Electricity News
June 15, 2024
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June 14, 2024 — Spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC), as a source of entangled photons, is of great interest for quantum physics and quantum technology, but so far it could be only implemented in solids. Researchers have demonstrated, for the first time, ...
June 14, 2024 — Layers of carbon atoms in a honeycomb array are a true supermaterial: their unusually high conductivity and favorable mechanical properties could further the development of bendable electronics, new batteries, and innovative composite materials for ...
June 12, 2024 — A team aims to improve options for renewable energy storage through work on an emerging technology -- liquids for hydrogen ...
June 13, 2024 — Researchers have developed new chemistry to achieve commercially relevant stability and performance for perovskite solar ...
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June 11, 2024 — A study revealed that a simple thermal reaction of gallium nitride with metallic magnesium results in the formation of a distinctive superlattice ...
June 12, 2024 — Scientists maximize the efficiency of hafnia-based ferroelectric memory ...
June 12, 2024 — To understand the unique physical phenomena associated with the properties of magnetic hedgehogs and antihedgehogs, which behave as virtual magnetic monopoles and antimonopoles respectively, it is ...
June 11, 2024 — The need to transition away from fossil fuels to more sustainable energy production is critical. That's why a team of researchers is looking at a potential power source that not only produces no ...
May 20, 2024 — Researchers experimentally investigate the impact of introducing high-density calcium on the superconductivity of calcium-intercalated bilayer ...
June 6, 2024 — A research team has developed a liquid metal-based electronic logic device that mimics the intelligent prey-capture mechanism of Venus flytraps. ...
June 6, 2024 — The molecules that make up the matter around us are in constant motion. What if we could harness that energy and put it to use? Over 150 years ago Maxwell theorized that if molecules' motion could be ...
June 5, 2024 — Researchers have developed a low-cost, energy-efficient method for making materials that can capture carbon dioxide directly from the air. Researchers used a method similar to charging a battery to ...
June 4, 2024 — A perspective piece describes innovative strategies that significantly reduce both resource consumption and fossil fuel ...
June 4, 2024 — Floating solar photovoltaic panels could supply all the electricity needs of some countries, new research has shown. The researchers calculated the ...
Earlier Headlines
June 5, 2024 — The U.S. public displays more positive than negative sentiment toward nuclear energy but concerns remain about waste, cost and safety, according to an analysis of 300,000 posts on social ...
June 3, 2024 — Researchers conducting a study at a high-traffic intersection in a Jersey Shore town have found that the installation of a bike lane along the road approaching the convergence reduced driving ...
June 3, 2024 — An international research team has sparked interest in the scientific community with results in quantum physics. In their current study, the researchers reinterpret the Higgs mechanism, which gives ...
June 3, 2024 — Scientists have employed artificial intelligence techniques to improve the design and production of nanofibers used in wearable nanofiber acoustic energy harvesters (NAEH). These acoustic devices ...
May 31, 2024 — Converting home heating systems from natural gas furnaces to electric heat pumps is seen as a way to address climate change by reducing greenhouse gas ...
May 31, 2024 — MRI scans are commonly used to diagnose a variety of conditions, anything from liver disease to brain tumors. But, as anyone who has been through one knows, patients must remain completely still to ...
May 31, 2024 — As more and more people drive electric cars, congestion and queues can occur when many people need to charge at the same time. A new study shows how AI-controlled charging stations, through smart ...
May 30, 2024 — Engineers have helped design a new method to make hydrogen gas from water using only solar power and agricultural waste such as manure or husks. The method reduces the energy needed to extract ...
May 30, 2024 — Researchers probed the transit of cations across a nanopore membrane for the generation of osmotic energy. The team controlled the passage of cations across the membrane using a voltage applied to a ...
May 29, 2024 — Artificial intelligence (AI) combined with a novel bio-inspired camera achieves 100 times faster detection of pedestrians and obstacles than current automotive cameras. This important step for ...
May 29, 2024 — Advances in electrochromic coatings may bring us closer to environmentally friendly ways to keep inside spaces cool. Like eyeglasses that darken to provide sun protection, the optical properties of ...
May 29, 2024 — As a newly developed perovskite with a large amount of intrinsic oxygen vacancies, BaSc0.8W0.2O2.8 achieves high proton conduction at low and intermediate temperatures, report scientists. By the ...
May 29, 2024 — Scientists have discovered that mycelium composites, biobased materials made from fungi and agricultural residues, can have a greater environmental impact than conventional fossil-fuel-based ...
