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Improved water splitting advances renewable energy conversion

Oct 27, 2016 (SPX)

Washington State University researchers have found a way to more efficiently create hydrogen from water - an important key in making renewable energy production...

Ultralow power transistors could function for years without a battery

Oct 26, 2016 (SPX)

A newly-developed form of transistor opens up a range of new electronic applications including wearable or implantable devices by drastically reducing the amoun...

Self-healable battery

Oct 25, 2016 (SPX)

Electronics that can be embedded in clothing are a growing trend. However, power sources remain a problem. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, scientists have now...

A window into battery life for next-gen lithium cells

Oct 24, 2016 (SPX)

Dendrites, whiskers of lithium that grow inside batteries and can cause fires like those in the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, are the bane of next-generation lithium b...

Tesla, Apple and Uber push lithium prices even higher

Oct 21, 2016 (SPX)

After more than tripling in price this year, Lithium is no longer that dull commodity we take for granted in our consumer electronics: It's the commodity poweri...

Ames Laboratory scientists gain insight on mechanism of unconventional superconductivity

Oct 21, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and partner institutions conducted a systematic investigation into the properties of the newest f...

New 3D design for mobile microbatteries

Oct 20, 2016 (SPX)

In the race towards miniaturization, a French-US team-mostly involving researchers from the CNRS, Universite de Lille, Universite de Nantes and Argonne National...

Scientists find static 'stripes' of electrical charge in copper-oxide superconductor

Oct 20, 2016 (SPX)

Cuprates, or compounds made of copper and oxygen, can conduct electricity without resistance by being "doped" with other chemical elements and cooled to tempera...

Inspiration from the ocean

Oct 20, 2016 (SPX)

In a development beneficial for both industry and environment, UC Santa Barbara researchers have created a high-quality coating for organic electronics that pro...

One-time pollutant may become valued product to aid wind, solar energy

Oct 19, 2016 (SPX)

Chemists at Oregon State University have discovered that one or more organic compounds in a family that traditionally has been known as pollutants could offer a...

A new spin on superconductivity

Oct 18, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have made a discovery that could lay the foundation for quantum s...

Spacecraft 'Nuclear Batteries' Could Get a Boost from New Materials

Oct 14, 2016 (JPL)

No extension cord is long enough to reach another planet, and there's no spacecraft charging station along the way. That's why researchers are hard at work on w...

Recharging on stable, amorphous silicon

Oct 13, 2016 (SPX)

Next-generation anodes for lithium ion batteries will probably no longer be made of graphite. Silicon, which is a related material, can provide a much higher ca...

Enhancing the superconducting properties of an iron-based material

Oct 10, 2016 (SPX)

Iron-based superconductors can conduct electricity without resistance at unusually high temperatures relative to those of conventional superconductors, which mu...

New cost-effective silicon carbide high voltage switch created

Oct 10, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers at North Carolina State University have created a high voltage and high frequency silicon carbide (SiC) power switch that could cost much less than ...

Wireless 'data center on a chip' aims to cut energy use

Oct 06, 2016 (SPX)

A Washington State University research team has designed a tiny, wireless data center that someday could be as small as a hand-held device and dramatically redu...

Advancing lithium-air batteries with development of novel catalyst

Oct 04, 2016 (SPX)

Lithium-air batteries are viewed by many as a potential next-generation technology in energy storage. With the highest theoretical energy density of all battery...

Researchers discover more efficient way to split water, produce hydrogen

Oct 04, 2016 (SPX)

Hydrogen is often considered a fuel for the future, in the form of fuel cells to power electric motors or burned in internal combustion engines. But finding a p...

Scientists aim to make superconductors that work at room temperature

Sep 29, 2016 (UPI)

Superconductors, which allow resistance-free electric flows, are greatly superior to semiconductors. Unfortunately, they only work at extremely low temperatures...

Corvus Energy selected to power new environmentally friendly UK hybrid ferry

Sep 28, 2016 (SPX)

Corvus Energy Inc. is pleased to announce that Wartsila, the world's leading provider of ship machinery, propulsion and maneuvering solutions, has selected Corv...