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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....

Lithium from the coal in China

Feb 27, 2015 (SPX)

Coal from China could become a major source of the metal lithium, according to a review of the geochemistry by scientists published in the International Journal...

'Ecosystem services' help assess ocean energy development

Feb 27, 2015 (SPX)

With many projects under development in coastal regions such as New England, tidal power -- which extracts "hydrokinetic" energy from marine environments -- see...

New flow battery to keep big cities lit, green and safe

Feb 26, 2015 (SPX)

Ensuring the power grid keeps the lights on in large cities could be easier with a new battery design that packs far more energy than any other battery of its k...

Warming up the world of superconductors

Feb 26, 2015 (SPX)

A superconductor that works at room temperature was long thought impossible, but scientists at USC may have discovered a family of materials that could make it ...

In quest for better lithium-air batteries, chemists boost carbon's stability

Feb 26, 2015 (SPX)

To power a car so it can travel hundreds of miles at a time, lithium-ion batteries of the future are going to have to hold more energy without growing too big i...

Dendrite eraser: New electrolyte rids batteries of short-circuiting fibers

Feb 25, 2015 (SPX)

Dendrites - the microscopic, pin-like fibers that cause rechargeable batteries to short circuit - create fire hazards and can limit the ability of batteries to ...

Renewable energy obtained from wastewater

Feb 25, 2015 (SPX)

Currently, there are treatments in which wastewater can flow out to the river or sea without causing any environmental problems. These technologies however enta...

Simulating superconducting materials with ultracold atoms

Feb 24, 2015 (SPX)

Using ultracold atoms as a stand-in for electrons, a Rice University-based team of physicists has simulated superconducting materials and made headway on a prob...

New NIST tools to help boost wireless channel frequencies and capacity

Feb 20, 2015 (SPX)

Smartphones and tablets are everywhere, which is great for communications but a growing burden on wireless channels. Forecasted huge increases in mobile data tr...

Renewable energy project is making waves

Feb 20, 2015 (SPX)

The official launch of the Perth Wave Energy Project was an important milestone for this exciting new renewable energy technology and the future of Australian e...

Corvus Energy orders two new battery hybrid LNG ferry systems

Feb 20, 2015 (SPX)

Corvus Energy, Elkon Electric (an Imtech Marine company) and Seaspan Ferries Corporation announced the award of the energy storage system (ESS) contract for two...

Researchers build atomically thin gas and chemical sensors

Feb 20, 2015 (SPX)

The relatively recent discovery of graphene, a two-dimensional layered material with unusual and attractive electronic, optical and thermal properties, led scie...

Researcher first to observe 'god particle' analogue in superconductors

Feb 20, 2015 (SPX)

The Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the Higgs boson - the "God particle" believed responsible for all the mass in the universe - took place in 2012 at CERN's L...

Suit says Apple 'poached' electric battery maker staff

Feb 19, 2015 (AFP)

Apple has been sued by developers of an advanced automotive car battery for allegedly poaching key employees, providing evidence that the California tech giant ...

New paper-like material could boost electric vehicle batteries

Feb 19, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering have developed a novel paper-like material for lithium-ion batteries. It ...

Researchers developed a cost-effective and efficient rival for platinum

Feb 19, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers succeeded in creating an electrocatalyst that is needed for storing electric energy made of carbon and iron. A challenge that comes with the increas...

Thales Australia taps Saft America for lithium-ion batteries

Feb 19, 2015 (UPI)

Battery manufacturer Saft America has been contracted by Thales Australia to supply lithium-ion batteries for prototype Hawkei tactical vehicles. The batteries ...

Half spheres for molecular circuits

Feb 18, 2015 (SPX)

Imagine taking a fullerene (C60) and cutting it in half like a melon. What you get is a corannulene (C20H10), a molecule that, according to a just-published stu...

Insight into inner magnetic layers

Feb 18, 2015 (SPX)

Measurements at BESSY II have shown how spin filters forming within magnetic sandwiches influence tunnel magnetoresistance -- results that can help in designing...