ENERGY TECH - INDO DAILY

PPPL scientists help test innovative device to improve efficiency of tokamaks

Apr 13, 2016 (SPX)

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have helped design and test a component that could improve the performa...

Defects in LED diodes that lead to less efficient solid state lighting identified

Apr 13, 2016 (SPX)

Using state-of-the-art theoretical methods, UCSB researchers have identified a specific type of defect in the atomic structure of a light-emitting diode (LED) t...

So long lithium, hello bacteria batteries

Apr 13, 2016 (SPX)

As renewable energy sources grow, so does the demand for new ways to store the resulting energy at low-cost and in environmentally friendly ways. Now scientists...

Impossible superconductors gone live

Apr 13, 2016 (SPX)

The scientists from the Faculty of Physics of the Lomonosov Moscow State University conducted a study evaluating the appearance of the superconducting state in ...

Transition of copper-oxide compound studied in fine detail

Apr 12, 2016 (SPX)

Using a highly controlled deposition technique, scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have synthesized ultrathin ...

Cost-effective production of hydrogen from natural resources

Apr 11, 2016 (SPX)

Owing to their unbeatable electro-optical properties and compatibility with existing silicon technology, silicon nanosheets (SiNSs) are one of most exciting rec...

Back to basics with thermoelectric power

Apr 11, 2016 (SPX)

Many phenomena in physics, though well-known, are not necessarily widely understood. That's the case with thermoelectricity, which harnesses waste heat by coupl...

New tools created to debug intermittently powered energy-harvesting devices

Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers at Disney Research and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have developed a system for finding computer bugs in small devices that scavenge their energ...

New plasma source favorable for hydrogen negative ion beam is developed

Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers at Tohoku University have discovered a new plasma wave phenomenon, leading to the development of a negative ion source for fusion plasma heating. Le...

For rechargeable batteries that crush the competition, crush this material

Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)

By chemically modifying and pulverizing a promising group of compounds, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have potentially...

Hybrid system could cut coal-plant emissions in half

Apr 06, 2016 (SPX)

Most of the world's nations have agreed to make substantial reductions in their greenhouse gas emissions, but achieving these goals is still a considerable tech...

Superconductivity seen in a new light

Apr 06, 2016 (SPX)

Superconducting materials have the characteristic of letting an electric current flow without resistance. The study of superconductors with a high critical temp...

Flat boron is a superconductor

Apr 05, 2016 (SPX)

Rice University scientists have determined that two-dimensional boron is a natural low-temperature superconductor. In fact, it may be the only 2-D material with...

Argonne continues to pave way for improved battery performance testing

Apr 05, 2016 (SPX)

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have demonstrated that the design and placement of a tiny measurement device called a ...

Bangladesh police charge thousands over coal plant protests

Apr 05, 2016 (AFP)

Bangladesh police on Tuesday charged thousands of villagers with vandalism and assault after demonstrations against a Chinese-backed power plant in which four p...

Hydride-ion conduction makes its first appearance

Apr 05, 2016 (SPX)

Ionic transport has been studied extensively over the years for energy devices such as fuel cells and batteries using Li+, H+, Ag+, Cu+, F-, and O2-. Yet as Gen...

Penn moves one step closer to sustainable hydrogen production

Apr 05, 2016 (SPX)

Splitting water into its hydrogen and oxygen parts may sound like science fiction, but it's the end goal of chemists and chemical engineers like Christopher Mur...

Engineer builds paperlike battery electrode with glass-ceramic

Apr 04, 2016 (SPX)

A paperlike battery electrode developed by a Kansas State University engineer may improve tools for space exploration or unmanned aerial vehicles. Gurpreet Sing...

Rekindling old world warmth with LEDs

Apr 04, 2016 (JPN)

LED lighting is fast becoming more than just the wave of the future; it is also helping to revive the past. Marketers at lighting retailer ReUdo hope that Japan...

New harmonized test protocols for PEM fuel cells in hydrogen vehicles

Mar 30, 2016 (SPX)

A lack of standards for testing polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells - the most attractive type of fuel cells for powering vehicles - has hampered obje...