Energy System 2050: solutions for the energy transition
Research initiative of the Helmholtz Association presents strategies, technologies, and open-source toolsCredit: Pascal Armbruster, KIT To contribute to global climate ...
Tag: Energy/Fuel (non-petroleum)
NSF renews Rice-based NEWT Center for water treatment
Partnership primed to introduce game-changing technologies to address global needsCredit: Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 15, 2020) - The Nanotechnology ...
Rice’s Haotian Wang wins Packard fellowship
Five-year grant will support technology to turn greenhouse gases into fuelCredit: Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 15, 2020) -Haotian Wang ...
A new approach boosts lithium-ion battery efficiency and puts out fires, too
Adding polymers and fireproofing to a battery's current collectors makes it lighter, safer and about 20% more efficientCredit: Yusheng Ye/Stanford ...
Quantum engines with entanglement as fuel?
University of Rochester researcher receives $1 million grant to study quantum thermodynamicsCredit: University of Rochester photo / J. Adam Fenster ...
LiU researchers first to develop an organic battery
Ion-selective electrocatalysis on conducting polymer electrodes -- improving the performance of redox flow batteriesCredit: Thor Balkhed Researchers at the Laboratory ...
Process to recover metals from batteries licensed by Momentum Technologies
Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Momentum Technologies Inc., a Dallas, Texas-based materials science company that is focused on ...
Solar-powered system extracts drinkable water from “dry” air
MIT engineers have made their initial design more practical, efficient, and scalable.Credit: Image: Alina LaPotin Researchers at MIT and elsewhere ...
Perovskite materials: Neutrons show twinning in halide perovskites
Credit: HZB A good ten years ago, research teams discovered the class of semi-organic halide perovskites, which are now making ...
Machine-learning technique from Sandia Labs could improve fusion energy outputs
Building a better reactor by modifying its wallsCredit: Photo: by Randy Montoya) Click on the thumbnail for a high-resolution image. ...
A new strategy for the synthesis of crystalline graphitic nanoribbons
Credit: Peijie Zhang New work from a team of scientists led by Drs. Kuo Li and Haiyan Zheng from the ...
Finding the right colour to control magnets with laser pulses
Credit: Lancaster University Scientists have discovered a new way to manipulate magnets with laser light pulses shorter than a trillionth ...
Idaho laboratory joins national research programs for making ‘green’ hydrogen
Credit: Idaho National Laboratory Idaho National Laboratory is a member of two new Department of Energy research consortia charged with ...
UC San Diego’s Center for Energy Research awarded over $5 million for energy projects
Two Department of Energy grants focus on developing cleaner, more efficient energy sources and systemsCredit: UC San Diego The University ...
Climate change could mean fewer sunny days for hot regions banking on solar power
Credit: Image courtesy of Jun Yin, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology While solar power is a leading form ...
Beat the heat: Novel passive cooling device for surfaces and enclosed spaces
Scientists engineer the first passive radiative device that absorbs heat from the inside of an enclosure and emits it on ...
Diamonds are a quantum scientist’s best friend
The discovery of triplet spin superconductivity in diamonds has the potential to revolutionise the high-tech industry.Credit: Wits University Diamonds have ...
New findings pave the way to environmentally friendly supercapacitors
Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz Limited safety, sustainability and recyclability are key drawbacks of today's lithium-ion battery technology, along ...
Story Tips: Remote population counting, slowing corrosion and turning down the heat
Credit: Adam Malin/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Census - Remote population counting Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists helped count the ...
Two NRL research physicists named 2020 citation laureates ‘of nobel class’
Credit: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory WASHINGTON, D.C. - Two research physicists from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory were named Citation ...