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U.S. wind plants achieve a predicted annual production gain of 0.8% by using wake steering. Wake steering is a strategy employed at wind power plants…
Optimistic predictions expect reliable autonomous vehicles to be commercially available by 2030, at a time when mobility is undergoing a profound shift away from traditional…
POSS-peptoid molecules self-assemble into rhomboid-shaped nanocrystals. Credit: Illustration by Stephanie King | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Inspired by nature, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory…
Washington State University researchers have developed an innovative way to convert plastics to ingredients for jet fuel and other valuable products, making it easier and…
Projected versus actual outcomes for the U.S. power sector. Credit: Berkeley Lab New Berkeley Lab study reviews progress towards a carbon-free power sector. Concerns about…
Staff engineer Bruis van Vlijmen is seen working inside the Battery Informatics Lab 1070 in the Arrillaga Science Center, Bldg. 57. Credit: Jacqueline Orrell/SLAC National…
Clocks pervade every aspect of life, from the atomic clocks that underlie satellite navigation to the cellular clocks inside our bodies. Credit: Lancaster University Why…
Batteries and similar devices accept, store, and release electricity on demand. Batteries use chemistry, in the form of chemical potential, to store energy, just like…
Researchers have used self-assembled monolayer “molecular glue” to toughen interfaces in perovskite solar cells to make them more efficient, stable, and reliable. Credit: Padture lab/Brown…
When there is a surplus of electricity from wind or solar, the energy storage is charged. This is done by a system of compressors and…
Visualization of the chemical space explored so far. Credit: © Kunkel/FHI How can I prepare myself for something I do not yet know? Scientists from…
‘Smart’ device to harvest daylight. Credit: NTU Singapore Device can be used to illuminate dark, underground spaces in daytime. A team of Nanyang Technological University,…
ARCH is a conceptual design for an onboard fusion device capable of generating ammonia fuel for ship engines. Credit: Ethan Peterson How an MIT engineering…
Farm of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines. Credit: Oxford Brookes University The now-familiar sight of traditional propeller wind turbines could be replaced in the future with…
From left, Pan Adhikari, Lawrence Coleman and Kanishka Kobbekaduwa align the ultrafast laser in the Department of Physics and Astronomy’s UPQD lab. Credit: Clemson University…
Tungsten selenide (WSe2) and black phosphorus (BP) do not exhibit polarized electronic behavior until combined such that their structures overlap. Credit: ©2021 Ideue et al.…
Photograph of the sheet-type piezoelectric system. Accurate biomonitoring is possible without being noticed; the ultrathin and soft sheet system realizes attachment of the device to…
West Mato Volcano erupting in 2009. Credit: Image courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Volcanic eruptions deep in our oceans are capable of…