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ORNL study examines tungsten in extreme environments to improve fusion materials
Mar 09, 2017 (SPX)
A fusion reactor is essentially a magnetic bottle containing the same processes that occur in the sun. Deuterium and tritium fuels fuse to form a vapor of heliu...
Imaging the inner workings of a sodium-metal sulfide battery for first time
Mar 07, 2017 (SPX)
Sometimes understanding how a problem arises in the first place is key to finding its solution. For a team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE...
Space energy technology restored to make power stations more efficient
Mar 07, 2017 (SPX)
Satellite-powering technology that was abandoned decades ago has been reinvented to potentially work with traditional power stations to help them convert heat t...
A new approach to improving lithium-sulfur batteries
Mar 07, 2017 (SPX)
Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are the power behind most modern portable electronics, including cell phones, tablets, laptops, fitness trackers, and smart w...
ABB delivers first urban battery storage solution in Denmark to support renewables
Mar 07, 2017 (SPX)
ABB reports the commissioning of Denmark's first urban energy storage system. The Lithion-ion based battery energy storage system (BESS) will be integrated with...
New path suggested for nuclear fusion
Mar 03, 2017 (SPX)
Controlled nuclear fusion has been a holy grail for physicists who seek an endless supply of clean energy. Scientists at Rice University, the University of Illi...
Tweaking electrolyte makes better lithium-metal batteries
Mar 03, 2017 (SPX)
Scientists have found adding a pinch of something new to a battery's electrolyte gives the energy storage devices more juice per charge than today's commonly us...
Lithium-ion battery inventor introduces new technology for fast-charging, noncombustible batteries
Mar 01, 2017 (SPX)
A team of engineers led by 94-year-old John Goodenough, professor in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and co-inventor of ...
A rose to store energy
Feb 28, 2017 (SPX)
In November 2015, the research group presented results showing that they had caused roses to absorb a conducting polymer solution. Conducting hydrogel formed in...
Triboelectric nanogenerators boost mass spectrometry performance
Feb 28, 2017 (SPX)
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENG) convert mechanical energy harvested from the environment to electricity for powering small devices such as sensors or for re...
Confined nanoparticles improve hydrogen storage materials performance
Feb 28, 2017 (SPX)
Sometimes, you have to go small to win big. That is the approach a multilab, interdisciplinary team took in using nanoparticles and a novel nanoconfinement syst...
Nano-sized hydrogen storage system increases efficiency
Feb 28, 2017 (SPX)
Lawrence Livermore scientists have collaborated with an interdisciplinary team of researchers including colleagues from Sandia National Laboratories to develop ...
Getting rid of the last bits of sulfur in fuel
Feb 28, 2017 (SPX)
Scientists led by a team at Caltech have developed a new method for potentially removing nearly all sulfur compounds from gas and diesel fuel. Sulfur compounds ...
Donut-shaped fusion plasmas decrease adverse turbulence
Feb 28, 2017 (SPX)
Fusion research has been dominated by the search for a suitable way of ensuring confinement as part of the research into using fusion to generate energy. In a r...
Romeo Power expands EV battery pack production in Southern California
Feb 28, 2017 (SPX)
Romeo Power is a southern California company that designs and manufactures electric vehicle battery packs. Launched last year by renowned tech innovators Michae...
Stabilizing energy storage
Feb 22, 2017 (SPX)
Because the sun doesn't always shine, solar utilities need a way to store extra charge for a rainy day. The same goes for wind power facilities, since the wind ...
New hydronium-ion battery presents opportunity for more sustainable energy storage
Feb 22, 2017 (SPX)
A new type of battery developed by scientists at Oregon State University shows promise for sustainable, high-power energy storage. It's the world's first batter...
Tiny nanoclusters could solve big problems for lithium-ion batteries
Feb 22, 2017 (SPX)
As devices become smaller and more powerful, they require faster, smaller, more stable batteries. University of Illinois chemists have developed a superionic so...
Waste silicon sawdust recycled into anode for lithium-ion battery
Feb 22, 2017 (SPX)
Researchers have created a high performance anode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) using waste silicon (Si) sawdust. It is energy-consuming and expensi...
Looking for the next leap in rechargeable batteries
Feb 21, 2017 (SPX)
USC researchers may have just found a solution for one of the biggest stumbling blocks to the next wave of rechargeable batteries - small enough for cellphones ...
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