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HKUST develops world's most durable hydrogen fuel cell
Jul 06, 2022 (SPX)
Hydrogen fuel cell is a promising clean energy option as it generates power by converting hydrogen and oxygen into electricity, with zero emission of carbon dio...
Ultra-thin, high-efficient piezoelectric element generate electricity from daily life movement
Jul 06, 2022 (SPX)
As the need for a telemedicine system increases, there has been active research on new energy sources that will continuously supply energy to the electronic ski...
Two opposing approaches could give lithium-sulfur batteries a leg up over lithium-ion
Jul 06, 2022 (SPX)
Lithium-ion batteries have revolutionized portable electronics, assisted the rollout of electric vehicles, and permitted the development of smart grids in the p...
These energy-packed batteries work well in extreme cold and heat
Jul 06, 2022 (SPX)
The temperature-resilient batteries are described in a paper published the week of July 4 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Such batter...
Sieving carbons: Ideal anodes for high-energy sodium-ion batteries
Jul 06, 2022 (SPX)
Non-graphitic carbons are the most promising anode candidates for SIBs. However, challenged by their variable and complicated microstructures, what is the ideal...
GeoLaB: Future with geothermal energy
Jun 30, 2022 (SPX)
Most regions in Germany are suitable for the use of deep geothermal energy to help achieve climate neutrality while also reducing dependence on imported energy....
Tapping into the million-year energy source below our feet
Jun 29, 2022 (SPX)
Woskov, a research engineer in MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center, notes the plant's power turbine is still intact and the transmission lines still run to t...
Cryogenic industry has expertise down cold
Jun 21, 2022 (XNA)
The high-powered, 10-kilowatt refrigerator, which can reach -253.15 C, made its developer, Beijing Sinoscience Fullcryo Technology Co Ltd, the nation's first co...
Lockheed Martin to build first long-duration energy storage system for US Army
Jun 16, 2022 (SPX)
GridStar Flow is an innovative redox flow battery designed for large-capacity storage applications that stores power generated from renewable energy sources and...
Evan Leppink: Seeking a way to better stabilize the fusion environment
Jun 16, 2022 (SPX)
Now, an award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program will support his work with a 12-month resid...
Energy harvesting to power the Internet of Things
Jun 14, 2022 (SPX)
Lise-Marie Lacroix from the Universite de Toulouse, France, with colleagues from Toulouse, Grenoble and Atlanta, Georgia, USA, has used a mathematical technique...
UQ discovery paves the way for faster computers, longer-lasting batteries
Jun 10, 2022 (SPX)
Using quantum mechanics, Professor Ben Powell from UQ's School of Mathematics and Physics has discovered a 'recipe' which allows molecular switches to work at r...
Lifespan of solid-state lithium batteries extended by Surrey researchers
Jun 10, 2022 (SPX)
The strength of the new, high-density batteries produced by the University of Surrey means that they are less likely to short-circuit - a problem found in previ...
New feedback system can improve efficiency of fusion reactions
Jun 10, 2022 (SPX)
"Our main result is that we showed that our technique can suppress ELMs while maximizing plasma performance," said Ricardo Shousha, a graduate student in the pl...
Uncovering a novel way to bring to Earth the energy that powers the sun and stars
Jun 09, 2022 (SPX)
Fusion combines light elements in the form of plasma - the hot, charged state of matter composed of free electrons and atomic nuclei - that generates massive am...
Novel strategy to make fast-charging solid-state batteries
Jun 03, 2022 (SPX)
Solid-state batteries are poised to replace the lithium-ion batteries found in almost every portable electronic device. But on repeated or excessive use, they d...
Electrolyte additive offers lithium battery performance breakthrough
Jun 02, 2022 (SPX)
The findings, published on May 9 in Nature Energy, offer a remedy to notorious degradation problems that crop up for nickel-rich cathode materials, especially a...
University of Houston researchers identify alternative to lithium-based battery technology
Jun 01, 2022 (SPX)
While lithium does have many advantages - high energy density and capacity to be combined with renewable energy sources to support grid-level energy storage - l...
Finding superconductivity in nickelates
May 27, 2022 (SPX)
"As theorists, we generally fail in predicting new superconductors," she said. However, in 2021, she experienced the highlight of her early career. Working with...
A new step in the search for room-temperature superconductors
May 27, 2022 (SPX)
The discovery, which is described in the journal Science, is a tantalizing step in the decades-long search for room-temperature superconductors that could unlea...
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