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The wearable microgrid uses energy from human sweat and movement to power an LCD wristwatch and electrochromic device. Credit: Lu Yin Nanoengineers at the University…
Researchers took to the field to study icing on this ridgetop wind farm in eastern China. Credit: Photo courtesy of Hui Hu/Iowa State University Researchers…
The system lowered the temperature inside a test system in an outdoor environment under direct sunlight by more than 12 degrees Celsius (22 degrees Fahrenheit).…
Through a tight coupling of experiment and theory, scientists showed at the atomic level how changes in the surface composition of a photoelectrode play a…
Lithium-ion batteries are currently widely used in electronics but lithium-sulfur batteries could replace them in the near future as lighter, cheaper, and higher capacity alternatives,…
This image shows perovskite photovoltaics in the background with individual perovskite crystals shown as colorful units. Credit: CUBE3D Graphic Reducing internal losses could pave the…
The ARC Fusion Pilot Plant concept was developed at MIT as a demonstration of the potential of high-temperature superconducting magnets to reduce the cost and…
Rice University engineers designed and built windowpanes that redirect sunlight or illumination from indoors to edge-band solar cells. The central layer is a conjugated polymer…
Scientists used both computers and microscopes to come up with a way to potentially boost the performance of devices to use the sun to split…
A team of researchers designed and manufactured a new sodium-ion conductor for solid-state sodium-ion batteries that is stable when incorporated into higher-voltage oxide cathodes. This…
A thermoelectric power generator worn as a ring. Credit: Xiao Lab Researchers at CU Boulder have developed a new, low-cost wearable device that transforms the human…
Bye-bye, burners. To curb climate change, many experts have called for a massive shift from fossil fuels to electricity. The goal is to electrify processes…
A prototype backpack harvests energy from walking to power small electronics, and it makes loads feel lighter. Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c07498…
The researchers used ultrashort laser pulse excitation to optically stimulate specific atomic vibrations of the magnet’s crystal lattice. Credit: Lancaster University Fast and energy-efficient future…
Wind energy scientists at Cornell University have released a new global wind atlas – a digital compendium filled with documented extreme wind speeds for all…
Scientists at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University discovered that squeezing a promising lead halide material in a diamond anvil cell (left) produces a…
Manipulating materials at a fundamental level, MIT’s Ju Li reveals new properties for energy applications. For much of his career, Ju Li thrived on the theoretical…
In chamber 1, the nanoparticles, made from tantalum metal, are grown. Within this chamber, individual tantalum atoms clump together, similar to the formation of rain…
Methane-eating bacteria are found in extreme environments such as active geothermal hot springs. Advanced X-ray techniques yield insights into a bacterial enzyme that turns methane…