Energy Technology News
May 21, 2024
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May 17, 2024 Scientists have the first direct evidence that the powerful magnetic fields created in off-center collisions of atomic nuclei induce an electric current in 'deconfined' nuclear matter. The study used measurements of how charged particles are ...
May 15, 2024 Copper cannot be mined quickly enough to keep up with current U.S. policy guidelines to transition the country's electricity and vehicle infrastructure to renewable energy, according to a new ...
May 16, 2024 After spinning for under two years, a wind farm can offset the carbon emissions generated across its entire 30-year lifespan, when compared to thermal power ...
May 14, 2024 Engineers achieve a wide field-of-hearing acoustic metalens free from ...
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May 16, 2024 Researchers have found that persimmon tannin, known for its antioxidant properties, improves the growth of yeast in the presence of ...
May 15, 2024 Researchers have developed a new method that can lead to significant energy savings in buildings. The team identified 28 major heat loss regions in a multi-unit residential building with the most ...
May 13, 2024 A research team has demonstrated that a simple stack of thermoelectric and magnetic material layers can exhibit a substantially larger transverse ...
May 13, 2024 Collaborative efforts decode the mechanism behind stabilizing cathode doping in electric vehicle ...
May 9, 2024 A research team has demonstrated that an iron-based amorphous alloy, widely used as a soft magnetic material in transformers and motors, can be ...
May 7, 2024 Solar energy is a crucial asset in the fight against climate change, and researchers have now devised a smart approach to optimize its effectiveness. Their innovative method includes incorporating ...
May 2, 2024 Charge-recharge cycling of lithium-superrich iron oxide, a cost-effective and high-capacity cathode for new-generation lithium-ion batteries, can be greatly improved by doping with readily available ...
Apr. 30, 2024 Engineers in Australia have found a new way to make power-pole insulators resistant to fire and electrical sparking, promising to prevent dangerous pole-top fires and reduce blackouts. Pole-top fires ...
Apr. 25, 2024 Interactions between wind turbines could reduce power output by 30% in proposed offshore wind farm areas along the East Coast, new research has found. In all, the farms could still meet 60% of the ...
Apr. 29, 2024 Some materials are transparent to light of a certain frequency. When such light is shone on them, electrical currents can still be generated, ...
Earlier Headlines
Apr. 26, 2024 Scientists have shed light on a new, transformative approach that could help resolve a dispute over the Nile river's water ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Researchers have for the first time recorded X-rays being produced at the beginning of upward positive lightning flashes; an observation that gives important insight into the origins of this rare -- ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Researchers have developed tiny, flexible devices that can wrap around individual nerve fibers without damaging them. The researchers combined flexible electronics and soft robotics techniques to ...
Apr. 25, 2024 A team of researchers has made a significant breakthrough in the field of organic ...
Apr. 25, 2024 Two of the biggest challenges faced by new and potential electric vehicle (EV) drivers are range anxiety and speed of charging, but these shouldn't have to be challenges at all. Researchers ...
Apr. 24, 2024 Estuaries -- where freshwater rivers meet the salty sea -- are great locations for birdwatching and kayaking. In these areas, waters containing different salt concentrations mix and may be sources of ...
Apr. 24, 2024 Researchers have found a way to super-charge the 'engine' of sustainable fuel generation -- by giving the materials a little twist. The researchers are developing low-cost light-harvesting ...
Apr. 23, 2024 Researchers deploy an array of microscopic coils to create a magnetic field and stimulate individual neurons. The magnetic field can induce an electric field in any nearby neurons, the same effect ...
Apr. 23, 2024 Using light pulses as a model for electrical defibrillation, scientists developed a method to assess and modulate the heart function. The research team has thus paved the way for an efficient and ...
Apr. 23, 2024 Researchers have discovered a unique property, the quantum metric, within magnetic materials, altering the 'electron universe' geometry. This distinct electric signal challenges traditional ...
Apr. 19, 2024 A new DC-DC power converter is superior to previous designs and paves the way for more efficient, reliable and sustainable energy storage and conversion solutions. The development can efficiently ...
Apr. 18, 2024 The energy density of supercapacitors -- battery-like devices that can charge in seconds or a few minutes -- can be improved by increasing the 'messiness' of their internal structure. ...
Apr. 18, 2024 Scientists have developed artificial heterostructures made of freestanding 2D and 3D membranes that have an energy density up to 19 times higher than commercially available ...
Apr. 17, 2024 Wind power is a source of energy that is both affordable and renewable. However, decision-makers have been reluctant to invest in wind energy due to a perception that wind farms require a lot of land ...
Apr. 16, 2024 Simulations on the Stampede2 supercomputer of the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) are helping scientists engineer solutions to overheating of grid transformers -- a critical component of the ...
Apr. 15, 2024 Manufacturing nations in the Global North are stockpiling energy and emission problems by outsourcing energy-intensive industrial processes to countries in the Global ...
Apr. 15, 2024 Researchers have developed a method that can improve the performance of quantum resistance standards. It's based on a quantum phenomenon called Quantum Anomalous Hall ...
Apr. 15, 2024 The technology revolution and development of new renewable energy resources is driving demand for lithium to new heights, but it is not a common mineral. Scientists say they have found lithium in an ...
Apr. 11, 2024 A new detector system based on the game 'Tetris' could enable inexpensive, accurate radiation detectors for monitoring nuclear ...
Apr. 9, 2024 Wirelessly connected devices perform an expanding array of applications, such as monitoring the condition of machinery and remote sensing in agricultural settings. These applications hold much ...
