Turning Buildings Into Batteries To Cheaply Improve Power Quality
Scientists propose converting tall buildings into batteries In order to ensure that the supply and demand of electricity are appropriately balanced, energy storage technologies are…
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MIT Professor Wins European Inventor Award for Liquid Metal Batteries
MIT professor Donald Sadoway’s work could enable long-term storage of renewable energy. For his work on liquid metal batteries that could enable the long-term storage…
Cleaner, Greener Batteries – Smashing the Limits of Power Storage
Thanks to the boom in renewables, these days the limiting factor of the energy revolution is not power supply as much as power storage. Cleaner,…
MIT Spinout Tapping Into the Million-Year Energy Source Below Our Feet
Quaise Energy, an MIT spinout, is working to create geothermal wells made from the deepest holes in the world. There’s an abandoned coal power plant…
Scientists Discover “Holy Grail of Catalysis” – Converting Methane Into Methanol Using Light
An international team of researchers has developed a fast and economical method of converting methane, commonly called natural gas, into liquid methanol at ambient temperature…
Major Breakthrough Puts Dream of Unlimited, Clean Nuclear Fusion Energy Within Reach
The old joke is that nuclear fusion is always 30 years away. However, the dream of plentiful clean energy is no laughing matter as we…
The Michael Jordan of Solar Cells: New Technology Proves Its Lasting Power
30-year perovskite solar cells and the new technique for testing them for the long haul. Princeton Engineering scientists have developed the first perovskite solar cell…
Nuclear Power on Moon: NASA Selects Design Concept for Fission Surface Power System
NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are working together to advance space nuclear technologies. The agencies have selected three design concept proposals for…
Demystifying the Dark Art of Electrolyte Design for Next-Generation Batteries
Creating the Building Blocks for Next-Generation Batteries With more than a trillion tons of carbon dioxide now circulating in the atmosphere, and global temperatures projected…
A New Breakthrough Could Make It Possible To Harvest Solar Power at Night
Australian researchers have created a device that can produce power from heat radiation using a similar mechanism to night-vision goggles. Following a significant advancement in…
Solar Powered Medical Devices: Sponge-Like Solar Cells for Better Pacemakers
Invented by University of Chicago scientists, a new kind of solar cell could spur useful technology. As solar technology has improved, with greater efficiencies and…
Lights, Catalyst, Reaction! Photoreduction of CO2 Into Transportable Fuel
Converting CO2 to Formic Acid Using an Alumina-Supported, Iron-Based Compound Photoreduction of CO2 into transportable fuel like formic acid (HCOOH) is a great way of…
New Improved Lithium-Ion Batteries That Last Longer in Extreme Cold
If you have an electric car and drive in the cold, you’re likely well aware of the reduced performance and range when temperatures drop below…
New Artificial Enzyme Shows Potential for New Renewable Energy Source
New artificial enzyme breaks down tough, woody lignin. Research shows promise for developing a new renewable energy source. A new artificial enzyme has demonstrated it…
Improving Battery Performance at Low Temperatures
Energy storage via rechargeable battery technology powers our digital lifestyles and supports renewable energy integration into the power grid. However, battery function under cold conditions…
Artificial Intelligence Helps Scale Up Advanced Solar Cell Manufacturing
Perovskite materials would be superior to silicon in PV cells, but manufacturing such cells at scale is a huge hurdle. Machine learning can help. Perovskites…
Electrode Design Paves Way for High-Performance Hybrid Biofuel Cells
Amphiphilic assembly generates hybrid biofuel cells with improved power output and operational stability. Enzyme electrodes are useful in a variety of applications, including biosensing systems…
Ultrathin Fuel Cell Generates Electricity From Your Body’s Own Sugar
Engineers have created a glucose power source that could fuel miniature implants and electronic sensors. Glucose is a sugar we absorb from the foods we…
