Novel approach improves graphene-based supercapacitors
Meeting growing demand for increased storage capacityCredit: Dawei Su Demand for integrated energy storage devices is growing rapidly as people ...
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Satellite survey shows California’s sinking coastal hotspots
Credit: Source: USGS NED. A majority of the world population lives on low lying lands near the sea, some of ...
Berkeley lab part of multi-institutional team awarded $60M for solar fuels research
New partnership between DOE national labs and universities builds on JCAP's advances in artificial photosynthesis, renewable fuelsCredit: Image courtesy of ...
Engineering a carbon-negative power plant
Pitt professor Katherine Hornbostel receives ARPA-E Grant to design natural gas plant that captures more carbon than it producesCredit: Ramon ...
Influx of electric vehicles accelerates need for grid planning
For grid reliability, PNNL study shows advance planning and smart EV charging strategies could help cities and utilities smooth out ...
To end King Coal’s reign, must his most loyal subjects get paid?
Compensating phase-out losers for a just transitionCredit: University of Sussex The huge task of phasing out coal requires a detailed ...
New depth map of the Arctic Ocean
The IBCAO 4.0 bathymetric chartCredit: Stockholm University (Sweden) An international team of researchers has published the most detailed submarine map ...
Samara Polytech scientists suggest a new way of high viscosity oil recovery
The innovative technology is cost-efficient, environmentally friendly and efficientCredit: @SamaraPolytech Recently in Russia there has been a significant increase in ...
MIT Press’s New Environmental History book: The Contamination of the Earth
A History of Pollutions in the Industrial AgeCredit: The MIT Press Through the centuries, the march of economic progress has ...
Scientists develop new material for longer-lasting fuel cells
Credit: Patrick Cullen / Gyen Ming Angel New research suggests that graphene - made in a specific way- could be ...
Discovery of first active seep in Antarctica provides new understanding of methane cycle
Credit: Andrew Thurber Oregon State University. CORVALLIS, Ore. - The discovery of the first active methane seep in Antarctica is ...
Lithium ion battery waste used in biodiesel production from discarded vegetable oil
Using mixtures of metal hydroxides as a catalyst provides way to make cleaner fuel in minutes at room temperatureCredit: Gilberto ...
Aerosols have an impact on the solar power yield in Europe
A joint research project of KIT, the German Weather Service, and meteocontrol investigates how tiny suspended particles in the air ...
Cacti and other iconic desert plants threatened by solar development
Native desert plants important to indigenous cultures especially vulnerableCredit: Steve Grodsky, UC Davis With their tough skins, pointy armor and ...
Climate-friendly Cooling Could Cut Years of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Save US$ Trillions: UN
As need for cooling rises in step with world temperatures, energy-efficient, climate-friendly appliances are critical to reaching Paris Agreement goals; ...
Skoltech scientists use ML to optimize hydraulic fracturing design for oil wells
Credit: Skoltech Skoltech researchers and their industry colleagues have created a data-driven model that can forecast the production from an ...
New cobalt-free lithium-ion battery reduces costs without sacrificing performance
Credit: The University of Texas at Austin For decades, researchers have looked for ways to eliminate cobalt from the high-energy ...
Lehigh Univ. PhD candidate wins selective DOE award to conduct research on fusion
Vincent Graber, grad student in Prof. Eugenio Schuster's Plasma Control Group, will work on burn control simulation at Princeton Plasma ...
Experts’ high-flying study reveals secrets of soaring birds
New research has revealed when it comes to flying the largest of birds rely on air currents, not flapping to ...
Merging solar cell and liquid battery produces long-lasting solar storage
Research opens path for new home solar technologyCredit: Wenjie Li/UW-Madison Solar cell researchers at the University of Sydney and University ...