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Climate Summit can't overlook China's support of global coal power
Oct 29, 2015 (SPX)
When global leaders converge on Paris on Nov. 30 for the 2015 United Nations climate change conference, their goal will be to deliver an agreement that, for the...
Canadian researchers find geothermal heat pumps most feasible in Halifax
Oct 28, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers at the Universite du Quebec have recently conducted a survey of four Canadian cities to determine the economic feasibility of installing geothermal ...
Unraveling the complex, intertwined electron phases in a superconductor
Oct 28, 2015 (SPX)
A team led by researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and Cornell University has characterized a key arrangement of elec...
Capacitor breakthrough
Oct 28, 2015 (SPX)
Oct. 21, 2015, was the day that Doc Brown and Marty McFly landed in the future in their DeLorean, with time travel made possible by a "flux capacitor." While th...
Lighter, long-lasting batteries made from silicon
Oct 28, 2015 (SPX)
Substantially smaller and longer-lasting batteries for everything from portable electronic devices to electric cars could be come a reality thanks to an innovat...
Breakthrough to the development of energy-saving devices for the next-gen
Oct 23, 2015 (SPX)
Wide-gap semiconductors such as gallium nitride (GaN) are widely used for optical devices such as blue LED and are also anticipated as materials for next-genera...
Synthetic batteries for the energy revolution
Oct 23, 2015 (SPX)
Sun and wind are important sources of renewable energy, but they suffer from natural fluctuations: In stormy weather or bright sunshine electricity produced exc...
New report on energy-efficient computing
Oct 22, 2015 (SPX)
A report that resulted from a workshop jointly funded by the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) and National Science Foundation (NSF) outlines key factors...
New Battery Storage Software Jump-Starts Marketing and Sales
Oct 21, 2015 (SPX)
Jackson Associates has announced the availability of new Battery Storage Marketing and Sales Assistant Profiler software designed to accelerate sales of battery...
What are these nanostars in 2-D superconductor supposed to mean
Oct 20, 2015 (SPX)
Physicists from France and Russia have discovered magnetic disturbances in 2D superconductor layer, resembling little oscillating stars. These star-like excitat...
Unveiling distribution of defects in proton conductors
Oct 20, 2015 (SPX)
Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC), recently used as a power source for households in Japan, have several drawbacks such as high-cost, material degradation and long ...
U.S. coal sector in downturn
Oct 16, 2015 (UPI)
The mineral mining sector in the United States is showing signs of serious decline brought on by bankruptcies in the coal sector, Fitch Ratings said. "A spate o...
Saft and Boeing renew satellite battery agreement
Oct 15, 2015 (SPX)
Saft has been awarded a Long Term Agreement (LTA) with The Boeing Company (Boeing) to supply lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries for its telecommunication satellites...
With this new universal wireless charger, compatibility won't be an issue
Oct 15, 2015 (SPX)
A wireless charger that's compatible with different consumer electronics from different brands is one step closer to becoming a reality thanks to research by el...
Geothermal energy: Look to the Denver-Julesberg Basin
Oct 13, 2015 (SPX)
To offset the need for fuel imports, to decrease greenhouse gas emissions, and to increase U.S. energy independence, geothermal energy has emerged as an importa...
New Oregon approach for 'nanohoops' could energize future devices
Oct 13, 2015 (SPX)
When Ramesh Jasti began making tiny organic circular structures using carbon atoms, the idea was to improve carbon nanotubes being developed for use in electron...
Single atom alloy platinum-copper catalysts cut costs, boost green tech
Oct 13, 2015 (SPX)
A new generation of platinum-copper catalysts that require very low concentrations of platinum in the form of individual atoms to cleanly and cheaply perform im...
Knit it, braid it, turn it on and use it!
Oct 13, 2015 (SPX)
The ability to arrange different types of fibres with predetermined spatial organisation gives us the colour, vibrancy and comfort we encounter in traditional t...
McMaster engineers build better energy storage device
Oct 08, 2015 (SPX)
McMaster Engineering researchers Emily Cranston and Igor Zhitomirsky are turning trees into energy storage devices capable of powering everything from a smart w...
Discovery about new battery overturns decades of false assumptions
Oct 08, 2015 (SPX)
New findings at Oregon State University have overturned a scientific dogma that stood for decades, by showing that potassium can work with graphite in a potassi...
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