Friday, April 26, 2024
- Energy Trades Could Help Resolve Nile Conflict
- Scientists Capture X-Rays from Upward Positive Lightning
- Robotic Nerve 'cuffs' Could Help Treat a Range of Neurological Conditions
Thursday, April 25, 2024
- 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
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- Magnetic Microcoils Unlock Targeted Single-Neuron Therapies for Neurodegenerative Disorders
- Gentle Defibrillation for the Heart
- Manipulating the Geometry of 'electron Universe' In Magnets
Friday, April 19, 2024
Thursday, April 18, 2024
- Mess Is Best: Disordered Structure of Battery-Like Devices Improves Performance
- Novel Material Supercharges Innovation in Electrostatic Energy Storage
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Monday, April 15, 2024
- Global North Energy Outsourcing Demands More Attention
- Quantum Precision: A New Kind of Resistor
- Pyrite, Also Known as Fool's Gold, May Contain Valuable Lithium, a Key Element for Green Energy
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- New Device Gathers, Stores Electricity in Remote Settings
- BESSY II: How Pulsed Charging Enhances the Service Time of Batteries
Monday, April 8, 2024
- New Four-Terminal Tandem Organic Solar Cell Achieves 16.94% Power Conversion Efficiency
- Using Pulp and Paper Waste to Scrub Carbon from Emissions
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
- 'Tug of War' Tactic Enhances Chemical Separations for Critical Materials
- Drawing Inspiration from Plants: A Metal-Air Paper Battery for Wearable Devices
- Magnetic Fields Boost Clean Energy
- A Simple Way to Harvest More 'blue Energy' From Waves
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
- Building Blocks for Greener Energy: Reconfigurable Elastic Metasurface
- Chemistry Researchers Modify Solar Technology to Produce a Less Harmful Greenhouse Gas
- Researchers Discover Dual Topological Phases in an Intrinsic Monolayer Crystal
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- Heat, Cold Extremes Hold Untapped Potential for Solar and Wind Energy
- Implantable Batteries Can Run on the Body's Own Oxygen
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Pairing Crypto Mining With Green Hydrogen Offers Clean Energy Boost
- New All-Liquid Iron Flow Battery for Grid Energy Storage
- Metamaterials and AI Converge, Igniting Innovative Breakthroughs
Friday, March 22, 2024
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Friday, March 15, 2024
Thursday, March 14, 2024
- Researchers Prove Fundamental Limits of Electromagnetic Energy Absorption
- New Study Shows Analog Computing Can Solve Complex Equations and Use Far Less Energy
- An Electricity Generator Inspired by the Drinking Bird Toy Powers Electronics With Evaporated Water
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- Batteries for Airborne Electric Vehicles That Take Off and Land Vertically
- Spiral Wrappers Switch Nanotubes from Conductors to Semiconductors and Back
Monday, March 11, 2024
Friday, March 8, 2024
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
- Nanodevices Can Produce Energy from Evaporating Tap or Seawater
- Healable Cathode Could Unlock Potential of Solid-State Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Monday, March 4, 2024
Friday, March 1, 2024
- Unlocking the Potential of Lithium-Ion Batteries With Advanced Binders
- Lithium-Ion Batteries from Drones Might Find Second Lives in Less 'stressful' Devices
- Hurricanes and Power Grids: Eliminating Large-Scale Outages With a New Approach
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
- Researchers Look at Environmental Impacts of AI Tools
- Researchers Use Hawk Supercomputer and Lean Into Imperfection to Improve Solar Cell Efficiency
- Low-Temperature Plasma Used to Remove E. Coli from Hydroponically Grown Crops
Monday, February 26, 2024
- What Will It Take for China to Reach Carbon Neutrality by 2060?
- New World Record for CIGS Solar Cells
Thursday, February 22, 2024
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Friday, February 16, 2024
- Electrification or Hydrogen? Both Have Distinct Roles in the European Energy Transition
- New Chip Opens Door to AI Computing at Light Speed
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Friday, February 9, 2024
- How Electron Spectroscopy Measures Exciton 'holes'
- Towards A Better Way of Releasing Hydrogen Stored in Hydrogen Boride Sheets
- Conversion Process Turns Greenhouse Gas Into Ethylene
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
- Smart Earrings Can Monitor a Person's Temperature
- Japan's Electric Vehicle Transition by 2035 May Be Insufficient to Combat the Climate Crisis, but There Are Solutions
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
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Wednesday, January 31, 2024
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Thursday, January 25, 2024
- How to Shift Gears in a Molecular Motor
- Polymer Power: Researchers Enhance the Safety of Lithium Batteries
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
- Self-Powered Movable Seawall for Tsunami Protection and Emergency Power Generation
- Offshore Wind Farms Are Vulnerable to Cyberattacks
- Fast-Charging Lithium Battery Seeks to Eliminate 'range Anxiety'
- Liquid Lithium on the Walls of a Fusion Device Helps the Plasma Within Maintain a Hot Edge
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
- Water, Water Everywhere and Now We May Have Drops to Drink
- Major Climate Benefits With Electric Aircraft
Monday, January 22, 2024
Thursday, January 18, 2024
- Self-Powered Sensor Automatically Harvests Magnetic Energy
- Mini-Robots Modeled on Insects May Be Smallest, Lightest, Fastest Ever Developed
- Next-Generation Batteries Could Go Organic, Cobalt-Free for Long-Lasting Power
- Cobalt-Free Batteries Could Power Cars of the Future
- Machine Learning Method Speeds Up Discovery of Green Energy Materials
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
- Study Reveals a Reaction at the Heart of Many Renewable Energy Technologies
- Advancement in Thermoelectricity Could Light Up the Internet of Things
- Scientists Use Heat to Create Transformations Between Skyrmions and Antiskyrmions