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3-D nanostructure could benefit gas storage
Jul 16, 2014 (SPX)
A three-dimensional porous nanostructure would have a balance of strength, toughness and ability to transfer heat that could benefit nanoelectronics, gas storag...
Labs characterize carbon for batteries
Jul 16, 2014 (SPX)
Lithium-ion batteries could benefit from a theoretical model created at Rice University and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory that predicts how carbon comp...
Rutgers Chemists Develop Clean-Burning Hydrogen Fuel
Jul 15, 2014 (SPX)
Rutgers researchers have developed a technology that could overcome a major cost barrier to make clean-burning hydrogen fuel - a fuel that could replace expensi...
Assessing energy balance of large-scale hydrogen production
Jul 15, 2014 (SPX)
In the search for clean energy solutions to displace greenhouse gas emitting fossil fuels, few technological options are as alluring as directly producing hydro...
Getting a charge out of water droplets
Jul 14, 2014 (SPX)
Last year, MIT researchers discovered that when water droplets spontaneously jump away from superhydrophobic surfaces during condensation, they can gain electri...
Flexlab Opens Test Beds to Drive Dramatic Increase in Building Efficiency
Jul 14, 2014 (SPX)
The world's most advanced energy efficiency test bed for buildings is open for business, launched by U.S. Department of Energy Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman. ...
Silicon sponge improves lithium-ion battery performance
Jul 11, 2014 (SPX)
The lithium-ion batteries that power our laptops and electric vehicles could store more energy and run longer on a single charge with the help of a sponge-like ...
RUB chemists develop novel catalyst with two functions
Jul 11, 2014 (SPX)
Chemists at the Ruhr-Universitat Bochum have made a decisive step towards more cost-efficient regenerative fuel cells and rechargeable metal-air batteries. They...
Using Sand to Improve Battery Performance
Jul 11, 2014 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering have created a lithium ion battery that outperforms the current industry ...
Geothermal helping deliver clean energy future for California
Jul 11, 2014 (SPX)
The Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) will hold its fourth annual National Geothermal Summit Tuesday, August 5 and Wednesday, August 6 in Reno, Nevada. Renewa...
Britain wins carbon capture funding from EU
Jul 08, 2014 (AFP)
A coal-burning power plant in Yorkshire is to receive 300 million euros in EU funds to develop a new way of keeping polluting carbon emissions out of the atmosp...
Insights from nature for more efficient water splitting
Jul 08, 2014 (SPX)
Water splitting is one of the critical reactions that sustain life on earth, and could be a key to the creation of future fuels. It is a key in the process of p...
Hollow-fiber membranes could cut separation costs, energy use
Jul 05, 2014 (SPX)
Researchers have developed a microfluidic technique for fabricating a new class of metal-organic framework (MOF) membranes inside hollow polymer fibers that are...
Scandlines hybrid electric ferries largest hybrid ferry fleet in the world
Jul 01, 2014 (SPX)
Corvus Energy and Scandlines has announced the completion of the commissioning for the Scandlines' fleet of hybrid ferries: the M/V Deutschland, M/V Schleswig-H...
Cambridge team breaks superconductor world record
Jul 01, 2014 (SPX)
A world record that has stood for more than a decade has been broken by a team led by University of Cambridge engineers, harnessing the equivalent of three tonn...
Study helps unlock mystery of high-temp superconductors
Jul 01, 2014 (SPX)
A Binghamton University physicist and his colleagues say they have unlocked one key mystery surrounding high-temperature superconductivity. Their research, publ...
USC scientists create new battery that's cheap, clean, rechargeable...and organic
Jun 30, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists at USC have developed a water-based organic battery that is long lasting, built from cheap, eco-friendly components. The new battery - which uses no ...
New Look At Skyrmions Holds Promise For Spintronics
Jun 30, 2014 (SPX)
Skyrmions, subatomic quasiparticles that could play a key role in future spintronic technologies, have been observed for the first time using x-rays. An interna...
World's first magnetic hose created
Jun 30, 2014 (SPX)
The magnetic hose designed by the researchers consists of a ferromagnetic cylinder covered by a superconductor material, a surprisingly simple design given the ...
Light-emitting diode treatments outperform traditional lighting methods
Jun 30, 2014 (SPX)
In Canada, where outdoor growing seasons are limited, sales from greenhouse fruit and vegetable production operations still surpass $1.1 billion annually. Findi...
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