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Researchers discover a surprising way to jump-start battery performance
Sep 01, 2024 (SPX)
In a study published in Joule, researchers at the SLAC-Stanford Battery Center report that giving batteries this first charge at unusually high currents increas...
Bubbling, frothing and sloshing: Long-hypothesized plasma instabilities finally observed
Aug 30, 2024 (SPX)
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) created detailed pictures of a magnetic field bending outward bec...
Innovative smart windows cool buildings and generate electricity without external power
Aug 26, 2024 (SPX)
A research team led by Professor Seung Hwan Ko from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Seoul National University has developed multifunctional smart wi...
Study of disordered rock salts leads to battery breakthrough
Aug 23, 2024 (SPX)
A new MIT study is making sure the material fulfills that promise. Led by Ju Li, the Tokyo Electric Power Company Professor in Nuclear Engineering and professor...
Quenching the intense heat of a fusion plasma may require a well-placed liquid metal evaporator
Aug 22, 2024 (SPX)
"PPPL's expertise in using liquid metals, particularly liquid lithium, for enhanced fusion performance is helping refine ideas about how it can best be deployed...
MIT developing advanced materials to extend fusion reactor lifespan
Aug 20, 2024 (SPX)
MIT's Energy Initiative (MITEI) is focusing on the development of advanced materials that could help overcome these obstacles. Corporate partners have been supp...
More durable metals for fusion power reactors
Aug 20, 2024 (SPX)
Decades of work and billions of dollars in research funding have yielded many advances, but challenges remain. To Ju Li, the TEPCO Professor in Nuclear Science ...
Argentine lithium a boon for some, doom for others
Aug 14, 2024 (AFP)
And while she welcomes the income of about $1,700 per month -- a fortune for most in economic-crisis-riddled Argentina -- she laments the impact on critical wat...
SwRI Expands EV Battery Research with Launch of EVESE-II Consortium
Aug 13, 2024 (SPX)
"We are proud to serve the EV industry by bringing together manufacturers, suppliers and battery designers and developers with materials scientists to address a...
Thousands protest in Serbian capital against lithium mine
Aug 10, 2024 (AFP)
Ahead of the rally, two leading protest figures said security officials had briefly detained them, warning them that any moves to block roads during the protest...
Heating for fusion: Why toast plasma when you can microwave it
Aug 08, 2024 (SPX)
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), the private company Tokamak Energy and Kyushu University in Japa...
Lehigh Researchers Use Mayonnaise to Explore Nuclear Fusion Stability
Aug 08, 2024 (SPX)
"We're still working on the same problem, which is the structural integrity of fusion capsules used in inertial confinement fusion, and Hellmann's Real Mayonnai...
New Study Highlights Ancient Technology's Role in Future Clean Energy
Aug 05, 2024 (SPX)
The technique involves using heat-absorbing bricks, known as "firebricks," stored in an insulated container to capture heat generated by solar or wind power. Th...
New Understanding of Neutron Damage in Thyristors Boosts Fusion Reactor Safety
Aug 05, 2024 (SPX)
Their findings were published in Nuclear Science and Techniques. High-power semiconductors, particularly thyristors, are crucial components in the power supply ...
Self-Healing and Biodegradable Energy Device Unveiled by DGIST Researchers
Aug 05, 2024 (SPX)
In recent years, research on triboelectric generators, which convert kinetic energy into electrical energy through friction, has gained momentum as a future pow...
Rice develops efficient lithium recovery method from battery waste
Jul 30, 2024 (SPX)
Traditionally, extracting lithium from used batteries is both environmentally damaging and highly inefficient. A team of researchers at Rice University, led by ...
Chinese EV battery giant CATL posts jump in profits
Jul 26, 2024 (AFP)
Founded in 2011 in the eastern coastal Chinese city of Ningde, CATL produces more than a third of the electric vehicle batteries sold worldwide. They are used i...
Star Catcher Secures $12.25M Seed Funding to Revolutionize Space Energy
Jul 25, 2024 (SPX)
The Star Catcher Network is poised to be a pioneering energy grid capable of transmitting substantial levels of broad-spectrum energy to spacecraft in Low Earth...
Optimizing Thermal Stability in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Jul 23, 2024 (SPX)
SOFCs can experience temperature changes during operation, especially when generating electricity from waste heat in industrial processes or thermal power plant...
FLARE Fusion Neutron System Unveiled by SHINE Technologies
Jul 23, 2024 (SPX)
Previously, assessing the radiation endurance of defense systems was a slow and labor-intensive process. The Department of Defense plays a crucial role in prote...
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