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Energy Technology

33.2%! Kaust Team Sets World Record for Tandem Solar Cell Efficiency

Researchers at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Photovoltaics Laboratory (KPV-Lab) of the KAUST Solar Center, a leading institute …

Energy Technology

Nuclear Science and Technology in Space

Anyone who has heard me speak about the American Nuclear Society recently knows that I like to remind people of the ANS mission and vision statements. I invite …

Energy Storage Battery

A Primary Battery System for Efficient Remediation of Cadmium Pollution and Electricity Generation

A team lead by Prof. Wu Zhengyan and Prof. Zhang Jia from the Institute of Intelligence, Hefei institutes of physical science of Chinese Academy of Sciences, in…

Nuclear Power Plant

UK Power Grid Could Have First Commercial Fusion Reactor by 2030S

Science fiction writers have been touting fusion as the utopian future energy production technology for decades. After all, it is how the sun works, and that ha…

Carbon Emissions

Past Extreme Climate Warming Triggered by Tipping Points, Study Finds

Can a rapid warming of Earth trigger tipping points in our climate? For decades scientists have debated if today's warming can strongly amplify itself by tr…

EU

Hydro4u Partner Boku Conducts Small-Scale Hydropower Potential Analysis and Fish Sampling Campaign in Central Asia: Recent Updates Unveiled

Hydro4U, a European Union-funded project that aims to develop and implement a sustainable hydropower education program, recently announced that their partner, t…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Researchers Synthesize a Highly Graphitized Carbon Support to Improve the Lifespan of Hydrogen Fuel Cells

The research team led by Professor Jong-Sung Yu of the Department of Energy Science and Engineering at DGIST has developed a low-temperature method to synthesiz…

Energy Storage Battery

A Novel Ultramicro Supercapacitor With Ultrahigh Charge Storage Capability

Researchers at the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics (IAP), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have designed a novel ultramicro supercapacitor,…

Nuclear Technology

Wanted: Information Leading to a Neutron Source for Fusion Energy R&D

The Department of Energy’s Office of Science published a notice in the March 27 Federal Register calling for input on technological approaches to a Fusion…

Nuclear Policy

CPPCC Member: Energy Changes Need Tech Breakthroughs, Strong Support

The Chinese government is promoting more research on the clean and efficient use of coal. Liu Zhongmin, the director of Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics at …

Energy Saving

New Direct Air Capture Device Three Times More Efficient Than Current Approaches

A team of environmental engineers at Lehigh University working with a colleague from Georgia Tech Shenzhen Institute has developed a direct air capture (DAC) de…

Geothermal Power Plant

Registration Open for Spe Geothermal Datathon 2023

The SPE Geothermal Datathon 2023 challenges participants to use data science and machine learning to help solve a design problem based on real-world data.

Energy Storage Battery

New Study Takes Close Look at Energy Storage

Research into electrochemical energy storage devices and their development is among those fields of material sciences in which most work is being done worldwide…

Geothermal Power Plant

Geoscience BC Refines Model of Kootenay Lake Geothermal Project in BC, Canada

Kootenay Lake, British Columbia, Canada (source: Mari Smith / flickr, Creative Commons)A study by Geoscience BC has identified the most viable area for developm…

Geothermal Power Plant

Project Innerspace Launches Collaboration for Global Heat Flow Mapping

Project Innerspace logo (source: Project Innerspace)Project InnerSpace has launched a two-year collaboration with the International Heat Flow Commission (IHFC) …