Old Assumption Invalidated: Controlling Fusion Plasma and Plasma Turbulence
After his PhD thesis invalidates an old assumption, Norman Cao wonders what’s next. “What are some challenges in controlling plasma and what are your solutions?…
After his PhD thesis invalidates an old assumption, Norman Cao wonders what’s next. “What are some challenges in controlling plasma and what are your solutions?…
The first quantum phase battery has been realized. It consist of an indium arsenide (InAs) nanowire in contact with aluminum superconducting leads and is a…
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory engineers launched PRAM, the Photovoltaic Radio-frequency Antenna Module, aboard an Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle on May 17 as part…
Three MIT teams to explore novel ways to reduce operations and maintenance costs of advanced nuclear reactors. MIT teams in the GEMINA program will provide…
To tackle COVID-19 and climate change, government spending must deliver jobs and growth alongside deep decarbonization. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns have led to…
Skoltech scientists and their industry colleagues have found a way to use machine learning to accurately predict rock thermal conductivity, a crucial parameter for enhanced…
New approach offers practical way to make multilayer perovskite solar cells. Although perovskites are a promising alternative to the silicon used to make most of…
Electricity generated by interactions between water molecules and metals may be turned into a source of energy, Tel Aviv University research reveals. The search for…
New roll-to-roll production method could enable lightweight, flexible solar devices and a new generation of display screens. A new way of making large sheets of…
Scientists at the Department of Energy Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have their eyes on the prize: the Transformational Challenge Reactor, or…
Highly energetic, “hot” electrons have the potential to help solar panels more efficiently harvest light energy. But scientists haven’t been able to measure the energies…
Solar power systems with double-sided (bifacial) solar panels — which collect sunlight from two sides instead of one — and single-axis tracking technology that tilts…
Etching the Road to a Hydrogen Economy Using Plasma Jets Hydrogen is a clean energy source that can be produced by splitting water molecules with…
ITER, the world’s largest international scientific collaboration, is beginning assembly of the fusion reactor tokamak that will include 12 different essential hardware systems provided by…
It might sound like science fiction, but scientists are preparing to build colonies on the moon and, eventually, Mars. With NASA planning its next human…
Understanding nature’s process could inform the next generation of artificial photosynthetic systems that produce clean and renewable energy from sunlight and water. Photosystem II is…
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are refining their design of a 3D-printed nuclear reactor core, scaling up the additive manufacturing…
Scientists are zeroing in on water quality and environmental concerns of fracking wastewater to determine if it is safe for reuse. Before water produced during…