Pricing Carbon, Valuing People: Ways To Optimize US Climate Policy
New research suggests ways to optimize US climate policy design for a just energy transition. In November, inflation hit a 39-year high in the United…
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sCO2 Turbomachinery Developed for Concentrated Solar Power Plant
Southwest Research Institute worked with government and commercial collaborators to successfully develop and demonstrate full-scale turbomachinery for one of the world’s first supercritical carbon dioxide…
New Materials Synthesized for Extremely High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells
A group of chemists from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania synthesized materials that were used for constructing a record-breaking perovskite solar module, with an…
Producing Clean Hydrogen From Solar Power and Wood Chips
In the global race to curb climate change and reduce carbon emissions, hydrogen is considered a serious contender to replace fossil fuels. Although hydrogen ‘burns’…
MIT Scientists Overcome a Major Bottleneck in Carbon Dioxide Conversion
Study reveals why some attempts to convert the greenhouse gas into fuel have failed, and offers possible solutions. If researchers could find a way to…
Scientific Detective Work on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Researchers at TU Wien are investigating new materials that can be used to reduce the operation temperature of solid oxide fuel cells. To do so,…
New Generation of Synthetic Solar Fuel Catalysts: A Superstar Enzyme Is Ready for Its Close-Up
A Yale-led team of chemists has unveiled the blueprints for a key enzyme that may contain design principles for a new generation of synthetic solar…
Helping To Make Nuclear Fusion a Reality at MIT
MIT PhD student Rachel Bielajew is taking on plasma turbulence, and helping make a better world — through science and community action. Up until she…
These Tiny Liquid Robots Never Run Out of Energy As Long as They Have Food
By removing electricity from equation, discovery overcomes yearslong hurdle in robotics. When you think of a robot, images of R2-D2 or C-3PO might come to…
Turning Up the Heat: Thermal Energy Storage Could Help Decarbonize Buildings
Berkeley Lab research efforts in advanced materials and cost analyses give major boost to an overlooked technology. Could a tank of ice or hot water…
New Photovoltaic Materials Developed by Stanford Scientists for Ultrathin, Lightweight Solar Panels
New, ultrathin photovoltaic materials could eventually be used in mobile applications, from self-powered wearable devices and sensors to lightweight aircraft and electric vehicles. A race…
Nano-Chocolates That Store Hydrogen: Innovative Energy Carrier of the Future
An innovative approach could turn nanoparticles into simple reservoirs for storing hydrogen. The highly volatile gas is considered a promising energy carrier for the future,…
Scientists Have Cultivated a “Miracle Microbe” That Converts Oil Into Methane
Scientists have succeeded in cultivating an archaeon that converts oil into methane. They describe how the microbe achieves the transformation and that it prefers to…
Templating Approach Stabilizes “Ideal” Perovskite Material for Cheap, Efficient Solar Cells
Researchers have developed a method to stabilize a promising material known as perovskite for cheap solar cells, without compromising its near-perfect performance. The researchers, from…
Selective Separation Could Help Alleviate Critical Shortage of Rare-Earth and Other Key Metals
A new way of processing rare-earth and other key metals to separate them from other materials could reduce environmental impact and cost. New processing methods…
New All-Season Smart-Roof Coating Enables Year-Round Energy Savings
Breakthrough regulates household temperature without consuming natural gas or electricity. Scientists have developed an all-season smart-roof coating that keeps homes warm during the winter and…
Advanced New Catalysts for More Efficient Clean Hydrogen Production
Oregon State University research into the design of catalysts has shown that hydrogen can be cleanly produced with much greater efficiency and at a lower…
Ultrathin Solar Cells Get a Boost – “Efficiencies of Perovskites Have Skyrocketed”
Using the Advanced Photon Source’s ultrabright X-rays, researchers have determined that sunlight itself can improve the efficiency of 2D materials used to collect solar energy….
