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Hydrogen in your pocket? New plastic for carrying and storing hydrogen
Nov 29, 2016 (SPX)
A Waseda University (Tokyo) research group has developed a polymer which can store hydrogen in a light, compact and flexible sheet, and is safe to touch even wh...
Physicists spell 'AV' by manipulating Abrikosov vortices
Nov 29, 2016 (SPX)
A nanophotonics group lead by Prof. Brahim Lounis of the University of Bordeaux and including scientists from MIPT has performed a unique experiment involving t...
The fusion reactor that employs a liquid metal shower
Nov 29, 2016 (SPX)
In a magnetic field confinement fusion reactor, we maintain the high-temperature plasma through the magnetic field lines by floating the plasma apart from a ves...
Glow-in-the-dark dye could fuel liquid-based batteries
Nov 21, 2016 (SPX)
Could a glow-in-the-dark dye be the next advancement in energy storage technology? Scientists at the University at Buffalo think so. They have identified a fluo...
Researchers report new thermoelectric material with high power factors
Nov 17, 2016 (SPX)
With energy conservation expected to play a growing role in managing global demand, materials and methods that make better use of existing sources of energy hav...
EAST achieves longest steady-state H-mode pperations
Nov 17, 2016 (SPX)
Celebrating the tenth anniversary of physics operation since 2006, recent 11th EAST (Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak) campaign reached a milestone...
Battery cars a better choice for reducing emissions than fuel cells
Nov 16, 2016 (SPX)
Many communities would be better off investing in electric vehicles that run on batteries instead of hydrogen fuel cells, in part because the hydrogen infrastru...
First observations of tongue deformation of plasma
Nov 16, 2016 (SPX)
Aiming for the achievement of fusion energy, research on confining a high temperature, high density plasma in a magnetic field is being conducted around the wor...
Bottlebrush polymers make dielectric elastomers viable for use in devices
Nov 14, 2016 (SPX)
A multi-institutional research team has developed a new electroactive polymer material that can change shape and size when exposed to a relatively small electri...
PPPL physicists build diagnostic that measures plasma velocity in real time
Nov 09, 2016 (SPX)
Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have developed a diagnostic that provides crucial real-time infor...
Salty batteries
Nov 09, 2016 (SPX)
Smartphones, laptops, electric cars--whatever the device, an efficient battery is high on any user's wish list. The search for the next-generation battery has r...
Lithium ion extraction
Nov 07, 2016 (SPX)
The increasing usage of lithium for batteries or high-performance metals requires improved extraction techniques of lithium from primary sources such as salt la...
Making high-performance batteries from junkyard scraps
Nov 07, 2016 (SPX)
Take some metal scraps from the junkyard; put them in a glass jar with a common household chemical; and, voila, you have a high-performance battery. "Imagine th...
Shoring up the power grid - with DIY scrap-metal batteries
Nov 07, 2016 (SPX)
With residential solar energy ramping up, consumers are looking for ways to store extra energy without breaking the bank. To help solve this problem, a team of ...
Physicists induce superconductivity in non-superconducting materials
Nov 02, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of Houston have reported a new method for inducing superconductivity in non-superconducting materials, demonstrating a concept pro...
Next-generation smartphone battery inspired by the gut
Nov 02, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers have developed a prototype of a next-generation lithium-sulphur battery which takes its inspiration in part from the cells lining the human intestin...
High-storage sodium ion batteries
Nov 01, 2016 (SPX)
The mechanism of sodium ion storage in an important two-dimensional material could be a simpler and less toxic route to cheaper batteries, a team of KAUST resea...
What's the silent danger lurking in our rechargeable devices?
Oct 31, 2016 (SPX)
Dozens of dangerous gases are produced by the batteries found in billions of consumer devices, like smartphones and tablets, according to a new study. The resea...
Hybrid nanostructures hold hydrogen well
Oct 31, 2016 (SPX)
Layers of graphene separated by nanotube pillars of boron nitride may be a suitable material to store hydrogen fuel in cars, according to Rice University scient...
A disappearing feast: Mean flows remain slim after eating eddies
Oct 28, 2016 (SPX)
Magnetic confinement fusion holds the promise of almost limitless amounts of energy, available on demand and producing zero carbon dioxide. But in order to harn...
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