Importing Canadian Energy To Drastically Reduce Carbon Emissions
Power flowing both ways across the Canada–U.S. border offers a pathway to clean electricity in 2050. The urgent need to cut carbon emissions has prompted…
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Scientists Shatter Record for the Amount of Energy Produced During a Controlled, Sustained Fusion Reaction
Nuclear fusion hit a milestone thanks to better reactor walls – this engineering advance is building toward reactors of the future. Scientists in England have…
Using Science and Technology To Address the World’s Most Pressing Issues
From nuclear proliferation to climate change, Richard K. Lester taps research talent to map a path toward a sustainable planet. Looking back on nearly a…
Methane Plumes Detected Over Poland’s Coal Mines
Data from the Tropomi instrument onboard the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite has been used to detect methane plumes over some of Europe’s largest methane-emitting coal mines….
Designing Catalysts for Sustainable Fuels Using Electrochemistry
Yogesh Surendranath and his team are bringing powerful techniques of electrochemistry to bear on the problem of designing catalysts for sustainable fuels. One challenge in…
Harvesting Energy at Night: Solar Cell Keeps Working Long After Sun Sets
Harvesting energy from the temperature difference between photovoltaic cell, surrounding air leads to a viable, renewable source of electricity at night. About 750 million people…
Engineering the Quantum States in Solid Materials Using Light
A POSTECH research team led by Professor Gil-Ho Lee and Gil Young Cho (Department of Physics) has developed a platform that can control the properties…
Methane-Eating Bacteria Convert Potent Greenhouse Gas Into Usable Fuel
State-of-the-art method reveals never-before-seen atomic structures controlling the process. Methanotrophic bacteria consume 30 million metric tons of methane per year and have captivated researchers for…
Wind and Solar Could Replace Coal Power in Texas, Drastically Cut Pollution
Rice study shows how proposed projects could eliminate need for coal, drastically cut pollution. Texas can be a model for the nation on how to…
New Quantum Technology To Make Charging Electric Cars As Fast as Pumping Gas
Quantum charging will cut the charging time of electric vehicles from ten hours to three minutes. Whether it’s photovoltaics or fusion, sooner or later, human…
MIT’s Clever Way To Clean Solar Panels Without Water
A new cleaning method could remove dust on solar installations in water-limited regions, improving overall efficiency. Solar power is expected to reach 10 percent of…
Scientists Discover a New, Sustainable Way To Make Hydrogen for Fuel Cells and Fertilizers
A new sustainable and practical method for producing hydrogen from water has been discovered by a team of researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable…
Scientists Discover Promising New Electrolyte for Solid-State Lithium-Ion Batteries
New battery material offers promise for the development of all-solid batteries. In the quest for the perfect battery, scientists have two primary goals: create a…
Toward Solid-State Lithium-Ion Batteries That Pack Twice As Much Energy per Pound
A method for stabilizing the interfaces in solid-state lithium-ion batteries opens new possibilities. In the endless quest to pack more energy into batteries without increasing…
How Triple-Pane Windows – Which Are Getting More Affordable – Stop Energy (and Money) From Flying out the Window
We know triple-pane windows conserve energy, reduce noise, and lower home energy bills; now they are getting more affordable. It’s time to make the switch…
3D-Printed “Nano-Skyscrapers” Help Bacteria Convert Sunlight Into Electricity
Researchers have made tiny ‘skyscrapers’ for communities of bacteria, helping them to generate electricity from just sunlight and water. The researchers, from the University of…
Harvesting Energy From the Air: Metasurface-Based Antenna Turns Ambient Radio Waves Into Electric Power
Technology could make it possible to use radio emissions from cell phone networks to wirelessly power sensors and LEDs. Researchers have developed a new metasurface-based…
Predicting Semiconductor Solar Cell Performance From Terahertz and Microwave Spectroscopy
Many semiconducting materials are possible candidates for solar cells. In recent years, perovskite semiconductors in particular have attracted attention, as they are both inexpensive and…
