Inside ITER — the giant fusion reactor
A new book provides a behind-the-scenes view into ITER -- the world's biggest fusion reactor, and discusses the challenges and ...
Tag: Energy Sources
Mapping the energy transport mechanism of chalcogenide perovskite for solar energy use
Engineers have characterized the thermal energy conversion mechanism in the lattice of an advanced nanomaterial called chalcogenide perovskite and demonstrated ...
Announcing new GSA Division Award for career achievement in petroleum geology
Credit: Geological Society of America Boulder, Colo., USA: The Curtis-Hedberg Petroleum Career Achievement Award has been established by the Energy ...
Ternary acceptor and donor materials increase photon harvesting in organic solar cells
Adding a semiconducting polymer donor or non-fullerene acceptor component to binary organic solar cells enhances spectral response for better photon ...
New electrodes could increase efficiency of electric vehicles and aircraft
Credit: Texas A&M Engineering The rise in popularity of electric vehicles and aircraft presents the possibility of moving away from ...
Big plans to save the planet depend on nanoscopic materials improving energy storage
Drexel researchers lead international report on future of nanomaterials for energy storageCredit: Drexel University The challenge of building an energy ...
Illinois researcher’s theory of pore-scale transport to enable improved flow batteries
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer Redox flow batteries are an emerging technology for electrochemical energy storage that could help enhance the ...
$2 million DOE grant supports Lehigh researchers building thermal battery
Interdisciplinary team to develop innovative approach to thermal energy storage for more flexible, efficient power plantsCredit: Lehigh University The addition ...
New hybrid device can both capture and store solar energy
Device offers a new avenue for capitalizing on abundant solar energyCredit: University of Houston Researchers from the University of Houston ...
Rare gas find solves puzzle of Southern Africa’s soaring landscape
Credit: Stuart Gilfillan The discovery of gases released from deep beneath the Earth's crust could help to explain Southern Africa's ...
Boosting wind farmers, global winds reverse decades of slowing and pick up speed
Credit: Erping Sun In a boon to wind farms, average daily wind speeds are picking up across much of the ...
ASU collects 5 solar awards in latest round of DOE funding
ASU continues to keep solar shining in Phoenix Metro areaCredit: Deanna Dent/ASU Now Arizona State University has received five prestigious ...
New moon-seeking sensor aims to improve earth observations
Credit: NASA A new instrument with its eye on the Moon is taking off aboard a high-altitude NASA plane to ...
Crystal coatings could help solve mystery of fracture patterns
Credit: Lander et al. Fractures are everywhere. They are the cracks in the sidewalk. The rifts in roadcuts. The spidery ...
Turning waste heat into hydrogen fuel
Using waste heat helps cut cost of producing hydrogenCredit: Illustration: NTNU In June, the International Energy Agency confirmed what most ...
Lehigh engineers designing a more efficient tidal turbine with NSF grant
Arindam Banerjee's lab uses innovative active grid turbulence generator to mimic water conditions of Verdant Power's Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy ...
AI for plant breeding in an ever-changing climate
ORNL's Dan Jacobson and team design algorithms for climate-resilient cropsCredit: Pixabay How might artificial intelligence (AI) impact agriculture, the food ...
The environmental cost of cryptocurrency mines
UNM team assesses monetary price of health and air quality impactsCredit: University of New Mexico Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Monero ...
Dartmouth engineers partner with arctic residents to bolster resilience and sustainability
$2.6 million NSF grant to fund four-year projectCredit: Hunter Snyder Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth has been awarded a ...
New exploration method for geothermal energy
International research team presents combination of mapping of underwater structures and geochemical measurementsCredit: CC BY 4.0: Maren Brehme; DOI:10.1038/s41598-019-52638-z Where ...