Researchers from Idaho National Laboratory and New Mexico-based Visgence Inc. have designed and demonstrated a technology that can block cyberattacks from impacting the nation’s electric…
Plasma confinement refers to the containment of a plasma by various forces at the extreme conditions necessary for thermonuclear fusion reactions. These conditions exist naturally…
Long-theorized phenomenon observed in a working reactor could improve reactor safety, according to a new study. For the first time, the long-theorized neutron-clustering effect in…
The demand for clean energy has never been higher, and it has created a global race to develop new technologies as alternatives to fossil fuels….
In the late 1970s, M. Stanley Whittingham was the first to describe the concept of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, an achievement for which he would share…
Method requires scavenging heart kinetic energy as a power source. The cardiac pacemaker of the future could be powered by the heart itself, according to…
Self-harvesting energy from indoor environments proves effective for charging batteries. As more of our devices require recharging of their batteries, researchers are looking to ambient…
Traditional power generation is not ideal for marine exploration challenges, but the solution may be in the water’s motion. To find a power source for…
Better methods for assessing solar cells under indoor ambient lighting can help improve their design. As photovoltaic (PV) technology continues to progress, PV devices’ applications…
Purified tin selenide has extraordinarily high thermoelectric performance. Perseverance, NASA’s 2020 Mars rover, is powered by something very desirable here on Earth: a thermoelectric device,…
One of the biggest factors affecting consumer adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is the amount of time required to recharge the vehicles—usually powered by lithium-ion…
The landing of NASA’s Perseverance rover was another leap forward not only for space exploration but also for the technology that’s powering the craft on…
Researchers created a global dataset of job footprints in 50 countries and used a model to investigate how trying to meet the Paris Agreement global…
This video shows a left hand with 4 BFCs wrapped onto four individual fingers to collect energy simultaneously from multiple fingers. Credit: Lu Yin Feeling…
Bioenergy research studies how to use crops and other agricultural materials to make biofuels and other bioproducts. Biomass energy would improve energy security. It would reduce the…
Daniel Korsun’s undergraduate career at MIT prepared him to look more deeply into fusion magnet technology and design. “That was your warmup. Now we’re really…
Research led by Kansas State University’s Suprem Das, assistant professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, in collaboration with Christopher Sorensen, university distinguished professor of…
Applied in the field, a new model reduced quakes from oil and gas processes; could help manage seismic events from carbon sequestration. When humans pump…