy from walking
Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c07498 Hikers, soldiers and school children all know the burden of a heavy ...
New tool at Sandia brings some West Texas wind to the Duke City — virtually
Credit: Photo by Bret Latter, courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have a ...
Novel photocatalyst effectively turns carbon dioxide into methane fuel with light
Credit: City University of Hong Kong Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the major greenhouse gases causing global warming. If ...
Tiny 3D structures enhance solar cell efficiency
Credit: Lutz Mühlenbein A new method for constructing special solar cells could significantly increase their efficiency. Not only are the ...
Salt battery design overcomes bump in the road to help electric cars go the extra mile
Credit: Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics Using salt as a key ingredient, Chinese and British researchers have designed a new ...
Research could dramatically lower cost of electron sources
Rice, Los Alamos make low-cost, scalable photocathodes from halide perovskitesCredit: Image courtesy A. Mohite/Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb. 1, 2021) ...
Production of ‘post-lithium-ion batteries’ requires new skills
Comparative study on lithium-ion battery series manufacturing and alternative technologiesCredit: WWU - MEET Research on manufacturing battery cells is gaining ...
Electric car of the future to be developed in Denmark
Aarhus University is to head development of the next generation of electric car batteries with a recharging time of just ...
Chemists settle battery debate, propel research forward
Researchers used ultrabright x-rays to identify lithium hydride and a new form of lithium fluoride in the interphase of lithium ...
New catalyst moves seawater desalination, hydrogen production closer to commercialization
Fast, one-step assembly at room temperature yields high efficiency at low costCredit: University of Houston Seawater makes up about 96% ...
New concept for rocket thruster exploits the mechanism behind solar flares
Credit: Elle Starkman (PPPL Office of Communications) and ITER A new type of rocket thruster that could take humankind to ...
Machine-learning to predict the performance of organic solar cells
In this study, researchers have demonstrated that by feeding machine-learning algorithms with high-throughput experimental datasets, it is possible to retrieve ...
X-Ray tomography lets researchers watch solid-state batteries charge, discharge
Credit: Matthew McDowell, Georgia Tech Using X-ray tomography, a research team has observed the internal evolution of the materials inside ...
Pitt researcher receives ARPA-E grant to ‘innervate’ pipelines
Credit: Paul Ohodnicki When you stub your toe, a chain of nerves sends a signal from your toe to your ...
Key switchgrass genes identified, which could mean better biofuels ahead
Credit: Jason Bonnette, The University of Texas at Austin Biologists believe they are one step closer to a long-held goal ...
Compelling evidence of neutrino process opens physics possibilities
Credit: Rex Tayloe/Indiana University The COHERENT particle physics experiment at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has firmly ...
Scientists developed energy saving ceramic phosphors for high power LED systems
Credit: Denis Kosyanov, FEFU Materials scientists of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), in collaboration with an international research team, have ...
First direct band gap measurements of wide-gap hydrogen using inelastic X-ray scattering
Credit: Bing Li Utilizing a newly developed state-of-the-art synchrotron technique, a group of scientists led by Dr. Ho-kwang Mao, Director ...
Keeping a clean path: Doubling the capacity of solid-state lithium batteries
Credit: Taro Hitosugi Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), Tohoku University, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and ...