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Oct 16, 2017 (SPX)

These metals offer a high degree of safety, even if the anode is made of pure metal. This also offers the opportunity to assemble the batteries in a very simple...

Metal supplies unlikely to seriously hamper battery use

Oct 16, 2017 (SPX)

A new analysis by researchers at MIT and elsewhere indicates that for the near future, there will be no absolute limitations on battery manufacturing due to sho...

A new miniature solution for storing renewable energy

Oct 16, 2017 (SPX)

Now, according to USC scientists, it turns out that metal-organic frameworks can conduct electricity in the same way metals do. This opens the door for metal or...

Sodium could replace lithium for more cost-efficient battery storage

Oct 10, 2017 (UPI)

Lithium-ion batteries have been the standard bearer for the last 25 years. But lithium is becoming increasingly scarce and mining costs are steep. Sodium -- whi...

Tesla delays truck launch, eyes battery power for Puerto Rico

Oct 06, 2017 (AFP)

The electric carmaker's chief executive Elon Musk announced the news on Twitter, pushing back the launch of its semi-truck which had been set to be unveiled Oct...

A new way to produce clean hydrogen fuel from water using sunlight

Oct 06, 2017 (SPX)

Now, researchers centered at Osaka University have developed a new kind of photocatalyst for producing hydrogen from water, which is not only free of expensive ...

New nanomaterial can extract hydrogen fuel from seawater

Oct 05, 2017 (SPX)

The breakthrough could someday lead to a new source of the clean-burning fuel, ease demand for fossil fuels and boost the economy of Florida, where sunshine and...

Asphalt helps lithium batteries charge faster

Oct 05, 2017 (SPX)

The Rice lab of chemist James Tour developed anodes comprising porous carbon made from asphalt that showed exceptional stability after more than 500 charge-disc...

Superconductivity found in thin films of titanium oxide

Oct 05, 2017 (SPX)

Now, researchers at Tokyo Tech have reported superconductivity in two kinds of higher titanium oxides prepared in the form of ultrathin films. With a thickness ...

Ultra-fast and ultra-sensitive hydrogen sensor

Oct 05, 2017 (SPX)

A research group under Professor Il-Doo Kim in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at KAIST, in collaboration with Professor Reginald M. Penner ...

Small scale energy harvesters show large scale impact

Oct 02, 2017 (SPX)

To address this need, Hamid Foruzande, Ali Hajnayeb and Amin Yaghootian from the Shahid Charmran University of Ahvaz in Iran have been modeling new piezoelectri...

Scientists harvest electricity from tears

Oct 01, 2017 (UPI)

In recent lab experiments, researcher at the University of Limerick's Bernal Institute, in Ireland, found lysozyme crystals yield an electric current when press...

Hybrid indium-lithium anodes provide fast interfacial ion transport

Sep 27, 2017 (SPX)

Modern lithium ion batteries usually have graphite anodes that store lithium when the batteries are charged. An interesting alternative is presented by batterie...

Energy harvested from evaporation could power much of US, says study

Sep 27, 2017 (SPX)

Though still limited to experiments in the lab, evaporation-harvested power could in principle be made on demand, day or night, overcoming the intermittency pro...

Research led by PPPL provides reassurance that heat flux will be manageable in ITER

Sep 27, 2017 (SPX)

Alarming projections extrapolated from existing tokamaks suggest that the heat flux could be so narrow and concentrated as to damage the tungsten divertor plate...

Stopping problem ice - by cracking it

Sep 25, 2017 (SPX)

A thin coating of ice on solar panels can wreak havoc with their ability to generate electricity. Thin layers of ice on the vanes of wind turbines can slow thei...

Innovation could mean flexible rechargeable batteries for pacemakers

Sep 22, 2017 (SPX)

Currently, devices such as pacemakers and defibrillators are fitted with rigid and metal based batteries, which can cause patient discomfort. Dr Geetha Srinivas...

Graphene-wrapped nanocrystals make inroads towards next-gen fuel cells

Sep 22, 2017 (SPX)

The study, led by Berkeley Lab researchers, drew upon a range of Lab expertise and capabilities to synthesize and coat the magnesium crystals, which measure onl...

Stanford professor tests a cooling system that works without electricity

Sep 19, 2017 (SPX)

Research published in 2014 first showed the cooling capabilities of the optical surface on its own. Now, Fan and former research associates Aaswath Raman and El...

Firebricks offer low-cost storage for carbon-free energy

Sep 15, 2017 (SPX)

The researchers' idea is to make use of excess electricity produced when demand is low - for example, from wind farms when strong winds are blowing at night - b...