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Navy Researchers Look to Rotating Detonation Engines to Power the Future
November 2, 2012 — At the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, scientists are studying the complex physics of rotating detonation engines which offer the potential for high dollar savings by way of reduced fuel consumption ... > full story -
Temporary Storage for Electrons in a Hydrogen-Producing Enzyme
November 2, 2012 — Scientists have found through spectroscopic investigations on a hydrogen-producing enzyme that the environment of the catalytic site acts as an electron reservoir in the enzyme. Thus, it can very ... > full story -
New Silicon-Based Batteries Outperform Current Batteries: 'Crushed' Porous Silicon Anodes Show Dramatic Increase in Charge-Discharge Cycles
November 1, 2012 — Rice researchers crush their custom silicon sponges to make battery anodes that outperform those in current batteries and should easily scale up for ... > full story -
'Ordered' Catalyst Boosts Fuel Cell Output at Lower Cost
October 30, 2012 — Fuel cells, which convert fuel directly into electricity without burning it, promise a less polluted future where cars run on pure hydrogen and exhaust nothing but water vapor. But the catalysts that ... > full story -
Materials Scientists Make Additive-Free Battery Electrodes With Nanoparticles
October 30, 2012 — Materials scientists have developed a simple, robust way to fabricate carbon-free and polymer-free, lightweight colloidal films for lithium-ion battery electrodes, which could greatly improve battery ... > full story -
The Hunt for Electron Holes: A Molecular Glance on Solar Water Splitting
October 30, 2012 — Hydrogen production by solar water splitting in photoelectrochemical cells (PEC) has long been considered the holy grail of sustainable energy research. Iron oxide is a promising electrode material. ... > full story -
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Titan Supercomputer Debuts: Computer Churns Through More Than 20,000 Trillion Calculations Each Second
October 29, 2012 — The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory has just launched a new era of scientific supercomputing with Titan, a system capable of churning through more than 20,000 trillion ... > full story -
Self-Powered Sensors to Monitor Nuclear Fuel Rod Status
October 23, 2012 — Japan's Fukushima Dai'ichi nuclear disaster that occurred in 2011 -- a result of the strongest earthquake on record in the country and the powerful tsunami waves it triggered -- underscored the need ... > full story -
New Self-Healing Coating for Aluminum Developed to Replace Cancer-Causing Product
October 22, 2012 — Engineers have developed a new environmentally-friendly coating for aluminum to replace the carcinogenic chromate coatings used in aerospace applications. The chromate conversion coatings have been ... > full story -
New Cobalt-Graphene Catalyst Could Challenge Platinum for Use in Fuel Cells
October 17, 2012 — There's a new contender in the race to find an inexpensive alternative to platinum catalysts for use in hydrogen fuel cells. Chemists have developed a new material -- a graphene sheet covered by ... > full story
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