May 29, 2024 — Researchers have managed to generate propagating spin waves at the nanoscale and discovered a novel pathway to modulate and amplify them. Their discovery could pave the way for the development of ...
May 29, 2024 — Researchers unveil the interaction between polymeric materials and sulfide solid ...
May 28, 2024 — Offshore wind could have prevented the Fukushima disaster, according to a review of wind ...
May 28, 2024 — A team has analyzed the risk and damage potential of hydrogen vehicles in tunnels and derived recommendations. Their conclusion? Any damage would be extensive, but its occurrence is ...
May 28, 2024 — Team develops a high-energy, high-efficiency all-solid-state Na-air battery ...
May 28, 2024 — Plant hydraulics drive the biological process that moves fluids from roots to plant stems and leaves, creating streaming electric potential, or voltage, in the process. A study closely examined the ...
May 28, 2024 — A new model for ballooning instabilities in apple-shaped fusion vessels considers the height and width of the plasma's ...
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Monday, June 3, 2024
- Traffic Speeds Decrease When Bike Lane Is Present
- Groundbreaking Progress in Quantum Physics: How Quantum Field Theories Decay and Fission
- Enhancing Nanofibrous Acoustic Energy Harvesters With Artificial Intelligence
Friday, May 31, 2024
- Overcoming Barriers to Heat Pump Adoption in Cold Climates and Avoiding the 'energy Poverty Trap'
- This Self-Powered Sensor Could Make MRIs More Efficient
- AI-Controlled Stations Can Charge Electric Cars at a Personal Price
Thursday, May 30, 2024
- New Method Makes Hydrogen from Solar Power and Agricultural Waste
- Controlling Ion Transport for a Blue Energy Future
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
- Bio-Inspired Cameras and AI Help Drivers Detect Pedestrians and Obstacles Faster
- Electrochromic Films -- Like Sunglasses for Your Windows?
- Solving the Problems of Proton-Conducting Perovskites for Next-Generation Fuel Cells
- Biobased Building Materials Less Sustainable Than Concrete in South Africa, Experts Find
- Study Is Step Towards Energy-Efficient Quantum Computing in Magnets
- Polymeric Films Protect Anodes from Sulfide Solid Electrolytes
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
- Wind Farms Are Cheaper Than You Think -- And Could Have Prevented Fukushima, Says Global Review
- What Are the Risks of Hydrogen Vehicles in Tunnels?
- 'The Magic of Making Electricity from Metals and Air' The Vexing Carbonate Has Achieved It!
- Harnessing Green Energy from Plants Depends on Their Circadian Rhythms
- Apple Versus Donut: How the Shape of a Tokamak Impacts the Limits of the Edge of the Plasma
Friday, May 24, 2024
- Charge Your Laptop in a Minute or Your EV in 10? Supercapacitors Can Help
- Controlling Water, Transforming Greenhouse Gases
Thursday, May 23, 2024
- Renewable Grid: Recovering Electricity from Heat Storage Hits 44% Efficiency
- Electromechanical Material Doesn't Get 'clamped' Down
- Charting a Pathway to Next-Gen Biofuels
- Iron Could Be Key to Less Expensive, Greener Lithium-Ion Batteries, Research Finds
- New Milestone for Lithium Metal Batteries
- Producing Novel Liquid Crystals by Stacking Antiaromatic Units
- New Discoveries About the Nature of Light Could Improve Methods for Heating Fusion Plasma
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
- Scientists Learn How to Control Muscles With Light
- Cement Recycling Method Could Help Solve One of the World's Biggest Climate Challenges
- 'Fossilizing' Cracks in Infrastructure Creates Sealing That Can Even Survive Earthquakes
- Scientists Develop New Battery-Free Lactic Acid Sensor
- Flexible Film Senses Nearby Movements -- Featured in Blink-Tracking Glasses
- Streamlined Microcomb Design Provides Control With the Flip of a Switch
- Ethylene from CO2: Building-Kit Catalyst
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
- New Crystal Production Method Could Enhance Quantum Computers and Electronics
- Recycling Carbon Dioxide Into Household Chemicals
Monday, May 20, 2024
- Powering Wearable Devices With High-Performing Carbon Nanotube Yarns
- Seeking Stronger Steel, Systematic Look at 120 Combinations of Alloy Elements Provides Clues
Friday, May 17, 2024
Thursday, May 16, 2024
- A Powerful Tool Speeds Success in Achieving Highly Efficient Thermoelectric Materials
- More Efficient Bioethanol Production Might Be Possible Using Persimmon Tannin to Help Yeast Thrive
- Wind Farms Can Offset Their Emissions Within Two Years
- Shedding Light on Perovskite Hydrides Using a New Deposition Technique
- Polyglycerol Coating: A Breakthrough in Safer Nanoparticle Environmental Remediation
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
- What Is the Carbon Footprint of a House in Japan?
