A breakthrough in acidic water electrolysis via ruthenium-based catalysts
Credit: CUI Jie Hydrogen fuel, with the advantages of clean, renewable and of high fuel efficiency, is seen as the ...
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Neutral Zinc-air battery with cathode NiCo/C-N shows outstanding performance
Credit: Qingfeng Yi et al. In a paper to be published in the forthcoming issue in NANO, a team of ...
The Army invented a Venetian blind-inspired power generator
Government invention is available to businesses or entrepreneurs who would make, use, or sell itCredit: EJ Hersom/DoD A patent was ...
The right polymers for the job
Technology makes fuel cells more powerful, more durable, less expensiveCredit: Photo illustration by Joy Smoker One of the most promising ...
World’s fastest hydrogen sensor could pave the way for clean hydrogen energy
Credit: Mia Halleröd Palmgren/Chalmers University of Technology Hydrogen is a clean and renewable energy carrier that can power vehicles, with ...
Wonder material: Individual 2D phosphorene nanoribbons made for the first time
Tiny, individual, flexible ribbons of crystalline phosphorus have been made by UCL researchers in a world first, and they could ...
Scientists improve cycling performance of Al-based batteries with high areal density cathode
Credit: TANG Yongbing Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are the dominant power source for portable electronics and electric vehicles. However, the relatively ...
Scientists find self-healing catalyst for potential large-scale use in hydrogen production
Credit: EPFL Researchers working within NCCR MARVEL have discovered a self-healing catalyst that can be used to release hydrogen through ...
Engineers develop concept for hybrid heavy-duty trucks
Long-haul trucks with electric motors combined with gas-alcohol engines could slash pollution levels and greenhouse gases. Heavy-duty trucks, such as ...
The cost of computation
For decades, physicists have wrestled with understanding the thermodynamic cost of manipulating information, what we would now call computing. How ...
Carbon-negative power generation for China
Reducing CO2 concretions and air pollution in the atmosphere If we're going to limit global temperature increases to 2 degrees ...
Renewables are a better investment than carbon capture for tackling climate change
Solar panels and wind turbines coupled with energy storage offer a better hope for tackling climate change than trying to ...
NSF awards $500,000 to Pitt and CMU for engineering research on thermoelectric devices
PITTSBURGH (April 4, 2019) -- As much as half of all U.S. energy production each year is lost as waste ...
SwRI and GE design and operate the highest temperature sCO2 turbine in the world
Powerful, desk-sized 10 MWe industrial turbine operates at 1,300 degrees Fahrenheit to improve electricity productionCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO ...
Getting to the bottom of the ‘boiling crisis’
New understanding of heat transfer in boiling water could lead to efficiency improvements in power plants CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The ...
Dye chemistry transferred to modern times
Credit: Ingo Peters / University of Wuerzburg "With your work, you have transferred dye chemistry to modern times." This praise, ...
‘Cool Coalition’ comes together to save lives, energy and trillions for the global economy
Emissions from cooling sector set to grow 90 percent by 2050 without actionCredit: PXHERE public domain Copenhagen, Denmark - As ...
Programmable ‘Legos’ of DNA and protein building blocks create novel 3D cages
Credit: Nicholas Stephanopoulos The central goal of nanotechnology is the manipulation of materials on an atomic or molecular scale, especially ...
Researchers advance in the development of ‘papaya sugarcane’
Description of genes involved in sugarcane root cell separation could lead to the development of varieties with softened cell walls ...
Researchers tune material’s color and thermal properties separately
Polymers could be designed to reflect or trap heat, regardless of hueCredit: Felice Frankel The color of a material can ...