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Promising computer simulations for stellarator plasmas
Sep 21, 2020 (SPX)
Since the exact computational description of plasma turbulence would require the solution of highly complex systems of equations and the execution of countless ...
Energy harvesting goes organic, gets more flexible
Sep 16, 2020 (SPX)
University College Dublin and University of Texas at Dallas researchers decided to explore peptide-based nanotubes, because they would be an appealing option fo...
Predicting the slow death of lithium-ion batteries
Sep 15, 2020 (SPX)
Instead, they operate more like a doctor prescribing treatment without knowing the state of a patient's heart and lungs, and the particular ways that environmen...
LSI grant funds further UAH fusion propulsion research
Sep 11, 2020 (SPX)
Dr. Jason Cassibry, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and an assistant research professor at the UAH Propulsion Research Center (PR...
Lightweight green supercapacitors could charge devices in a jiffy
Sep 09, 2020 (SPX)
"Integrating biomaterials into energy storage devices has been tricky because it is difficult to control their resulting electrical properties, which then grave...
Boundaries no barrier for thermoelectricity
Sep 09, 2020 (SPX)
Using a novel optical detection system, researchers at Rice University found that electricity generated by temperature differences doesn't appear to be affected...
Researchers find unexpected electrical current that could stabilize fusion reactions
Sep 07, 2020 (SPX)
"It's very important to understand which processes produce electrical currents in plasma and which phenomena could interfere with them," said Ian Ochs, graduate...
'Floppy' atomic dynamics help turn heat into electricity
Sep 07, 2020 (SPX)
The results appear online on September 4 in the journal Nature Communications. Thermoelectric materials convert heat into electricity when electrons migrate fro...
University of South Carolina, Navatek win contract to research Navy power and energy systems
Sep 02, 2020 (SPX)
The end goal of this project is to harness the full power of a ship's electrical system to meet mission-critical needs, with the help of semi- and fully autonom...
Tungsten isotope helps study how to armor future fusion reactors
Sep 02, 2020 (SPX)
Zeke Unterberg and his team at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are currently working with the leading candidate: tungsten, which has th...
Scientists propose method for eliminating damaging heat bursts in fusion device
Sep 02, 2020 (SPX)
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and General Atomics (GA) have now published a breakthrough expla...
Revised code could help improve efficiency of fusion experiments
Sep 01, 2020 (SPX)
The revised software lets researchers more easily determine the boundary of plasma in stellarators. When used in concert with two other codes, the code could he...
CU scientists create batteries that could make it easier to explore Mars
Sep 01, 2020 (SPX)
The research, which was funded by NASA, was recently reported in an article titled "Three-Dimensional Si Anodes with Fast Diffusion, High Capacity, High Rate Ca...
The factory of the future, batteries not included
Aug 24, 2020 (SPX)
Unfortunately, sensors come with their own drawbacks, many of which are due to the limited energy supply and finite lifetime of their batteries. Now the startup...
Russian chemists proposed a new design of flow batteries
Aug 19, 2020 (SPX)
Due to this setup, redox flow batteries, unlike many other energy storage devices, enable independent scaling of power and capacity of the battery, which are de...
Red bricks can be charged, store energy
Aug 12, 2020 (UPI)
Scientists published their proof-of-concept paper this week in the journal Nature Communications. "Our method works with regular brick or recycled bricks, and w...
DLR and MTU Aero Engines study fuel cell propulsion system for aviation
Aug 07, 2020 (SPX)
The German Aerospace Center and MTU Aero Engines are focusing on a fuel cell propulsion system, which they will jointly develop and validate. A Do228 will be us...
Thermal storage units that repair themselves
Aug 03, 2020 (SPX)
A major challenge for renewable energies is finding a way to store them in the medium term. Simple, cost-effective solutions are needed, so that, for example, s...
Room temperature superconductivity creeping toward possibility
Aug 03, 2020 (SPX)
The surprising discovery involved layering a two-dimensional material called molybdenum sulfide with another material called molybdenum carbide. Molybdenum carb...
First results of an upgraded device highlight lithium's value for producing fusion
Aug 03, 2020 (SPX)
More fusion-relevant The three-year upgrade turned what is now the LTX-b into a hotter, denser and more fusion-relevant device that will test how well coating a...
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