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Breakthrough in Electricity Storage: New Large and Powerful Redox Flow Battery
March 18, 2013 More and more electricity is being generated from intermittent sources of power, such as solar and wind energy. Powerful electric energy storage devices are necessary to level out corresponding ... > full story -
Model Allows Engineers to Test Fuel Systems on Computers
March 18, 2013 Engineers will be able to design better fuel systems for everything from motorcycles to rockets faster and more inexpensively because of a new mathematical fuels ... > full story -
Is Technology Really Too Fast for Society?
March 14, 2013 We often hear that technology is advancing so fast that society cannot keep up. But in reality, social change is intimately linked to technology changes, and that expectations of what technology can ... > full story -
Catalysts That Produce 'Green' Fuel
March 12, 2013 The energy produced by solar panels, be it heat or electricity, has to be used right away. It is hard to store and preserve and also its transportation can be rather complicated. Creating solar cells ... > full story -
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Researchers Map out an Alternative Energy Future for New York
March 12, 2013 A new study outlines a path to statewide renewable energy conversion, and away from natural gas and imported ... > full story -
Duckweed as a Cost-Competitive Raw Material for Biofuel Production
March 7, 2013 The search for a less-expensive, sustainable source of biomass, or plant material, for producing gasoline, diesel and jet fuel has led scientists to duckweed, that fast-growing floating plant that ... > full story -
Biobatteries Catch Breath
March 7, 2013 An air-breathing bio-battery has been constructed by researchers from Poland. The core element providing the new power source with relatively high voltage and long lifetime is a carefully designed ... > full story -
Analytical Theory May Bring Improvements to Lithium-Ion Batteries
March 5, 2013 Researchers have shown theoretically how to control or eliminate the formation of "dendrites" that cause lithium-ion batteries to fail, an advance that if realized would improve safety and might ... > full story -
Artificial Leaf: Solar-to-Fuel Roadmap Developed for Crystalline Silicon
March 4, 2013 A new analysis points the way to optimizing efficiency of an integrated system for harvesting sunlight to make storable ... > full story -
Unlocking Fuel Cell Conductivity
February 27, 2013 Work on a high-conductivity material demonstrates the role of oxygen ions in enhancing their ... > full story
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