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Fusion by strong lasers
Dec 09, 2019 (SPX)
But fusion could be initiated at lower energies with electromagnetic fields that are generated, for example, by state-of-the-art free electron lasers emitting X...
Electronic map reveals 'rules of the road' in superconductor
Dec 09, 2019 (SPX)
In a study online this week in the American Physical Society journal Physical Review X (PRX), physicist Ming Yi and colleagues offer up a band structure map for...
Study sheds light on the peculiar 'normal' phase of high-temperature superconductors
Dec 04, 2019 (SPX)
Even in their normal state, these materials are pretty peculiar. Now, an experiment at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has probe...
New membrane technology to boost water purification and energy storage
Dec 03, 2019 (SPX)
The new approach to ion exchange membrane design, which is published in Nature Materials, uses low-cost plastic membranes with many tiny hydrophilic ('water att...
The impact of molecular rotation on a peculiar isotope effect on water hydrogen bonds
Dec 03, 2019 (SPX)
In the 1930s, Ubbelohde first proposed that deuteration elongates and weakens hydrogen bonds in many hydrogen-bonded systems. Ever since, such an isotope effect...
New device enables battery-free computer input at the tip of your finger
Dec 03, 2019 (SPX)
The device, called Tip-Tap, is inexpensive and battery-free through the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to sense when fingertips touch. The de...
T-shirt generates electricity from temperature difference between body and surroundings
Nov 25, 2019 (SPX)
"So far, metals have been the chemical elements commonly used in the fabrication of electronic devices. This project took a step forward, and we have been able ...
Big plans to save the planet depend on nanoscopic materials improving energy storage
Nov 25, 2019 (SPX)
Scientists and politicians have recognized the need for an urgent and substantial shift in the world's mechanisms of energy production and consumption in order ...
Researchers visualize bacteria motor in first step toward human-produced electrical energy
Nov 22, 2019 (SPX)
The researchers specifically focused on a rotational motor dubbed V1 that functions as part of a pump that moves sodium ions across the membrane as a part of he...
PPPL scientist confirms way to launch current in fusion plasmas
Nov 19, 2019 (SPX)
Now, physicist Fatima Ebrahimi of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has used high-resolution computer simulations...
HKU team invents Direct Thermal Charging Cell for converting waste heat to electricity
Nov 19, 2019 (SPX)
Low grade heat is abundantly available in industrial processes (80 to 150C), as well as in the environment, living things, solar-thermal (50 to 60C) and geother...
New material breaks world record turning heat into electricity
Nov 18, 2019 (SPX)
The best thermoelectrics to date were measured at ZT values of around 2.5 to 2.8. Scientists at TU Wien (Vienna) have now succeeded in developing a completely n...
New exploration method for geothermal energy
Nov 15, 2019 (SPX)
Borehole, core and micro-earthquake data show that the pathways are spatially connected, permeable structures, such as fractures or faults in the rock. However,...
Using mountains for long-term energy storage
Nov 12, 2019 (SPX)
Although pumped-hydro storage (PHS) technologies are an economically feasible choice for long-term energy storage with large capacities - higher than 50 megawat...
Skoltech scientists developed superfast charging high-capacity potassium batteries based on organic
Nov 12, 2019 (SPX)
In addition, they demonstrated impressive stability of cathode materials and record high energy density in fast charge/discharge potassium-based batteries. The ...
Scientists discover a new high-temperature superconductor
Nov 11, 2019 (SPX)
A truly remarkable property of quantum materials, superconductivity is a complete loss of electrical resistance under quite particular, and sometimes, very hars...
Scientists design new grid batteries for renewable energy
Nov 11, 2019 (SPX)
Now, a battery membrane technology developed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) may point to...
UK needs to act to prevent electric vehicle battery waste mountain
Nov 07, 2019 (SPX)
A review of lithium ion battery recycling led by the University of Birmingham suggests that, while electric vehicles (EVs) offer a solution for cutting pollutio...
The Current War: Director's Cut'
Nov 05, 2019 (The Conversation)
Another electricity pioneer, engineer and inventor George Westinghouse, was convinced that Edison's system wouldn't scale, to use a modern term. When Westinghou...
PowerCell to present new version of MS-100 fuel cell system
Nov 05, 2019 (SPX)
The MS-100 fuel cell system has been developed for marine applications and off-road applications such as construction and material handling equipment which dema...
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