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Hematite 're-growth' smoothes rough edges for clean energy harvest

Jun 22, 2015 (SPX)

Finding an efficient solar water splitting method to mine electron-rich hydrogen for clean power has been thwarted by the poor performance of hematite. But by '...

X-ray imaging reveals secrets in battery materials

Jun 22, 2015 (SPX)

In a new study, researchers explain why one particular cathode material works well at high voltages, while most other cathodes do not. The insights, published i...

Graphene gets bright with ultra thin lightbulb

Jun 18, 2015 (SPX)

Led by Young Duck Kim, a postdoctoral research scientist in James Hone's group at Columbia Engineering, a team of scientists from Columbia, Seoul National Unive...

Fully renewable energy system is economically viable in Finland in 2050

Jun 16, 2015 (SPX)

A fully renewable energy system, including all energy consuming sectors, is not only a possible but a viable solution for Finland, according to a new research. ...

Binghamton engineer creates origami battery

Jun 16, 2015 (SPX)

Origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, can be used to create beautiful birds, frogs and other small sculptures. Now a Binghamton University engineer says t...

Argonne advances engine simulation for greater efficiency

Jun 16, 2015 (SPX)

For engine designers in the digital age, time is money. And that time is measured in computer cycles. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne Nat...

NIST's 'nano-raspberries' could bear fruit in fuel cells

Jun 16, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a fast, simple process for making platinum 'nano-raspberries' -- microsc...

Next-gen illumination using silicon quantum dot-based white-blue LED

Jun 16, 2015 (SPX)

A Si quantum dot (QD)-based hybrid inorganic/organic light-emitting diode (LED) that exhibits white-blue electroluminescence has been fabricated by Professor Ke...

Saft expands its Li-ion solar energy storage portfolio

Jun 15, 2015 (SPX)

Saft is at Intersolar Europe to launch its new Intensium Home 10M lithium-ion (Li-ion) energy storage system that offers exceptionally high performance in a mod...

Improving energy storage with a cue from nature

Jun 15, 2015 (SPX)

Materials melt faster when the lines of heat spread through the cold material like the branches of a tree - and the melting rate can be steadily increased by al...

Stanford engineers develop a computer that operates on water droplets

Jun 11, 2015 (SPX)

Computers and water typically don't mix, but in Manu Prakash's lab, the two are one and the same. Prakash, an assistant professor of bioengineering at Stanford,...

A clear look at an efficient energy converter

Jun 09, 2015 (SPX)

Xiaochun Qin and colleagues have provided a high-resolution crystal structure of a plant protein supercomplex critical to photosynthesis, shedding new light on ...

World's smallest spirals could guard against identity theft

Jun 05, 2015 (SPX)

Take gold spirals about the size of a dime...and shrink them down about six million times. The result is the world's smallest continuous spirals: "nano-spirals"...

Trees are source for high-capacity, soft and elastic batteries

Jun 04, 2015 (SPX)

A method for making elastic high-capacity batteries from wood pulp was unveiled by researchers in Sweden and the US. Using nanocellulose broken down from tree f...

Chemists discover key reaction process in sodium-oxygen battery

Jun 04, 2015 (SPX)

Chemists at the University of Waterloo have discovered the key reaction that takes place in sodium-air batteries that could pave the way for development of the ...

New 'designer carbon' from Stanford boosts battery performance

Jun 02, 2015 (SPX)

Stanford University scientists have created a new carbon material that significantly boosts the performance of energy-storage technologies. Their results are fe...

OSU researchers prove magnetism can control heat, sound

Jun 02, 2015 (SPX)

Phonons--the elemental particles that transmit both heat and sound--have magnetic properties, according to a landmark study supported by Ohio Supercomputer Cent...

Linking superconductivity and structure

Jun 02, 2015 (SPX)

Superconductivity is a rare physical state in which matter is able to conduct electricity--maintain a flow of electrons--without any resistance. It can only be ...

Giant structures called plasmoids could simplify the design of future tokamaks

Jun 02, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have for the first time simulated the formation of structures called "...

Visualizing how radiation bombardment boosts superconductivity

May 29, 2015 (SPX)

Sometimes a little damage can do a lot of good - at least in the case of iron-based high-temperature superconductors. Bombarding these materials with high-energ...