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Great potential for aquifer thermal energy storage systems
Nov 23, 2022 (SPX)
The study includes the so far most detailed map of potential aquifer storage systems in Germany. More than 30 percent of domestic energy consumption currently c...
MSU helms $15M project to help make fusion energy a reality
Nov 22, 2022 (SPX)
Christlieb, an MSU Foundation Professor in the College of Natural Science, is now the director of a Mathematical Multifaceted Integrated Capability Center, or M...
South Korea's LG Chem to build $3.2 bn US cathode plant
Nov 22, 2022 (AFP)
The plant will be capable of producing 120,000 tonnes of cathodes a year by 2027, enough to power 1.2 million pure electric vehicles, LG Chem said in a statemen...
Engineers solve a mystery on the path to smaller, lighter batteries
Nov 22, 2022 (SPX)
The key to this potential leap in battery technology is replacing the liquid electrolyte that sits between the positive and negative electrodes with a much thin...
POWER aims to create revolutionary power distribution network
Nov 18, 2022 (SPX)
These relays are a critical component necessary to allow ground-sourced lasers to be coupled with high-altitude, efficient long-range transmission. Additionally...
Mining the heat below our feet could unlock clean energy for the world
Nov 18, 2022 (SPX)
Timed to align with the United Nations' Climate Change Conference, the TEDX Boston event was "designed to spotlight actionable ideas for human activity to achie...
PPPL awarded more than $12 million to speed development of a fusion pilot plant
Nov 16, 2022 (SPX)
The three-year PPPL awards - with several more pending - cover research to speed the development of both doughnut-shaped tokamak fusion facilities and compact c...
Canada arrests EV battery researcher for alleged spying for China
Nov 14, 2022 (AFP)
The man, who was recently fired by the utility, was taken into custody at his home in Candiac, a suburb of Montreal, by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police nation...
Crystals generate electricity from heat
Nov 09, 2022 (SPX)
The novel synthetic material is composed of copper, manganese, germanium, and sulfur, and it is produced in a rather simple process, explains materials scientis...
New superfast method to manufacture high-performance thermoelectric devices
Nov 09, 2022 (SPX)
The novel process uses intense pulsed light to sinter thermoelectric material in less than a second (conventional sintering in thermal ovens can take hours). Th...
Observation of a self-generated current to self-confine fusion plasmas
Nov 09, 2022 (SPX)
However, for a steady-state fusion reactor, minimizing the inductive current is essential to extend the tokamak operating duration. Several non-inductive curren...
Delgado-Aparicio appointed to national fusion advisory committee
Nov 08, 2022 (SPX)
Delgado-Aparicio will specifically provide advice about confining plasma, ultra-hot gas sometimes known as the fourth state of matter, within doughnut-shaped fu...
New materials could enable longer-lasting implantable batteries
Nov 04, 2022 (SPX)
Now, researchers at MIT have come up with a way to improve the energy density of these nonrechargeable, or "primary," batteries. They say it could enable up to ...
Stretched' nuclear states under the magnifying glass at the Cracow cyclotron
Nov 04, 2022 (SPX)
The precise observation of phenomena occurring in atomic nuclei, especially of high-energy states, is an extremely difficult task from both technical and theore...
Machine learning facilitates turbulence tracking in fusion reactors
Nov 03, 2022 (SPX)
A multidisciplinary team of researchers is now bringing tools and insights from machine learning to aid this effort. Scientists from MIT and elsewhere have used...
Space for the future: green steel, sweet air, happy plants
Nov 03, 2022 (ESA)
Through the Open Space Innovation Platform (OSIP), ESA's Discovery element issued a call last year for 'New ideas for how space can boost Europe's green future'...
Synergetic optimization for reducing residual warpage in laser powder bed fusion
Nov 02, 2022 (SPX)
However, the molten metal generates a negative thermal stress following solidification, which produces an in-plane residual stress. This residual stress accumul...
Despite conflict Russia sends France giant magnet for nuclear fusion project
Nov 01, 2022 (AFP)
The ship carrying the Russian-made magnet -- or "poloidal field coil" -- departed Saint Petersburg on Tuesday under grey skies. On board, the massive nine-metre...
Stretchable battery packaging with moisture and gas barrier could power wearable devices
Nov 01, 2022 (SPX)
While there has been research on how to improve battery flexibility while maintaining battery life and other desirable properties, less attention has been paid ...
UK battery firm Britishvolt near collapse: reports
Oct 31, 2022 (AFP)
The troubled battery start-up, championed by former prime minister Boris Johnson as part of his drive for a greener economy, has been developing the gigafactory...
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