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How recharging leaves behind microscopic debris inside batteries
Apr 14, 2015 (SPX)
An eruption of lithium at the tip of a battery's electrode, cracks in the electrode's body, and a coat forming on the electrode's surface reveal how recharging ...
Research could usher in next generation of batteries, fuel cells
Apr 14, 2015 (SPX)
Scientists from South Carolina's leading public universities--the University of South Carolina and Clemson University--have made a discovery that could dramatic...
New report identifies possible next steps in US energy development
Apr 10, 2015 (SPX)
The U.S. energy portfolio changes over time. Scientific and technologic advances related to hydraulic fracturing have dramatically increased the supply of U.S. ...
Aluminum battery offers safe alternative to conventional batteries
Apr 10, 2015 (SPX)
Stanford University scientists have invented the first high-performance aluminum battery that's fast-charging, long-lasting and inexpensive. Researchers say the...
The first metal-free catalyst for rechargeable zinc-air batteries
Apr 10, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University and the University of North Texas have made what they believe is the first metal-free bifunctional electrocatal...
Researchers discover N-type polymer for fast organic battery
Apr 09, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of Houston have reported developing an efficient conductive electron-transporting polymer, a long-missing puzzle piece that will a...
Battery energy storage project shows promise for electricity network
Apr 08, 2015 (SPX)
With rising electricity prices one of the biggest issues facing households, Griffith University (Australia) research into energy storage and supply holds the pr...
A common battery test often bounces off target
Apr 02, 2015 (SPX)
Don't throw away those bouncing batteries. Researchers at Princeton University have found that common test of bouncing a household battery is not actually an ef...
Bacteria can use magnetic particles to create a 'natural battery'
Mar 31, 2015 (SPX)
New research shows bacteria can use tiny magnetic particles to effectively create a 'natural battery.' According to work published in journal Science on 27 Marc...
Using magnetic fields to understand high-temperature superconductivity
Mar 31, 2015 (SPX)
Taking our understanding of quantum matter to new levels, scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory are exposing high-temperature superconductors to very hig...
Squeeze to remove heat with elastocaloric materials
Mar 30, 2015 (SPX)
Move over, vapor compression cooling technology. Emerging "elastocaloric" refrigeration is potentially much more efficient and, unlike vapor compression, relies...
New technology converts packing peanuts to battery components
Mar 26, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers have shown how to convert waste packing peanuts into high-performance carbon electrodes for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that outperform conve...
You can't play checkers with charge ordering
Mar 23, 2015 (SPX)
CIFAR fellows were among physicists who observed the shape of a strange phenomenon that interferes with high-temperature superconductivity called charge orderin...
Superconductivity breakthroughs
Mar 23, 2015 (SPX)
The Canadian research community on high-temperature superconductivity continues to lead this exciting scientific field with groundbreaking results coming hot on...
Fusion researchers make breakthrough on ELMs mitigation
Mar 19, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers from General Atomics and the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have made a major breakthrough in understanding ...
Imperfect graphene opens door to better fuel cells
Mar 18, 2015 (SPX)
The honeycomb structure of pristine graphene is beautiful, but Northwestern University scientists, together with collaborators from five other institutions, hav...
Materials research could unlock potential of lithium-sulfur batteries
Mar 18, 2015 (SPX)
Drexel researchers, along with colleagues at Aix-Marseille University in France, have discovered a high performance cathode material with great promise for use ...
Researchers increase energy density of lithium storage materials
Mar 18, 2015 (SPX)
The lithium ion battery currently is the most widespread battery technology. It is indispensable for devices, such as laptops, mobile phones or cameras. Current...
New Li-ion battery uses safer more powerful electrode materials
Mar 18, 2015 (SPX)
Mixed Ti-Nb oxide Ti2Nb10O29 (TNO) is one of the negative electrode materials for large scale Li-ion battery with high safety because the potential (= 1.6 V vs....
Scientists make breakthrough in understanding nuclear fusion
Mar 15, 2015 (UPI)
Scientists from General Atomics and the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have made a breakthrough in understanding nuclear...
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