Two-dimensional crumpled nanostructure with 40% higher efficiency. Super-micro, low-power sensors and devices that can send…
Browsing: Energy
Energy is a fundamental concept in science, representing the capacity to do work or produce change. It exists in many forms—including kinetic, potential, thermal, chemical, and nuclear—and powers everything from the tiniest atomic interactions to the largest cosmic events. In physics and engineering, energy is conserved and transformed, while in fields like biology and environmental science, it’s essential for sustaining life and driving ecological systems. This page features the latest research on how energy is generated, transferred, stored, and harnessed—spanning innovations in renewable energy, cutting-edge materials, and the physics that underlie it all.
As part of the Journal of Plasma Physics’ continuing focus on the scientific progress in…
Research on solar cells to secure renewable energy sources are ongoing around the world. The…
Researchers build circuit that harnessed the atomic motion of graphene to generate an electrical current…
Seven studies describe progress thus far and challenges ahead for a revolutionary zero-emissions power source.…
‘Cold neutrons’ uncover atomic dynamics that give thermoelectric materials low-heat conductivity. Materials scientists at Duke…
While the power conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells (PVSCs) — a future of solar…
Most of the wind available on land is too gentle to push commercial wind turbine…
Biosolids are the driving force behind a sustainable new method for producing hydrogen from wastewater.…
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory used quantum optics to advance…
Self-assembled peptides, when aligned, show great promise for electricity generation. Nanogenerators capable of converting mechanical…
New study details the molecular-level design of materials that enable clean and sustainable water evaporation…
A research team led by scientists from Argonne National Laboratory, the University of Chicago’s Pritzker…
A hand-held video game console allowing indefinite gameplay might be a parent’s worst nightmare. But…
Our Energy Hunger Is Tethered to Our Economic Past Just as a living organism continually…
Electric current is everywhere, from powering homes to controlling the plasma that fuels fusion reactions…
For years, researchers have aimed to learn more about a group of metal oxides that…
Researchers at Linköping University have developed a molecule that absorbs energy from sunlight and stores…