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Live from inside a battery
Sep 05, 2014 (SPX)
Lithium-ion batteries are seen as a solution for energy storage of the future and have become indispensible, especially in electromobility. Their key advantage ...
Tesla picks Nevada for $5 bln battery plant
Sep 05, 2014 (AFP)
US electric automaker Tesla Motors is to build the world's largest lithium-ion battery plant in Nevada, the state's governor announced Thursday, unveiling plans...
Tesla, Panasonic to build battery plant in Nevada
Sep 04, 2014 (AFP)
US electric automaker Tesla Motors is to build a new multi-billion-dollar "Gigafactory" in Nevada, the western US state's senator Harry Reid announced Thursday....
Copper shines as flexible conductor
Sep 01, 2014 (SPX)
Bend them, stretch them, twist them, fold them: modern materials that are light, flexible and highly conductive have extraordinary technological potential, whet...
Rubber meets the road with new ORNL carbon, battery technologies
Aug 29, 2014 (SPX)
Recycled tires could see new life in lithium-ion batteries that provide power to plug-in electric vehicles and store energy produced by wind and solar, say rese...
Biomimetic photodetector 'sees' in color
Aug 29, 2014 (SPX)
Rice University researchers have created a CMOS-compatible, biomimetic color photodetector that directly responds to red, green and blue light in much the same ...
Novel 'butterfly' molecule could enable photoenergy devices
Aug 29, 2014 (SPX)
Exciting new work by a Florida State University research team has led to a novel molecular system that can take your temperature, emit white light, and convert ...
Process Overcomes Obstacles To Produce Renewable Fuels And Chemicals
Aug 28, 2014 (SPX)
There's an old saying in the biofuels industry: "You can make anything from lignin except money." But now, a new study may pave the way to challenging that adag...
Scientists craft atomically seamless semiconductor junctions
Aug 28, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists have developed what they believe is the thinnest-possible semiconductor, a new class of nanoscale materials made in sheets only three atoms thick. Th...
Scientists uncover clues to role of magnetism in iron-based superconductors
Aug 28, 2014 (SPX)
New measurements of atomic-scale magnetic behavior in iron-based superconductors by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and ...
Greensmith on track to integrate 4 new battery types in 2014
Aug 26, 2014 (SPX)
Greensmith has announced it is on track to successfully integrate an additional 4 new battery types in 2014, bringing the company's total since inception to 12 ...
Indonesia passes law to tap volcano power
Aug 26, 2014 (AFP)
The Indonesian parliament on Tuesday passed a long-awaited law to bolster the geothermal energy industry and tap the power of the vast archipelago's scores of v...
Stanford scientists develop a water splitter that runs on an ordinary AAA battery
Aug 26, 2014 (SPX)
In 2015, American consumers will finally be able to purchase fuel cell cars from Toyota and other manufacturers. Although touted as zero-emissions vehicles, mos...
Asian inventions dominate energy storage systems
Aug 21, 2014 (SPX)
In recent years, the number of patent applications for electrochemical energy storage technologies has soared. According to a study by the Technische Universita...
Researchers inspired by marine life to design camouflage systems
Aug 21, 2014 (SPX)
It could be a fun party trick - put your cell phone down on a table and watch it fade into the woodwork - or part of a lifesaving technology used by industry or...
Curiosity rover slowed by 'Hidden Valley' sand trap on Mars
Aug 19, 2014 (UPI)
Slick sands in Hidden Valley have delayed the Mars rover Curiosity's planned ascent of a nearby mountain. With suboptimal traction between the valley floor and ...
Stinky gases emanating from landfills could transform into clean energy
Aug 18, 2014 (SPX)
A new technique that transforms stinky, air-polluting landfill gas could produce the sweet smell of success as it leads to development of a fuel cell generating...
Copper foam turns CO2 into useful chemicals
Aug 18, 2014 (SPX)
A catalyst made from a foamy form of copper has vastly different electrochemical properties from catalysts made with smooth copper in reactions involving carbon...
Used-cigarette butts offer energy storage solution
Aug 07, 2014 (SPX)
A group of scientists from South Korea have converted used-cigarette butts into a high-performing material that could be integrated into computers, handheld dev...
A protecting umbrella against oxygen
Aug 07, 2014 (SPX)
In the development of fuel cells the effort of generations of scientist and engineers have led to efficient and stable catalysts based on noble metals. These ca...
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