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Closing in on high-temperature superconductivity

Sep 28, 2016 (SPX)

The quest to know the mysterious recipe for high-temperature superconductivity, which could enable revolutionary advances in technologies that make or use elect...

Carbon-coated iron catalyst structure could lead to more-active fuel cells

Sep 19, 2016 (SPX)

Fuel cells have long held promise as power sources, but low efficiency has created obstacles to realizing that promise. Researchers at the University of Illinoi...

Scientists move step closer to solving fusion plasma dilemma

Sep 15, 2016 (SPX)

A team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST claims to have made yet another step towards finding a solution to one of the critical but unsolved fusion plasma p...

Proton diffusion discovery a boost for fuel cell technologies

Sep 15, 2016 (SPX)

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have made an important breakthrough which could lead to the design of better fuel cell materials. In a paper published...

Fuel cell membrane patented by Sandia outperforms market

Sep 13, 2016 (SPX)

Fuel cells provide power without pollutants. But, as in the Goldilocks story, membranes in automobile fuel cells work at temperatures either too hot or too cold...

A first for direct-drive fusion

Sep 07, 2016 (SPX)

Scientists at the University of Rochester have taken a significant step forward in laser fusion research. Experiments using the OMEGA laser at the University's ...

Flywheel technology could create new savings for light rail transit

Aug 31, 2016 (SPX)

University of Alberta mechanical engineering professors Pierre Mertiny and Marc Secanell are looking to make an old technology new again and save some money for...

Fusion facilities at PPPL and Culham, England, could provide path to limitless energy

Aug 31, 2016 (SPX)

Creating "a star in a jar" - replicating on Earth the way the sun and stars create energy through fusion - requires a "jar" that can contain superhot plasma and...

Chemists develop possible cheap battery for grid energy storage

Aug 29, 2016 (SPX)

Chemists at the University of Waterloo have developed a long-lasting zinc-ion battery that costs half the price of current lithium-ion batteries and could help ...

Extending battery life for mobile devices

Aug 29, 2016 (SPX)

In a paper presented at the Association for Computing Machinery's special interest group on data communication (SIGCOMM) conference in Florianopolis, Brazil, a ...

New class of fuel cells offer increased flexibility, lower cost

Aug 26, 2016 (SPX)

A new class of fuel cells based on a newly discovered polymer-based material could bridge the gap between the operating temperature ranges of two existing types...

Stretchy supercapacitors power wearable electronics

Aug 26, 2016 (SPX)

A future of soft robots that wash your dishes or smart T-shirts that power your cell phone may depend on the development of stretchy power sources. But traditio...

Spherical tokamak as model for next steps in fusion energy

Aug 26, 2016 (SPX)

Among the top puzzles in the development of fusion energy is the best shape for the magnetic facility - or "bottle" - that will provide the next steps in the de...

New electrical energy storage material shows its power

Aug 26, 2016 (SPX)

A powerful new material developed by Northwestern University chemist William Dichtel and his research team could one day speed up the charging process of electr...

Battery you can swallow could enable future ingestible medical devices

Aug 25, 2016 (SPX)

Non-toxic, edible batteries could one day power ingestible devices for diagnosing and treating disease. One team reports new progress toward that goal with thei...

Fungi recycle rechargeable lithium-ion batteries

Aug 23, 2016 (SPX)

Although rechargeable batteries in smartphones, cars and tablets can be charged again and again, they don't last forever. Old batteries often wind up in landfil...

Researchers reduce expensive noble metals for fuel cell reactions

Aug 23, 2016 (SPX)

Washington State University researchers have developed a novel nanomaterial that could improve the performance and lower the costs of fuel cells by using fewer ...

UCLA physicists discover 'apparent departure from the laws of thermodynamics'

Aug 22, 2016 (SPX)

According to the basic laws of thermodynamics, if you leave a warm apple pie in a winter window eventually the pie would cool down to the same temperature as th...

Superconductivity: After the scenario, the staging

Aug 19, 2016 (SPX)

Superconductivity with a high critical temperature (high Tc) continues to present a theoretical mystery. While this phenomenon is experimentally well establishe...

Scientists uncover origin of high-temperature superconductivity in copper-oxide compound

Aug 19, 2016 (SPX)

Since the 1986 discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in copper-oxide compounds called cuprates, scientists have been trying to understand how these ma...