ENERGY TECH - RUSSO DAILY

Longer lasting sodium-ion batteries on the horizon

Jul 14, 2022 (SPX)

Now, a research team from the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a sodium-ion battery with greatly extended longevity in...

PPPL scientists propose solution to a long-puzzling fusion problem

Jul 14, 2022 (SPX)

"Normally, the more beam power you put in the higher the temperature gets," said Stephen Jardin, head of the theory and computational science group that perform...

New iron catalyst could finally make hydrogen fuel cells affordable

Jul 08, 2022 (SPX)

Such an advancement could lead to a green power revolution, with everything from laptops to locomotives running on a fuel whose only byproduct is water. New res...

Volkswagen takes on US, China rivals with battery factory

Jul 07, 2022 (AFP)

The firm plans to "steer the worldwide battery offensive" from the new plant in Salzgitter in central Germany, CEO Herbert Diess told a ceremony attended by Ger...

Ultra-thin, high-efficient piezoelectric element generate electricity from daily life movement

Jul 06, 2022 (SPX)

As the need for a telemedicine system increases, there has been active research on new energy sources that will continuously supply energy to the electronic ski...

These energy-packed batteries work well in extreme cold and heat

Jul 06, 2022 (SPX)

The temperature-resilient batteries are described in a paper published the week of July 4 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Such batter...

Two opposing approaches could give lithium-sulfur batteries a leg up over lithium-ion

Jul 06, 2022 (SPX)

Lithium-ion batteries have revolutionized portable electronics, assisted the rollout of electric vehicles, and permitted the development of smart grids in the p...

Sieving carbons: Ideal anodes for high-energy sodium-ion batteries

Jul 06, 2022 (SPX)

Non-graphitic carbons are the most promising anode candidates for SIBs. However, challenged by their variable and complicated microstructures, what is the ideal...

HKUST develops world's most durable hydrogen fuel cell

Jul 06, 2022 (SPX)

Hydrogen fuel cell is a promising clean energy option as it generates power by converting hydrogen and oxygen into electricity, with zero emission of carbon dio...

GeoLaB: Future with geothermal energy

Jun 30, 2022 (SPX)

Most regions in Germany are suitable for the use of deep geothermal energy to help achieve climate neutrality while also reducing dependence on imported energy....

Tapping into the million-year energy source below our feet

Jun 29, 2022 (SPX)

Woskov, a research engineer in MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center, notes the plant's power turbine is still intact and the transmission lines still run to t...

Cryogenic industry has expertise down cold

Jun 21, 2022 (XNA)

The high-powered, 10-kilowatt refrigerator, which can reach -253.15 C, made its developer, Beijing Sinoscience Fullcryo Technology Co Ltd, the nation's first co...

Evan Leppink: Seeking a way to better stabilize the fusion environment

Jun 16, 2022 (SPX)

Now, an award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program will support his work with a 12-month resid...

Lockheed Martin to build first long-duration energy storage system for US Army

Jun 16, 2022 (SPX)

GridStar Flow is an innovative redox flow battery designed for large-capacity storage applications that stores power generated from renewable energy sources and...

Energy harvesting to power the Internet of Things

Jun 14, 2022 (SPX)

Lise-Marie Lacroix from the Universite de Toulouse, France, with colleagues from Toulouse, Grenoble and Atlanta, Georgia, USA, has used a mathematical technique...

UQ discovery paves the way for faster computers, longer-lasting batteries

Jun 10, 2022 (SPX)

Using quantum mechanics, Professor Ben Powell from UQ's School of Mathematics and Physics has discovered a 'recipe' which allows molecular switches to work at r...

New feedback system can improve efficiency of fusion reactions

Jun 10, 2022 (SPX)

"Our main result is that we showed that our technique can suppress ELMs while maximizing plasma performance," said Ricardo Shousha, a graduate student in the pl...

Lifespan of solid-state lithium batteries extended by Surrey researchers

Jun 10, 2022 (SPX)

The strength of the new, high-density batteries produced by the University of Surrey means that they are less likely to short-circuit - a problem found in previ...

Uncovering a novel way to bring to Earth the energy that powers the sun and stars

Jun 09, 2022 (SPX)

Fusion combines light elements in the form of plasma - the hot, charged state of matter composed of free electrons and atomic nuclei - that generates massive am...

Novel strategy to make fast-charging solid-state batteries

Jun 03, 2022 (SPX)

Solid-state batteries are poised to replace the lithium-ion batteries found in almost every portable electronic device. But on repeated or excessive use, they d...