- Carbon-Capture Batteries Developed to Store Renewable Energy, Help Climate
- Copper Can't Be Mined Fast Enough to Electrify the US
- Making Batteries Takes a Lot of Lithium: Some Could Come from Gas Well Wastewater
- Animal Brain Inspired AI Game Changer for Autonomous Robots
- Much More Than a World First Image of Radioactive Cesium Atoms
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
- The Case for Sharing Carbon Storage Risk
- Eco-Friendly and Affordable Battery for Low-Income Countries
- Speedy, Secure, Sustainable -- That's the Future of Telecom
Monday, May 13, 2024
- Milestone in Plasma Acceleration
- Exceptionally Large Transverse Thermoelectric Effect Produced by Combining Thermoelectric and Magnetic Materials
- Hide and Seek Between Atoms: Find the Dopant
Friday, May 10, 2024
Thursday, May 9, 2024
- Transforming Common Soft Magnets Into a Next-Generation Thermoelectric Conversion Materials by 3 Minutes Heat Treatment
- New Machine Learning Algorithm Promises Advances in Computing
- Getting Dirty to Clean Up the Chemical Industry's Environmental Impact
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Thursday, May 2, 2024
- New Eco-Friendly Lubricant Additives Protect Turbine Equipment, Waterways
- Physicists Arrange Atoms in Extremely Close Proximity
- Path to Easier Recycling of Solar Modules
- New Sensor Detects Errors in MRI Scans
- Cost-Effective, High-Capacity, and Cyclable Lithium-Ion Battery Cathodes
- New Mirror That Can Be Flexibly Shaped Improves X-Ray Microscopes
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
- The Big Quantum Chill: Scientists Modify Common Lab Refrigerator to Cool Faster With Less Energy
- Researchers Unlock Potential of 2D Magnetic Devices for Future Computing
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
- Methane Emissions from Landfill Could Be Turned Into Sustainable Jet Fuel in Plasma Chemistry Leap
- Innovation Promises to Prevent Power Pole-Top Fires
- E-Bike Incentives Prove to Be Worth the Investment
Monday, April 29, 2024
- When Does a Conductor Not Conduct?
- Physicists Show That Light Can Generate Electricity Even in Translucent Materials
Friday, April 26, 2024
- Energy Trades Could Help Resolve Nile Conflict
- Tomography-Based Digital Twins of Nd-Fe-B Magnets
- Scientists Capture X-Rays from Upward Positive Lightning
- More Efficient Molecular Motor Widens Potential Applications
- Robotic Nerve 'cuffs' Could Help Treat a Range of Neurological Conditions
Thursday, April 25, 2024
- New Offshore Wind Turbines Can Take Away Energy from Existing Ones
- Key to Efficient and Stable Organic Solar Cells
- How Electric Vehicle Drivers Can Escape Range Anxiety
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- This Salt Battery Harvests Osmotic Energy Where the River Meets the Sea
- A Simple 'twist' Improves the Engine of Clean Fuel Generation
- Condensed Matter Physics: Novel One-Dimensional Superconductor
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- Magnetic Microcoils Unlock Targeted Single-Neuron Therapies for Neurodegenerative Disorders
- Manipulating the Geometry of 'electron Universe' In Magnets
Monday, April 22, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
- The Biggest Barrier to a Vibrant Second-Hand EV Market? Price
- A Flexible and Efficient DC Power Converter for Sustainable-Energy Microgrids
Thursday, April 18, 2024
- Silent Flight Edges Closer to Take Off
- Coal Train Pollution Increases Health Risks and Disparities
- Mess Is Best: Disordered Structure of Battery-Like Devices Improves Performance
- Novel Material Supercharges Innovation in Electrostatic Energy Storage
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- Clearing the Air: Wind Farms More Land Efficient Than Previously Thought
- Machine Learning Used to Create a Fabric-Based Touch Sensor