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ORNL microscopy directly images problematic lithium dendrites in batteries

Mar 13, 2015 (SPX)

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have captured the first real-time nanoscale images of lithium dendrite structures known t...

ASU researchers explore longer life cycle for batteries

Mar 13, 2015 (SPX)

Lithium-ion batteries are common in consumer electronics. They are one of the most popular types of rechargeable batteries for portable electronics, with a high...

Chemists develop new way to make cost-effective material for electricity storage

Mar 13, 2015 (SPX)

University of British Columbia researchers have found a new way to make state-of-the-art materials for energy storage using a cheap lamp from the hardware store...

Japan firm marks one small step for solar energy in space

Mar 13, 2015 (AFP)

A major Japanese machinery company said Friday that it has succeeded in transmitting energy wirelessly, marking a step toward making solar power generation in s...

Silk could be new 'green' material for next-generation batteries

Mar 13, 2015 (SPX)

Lithium-ion batteries have enabled many of today's electronics, from portable gadgets to electric cars. But much to the frustration of consumers, none of these ...

Researchers synthesize new thin-film material for use in fuel cells

Mar 13, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers from Cornell University have synthesized a new thin-film catalyst for use in fuel cells. In a paper published March 10 in the journal APL Materials,...

Japan space scientists make wireless energy breakthrough

Mar 12, 2015 (AFP)

Japanese scientists have succeeded in transmitting energy wirelessly, in a key step that could one day make solar power generation in space a possibility, an of...

Researchers snap-shot fastest observations of superconductivity yet

Mar 11, 2015 (SPX)

An international team of researchers has used infinitely short light pulses to observe ultrafast changes in the electron-level properties of superconductors, se...

Mid-IR frequency combs enable high resolution spectroscopy

Mar 11, 2015 (SPX)

A frequency comb source is a light source with a spectrum containing thousands of laser lines. The development of these sources has been revolutionary for funda...

AVX releases new guide for medium and high power film capacitors

Mar 11, 2015 (SPX)

AVX Corporation has released a new interactive product selector guide for its medium and high power film capacitors, which are well-known for their self-healing...

High performance, lightweight supercapacitor electrodes of the future

Mar 11, 2015 (SPX)

As a novel energy storage device, supercapacitors have attracted substantial attention in recent years due to their ultra-high charge and discharge rate, excell...

Toward Methuselah - long-living lighting devices

Mar 11, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers at the Universities of Basel and Valencia have reported important advances in the development of next generation lighting technologies in the journa...

Lockheed Martin Eyes Portable Fusion Engines Within Decade

Mar 10, 2015 (Sputnik)

Lockheed Martin, the world's biggest defense contractor, is aiming to use nuclear fusion to create cheap electrical power that uses water for fuel, produces byp...

Energy-generating cloth could replace batteries in wearable devices

Mar 06, 2015 (SPX)

From light-up shoes to smart watches, wearable electronics are gaining traction among consumers, but these gadgets' versatility is still held back by the stiff,...

New research could lead to more energy storage

Mar 06, 2015 (SPX)

Lawrence Livermore researchers have identified electrical charge-induced changes in the structure and bonding of graphitic carbon electrodes that may one day af...

Big box stores could ditch the grid, use natural gas fuel cells instead

Mar 06, 2015 (SPX)

Large facilities like big box stores or hospitals could keep the lights on by using a fuel cell that runs off the natural gas that already flows in pipelines be...

Glass coating improves battery performance

Mar 03, 2015 (SPX)

Lithium-sulfur batteries have been a hot topic in battery research because of their ability to produce up to 10 times more energy than conventional batteries, w...

Corvus Energy to supply another hybrid ferry battery solution

Mar 03, 2015 (SPX)

Corvus Energy, Siemens AS and Scandlines have announced the award of the energy storage system contract for the M/V Berlin and M/V Copenhagen battery hybrid fer...

Breakthrough in OLED technology

Mar 03, 2015 (SPX)

Organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), which are made from carbon-containing materials, have the potential to revolutionize future display technologies, making ...

Saving energy: Increasing oil flow in the keystone pipeline with electric fields

Mar 02, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers have shown that a strong electric field applied to a section of the Keystone pipeline can smooth oil flow and yield significant pump energy savings....