Multi-university effort to study the Earth’s hidden critical zone- NSF grant
Credit: Virginia Tech Look out your window or step outside and look around you. Depending on where you live, you're ...
Tag: Energy Sources
Prometheus Fuels licenses energy-saving ORNL ethanol-to-jet-fuel process
Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Prometheus Fuels has licensed an ethanol-to-jet-fuel conversion process developed by researchers at the ...
Researchers create morphing crystals powered by water evaporation
New study details the molecular-level design of materials that enable clean and sustainable water evaporation energy to be harvested and ...
Inexpensive, non-toxic nanofluid could be a game-changer for oil recovery
The nanofluid is made from commercially available sodium using household blenderCredit: University of Houston Researchers from the University of Houston ...
Scientists map freshwater transport in the Arctic Ocean
Credit: Alexander Osadchiev et al./Scientific Reports The Ob, Yenisei, and Lena rivers flow into the Kara and Laptev seas and ...
New process boosts lignin bio-oil as a next-generation fuel
Credit: John Toon, Georgia Tech A new low-temperature multi-phase process for upgrading lignin bio-oil to hydrocarbons could help expand use ...
California offshore winds show promise as power source
Offshore wind peaks in the evening when power demands are greatest and other renewable energy sources are less availableCredit: Yi-Hui ...
Scientists have discovered an environmentally friendly way to transform silicon into nanoparticles
Credit: Skoltech Skoltech scientists and their colleagues from Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) have developed a new method of silicon ...
New anode material could lead to safer fast-charging batteries
Credit: Ping Liu lab Scientists at UC San Diego have discovered a new anode material that enables lithium-ion batteries to ...
Hunting for a better biofuel is scope of new UT Austin-led research
Credit: Robert Goodwin, Michigan State University AUSTIN, Texas -- A team of scientists from nine universities and research facilities hope ...
Tungsten isotope helps study how to armor future fusion reactors
Credit: Jaimee Janiga/ORNL The inside of future nuclear fusion energy reactors will be among the harshest environments ever produced on ...
Sunflower oil shows unexpected efficiency in corrosion prevention
A paper by Kazan Federal University saw light in early access in EnergyCredit: Kazan Federal University Sunflower oil, which is ...
Canada renews support for UN University Institute in Hamilton addressing world water issues: $10M
Research organization is at forefront of pressing global water challenges; New funding coincides with World Water Week and UN's 75th ...
Microbes working together multiply biomass conversion possibilities
Credit: M. Studer (BFH) With the race for renewable energy sources in full swing, plants offer one of the most ...
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