ENERGY TECH - RUSSO DAILY

Japanese experimental nuclear fusion reactor inaugurated

Dec 01, 2023 (AFP)

Fusion differs from fission, the technique currently used in nuclear power plants, by fusing two atomic nuclei instead of splitting one. The goal of the JT-60SA...

New study shows how universities are critical to emerging fusion industry

Dec 01, 2023 (SPX)

Authored by Dennis Whyte, the Hitachi America Professor of Engineering and director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center at MIT; Carlos Paz-Soldan, associate...

Glencore eyes options on battery recycling project

Nov 23, 2023 (AFP)

However, it is still studying the possibility of creating a large centre in Italy, it added. Glencore, which is particularly active in metals trading, announced...

A novel approach to energy storage by University of Cordoba

Nov 21, 2023 (SPX)

The iOWC system, developed by researchers Antonio Martin Alcantara, Jose Luis Aranda Hidalgo, Alberto Jimenez Solano, and Antonio Sarsa Rubio, is designed to st...

Researchers aim to make cheaper fuel cells a reality

Nov 14, 2023 (SPX)

"Hydrogen fuel cells have really great potential for energy storage and conversion, using hydrogen as an alternative fuel to, say, gasoline," said Michaela Burk...

BMW probes Moroccan cobalt supplier over pollution claims

Nov 13, 2023 (AFP)

The mine operated by Managem in Bou Azzer, southern Morocco, had released excessive amounts of arsenic, according to a joint investigation by German daily Suedd...

The secret to longer lasting batteries might be in how soap works, new study says

Nov 09, 2023 (SPX)

In conducting a new study published in Nature Materials, researchers noticed that a similar process plays out in what has become one of the most promising subst...

Urban Heat Island effect extends below ground to water sources

Nov 03, 2023 (SPX)

The interplay between urban infrastructure and the natural environment is complex, and as cities continue to expand, the effects of construction and development...

Chinese Research Team Develops Fast-Charging Biohybrid Battery System

Nov 01, 2023 (SPX)

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are a type of bioelectrochemical system where bacteria serve as the catalyst to convert energy-rich molecules into electrical energy...

China lithium boom harming fragile Tibetan plateau: report

Nov 01, 2023 (AFP)

China is the world's biggest EV market but largely relies on other countries to supply the lithium used in the batteries that power low-carbon vehicles. That is...

South Korea's KERI Develops Pioneering Thermoelectric Technology for Space Probes

Oct 30, 2023 (SPX)

RTGs have long served as reliable power generators in various space applications, including space probes and rovers. Using radioactive isotopes like plutonium-2...

New battery technology could lead to safer, high-energy electric vehicles

Oct 30, 2023 (SPX)

The innovative method, presented in a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature, suppresses the growth of lithium dendrites-damaging branch-like structure...

Generating clean electricity with chicken feathers

Oct 30, 2023 (SPX)

Researchers at ETH Zurich and Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU) have now found a way to put these feathers to good use. Using a simple and enviro...

A step on the way to solid-state batteries

Oct 30, 2023 (SPX)

Two factors dominate the development of batteries for electric vehicles: power, which determines the vehicle range; and cost, which is critical in the competiti...

Remaking an old Swedish oil depot into a giant underground 'thermos'

Oct 17, 2023 (AFP)

Originally dug out in the early 1970s, the three caverns with a combined volume of 300,000 cubic metres served as an oil storage until the site was abandoned in...

Revolutionizing energy storage: Metal nanoclusters for stable lithium-sulfur batteries

Oct 16, 2023 (SPX)

LSBs use lithium as the anode and sulfur as the cathode, but this combination poses challenges. One significant issue is the "shuttle effect," in which intermed...

Sustainable living technology

Oct 16, 2023 (SPX)

Cells provide organisms with soft and sustainable environmental interactions with complete recycling of material components, except in a few notable cases like ...

A cheaper, safer alternative to lithium-ion batteries: Aqueous rechargeable batteries

Oct 16, 2023 (SPX)

For this reason, the demand for energy storage systems (ESS) that can store and supply electricity as needed is ever-increasing, but lithium-ion batteries (LIBs...

Ex-Fusion and Tokyo Tech establish collaborative research cluster for laser fusion

Oct 13, 2023 (SPX)

The 'EX-Fusion Liquid Metal Collaborative Research Cluster' has been established with the support of the Tokyo Tech's Open Innovation Platform. It aims to provi...

Superconductivity at room temperature remains elusive

Oct 04, 2023 (SPX)

On April 8, 1911, Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes scribbled in pencil an almost unintelligible note into a kitchen notebook: "near enough null." The note...