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Artificial leaf as mini-factory for medicine

Using sunlight for sustainable and cheap production of, for example, medicines.

April 24, 2018 Read more

New high-resolution exascale Earth modeling system for energy

A new earth modeling system unveiled today will have weather-scale resolution and use advanced computers to simulate aspects of Earth's variability and anticipate decadal changes that will critically impact the U.S. energy sector in coming years.

April 23, 2018 Read more

New control strategy helps reap maximum power from wind farms

A novel approach has the potential to increase wind power generation significantly with a consequent increase in revenue. Numerical simulations indicate potential increases of up to six to seven percent.

April 23, 2018 Read more

Organic solar cells reach record efficiency, benchmark for commercialization

In an advance that makes a more flexible, inexpensive type of solar cell commercially viable, researchers have demonstrated organic solar cells that can achieve 15 percent efficiency.

April 23, 2018 Read more

Plastic packaging is often pollution for profit

Plastic itself is inanimate and cannot be evil - what's morally wrong is what humans do with it.

April 20, 2018 Read more

Porous salts for fuel cells

Scientists have developed a new class of crystalline porous organic salts with high proton conductivity for applications such as proton-exchange membranes for fuel cells.

April 19, 2018 Read more

Life-span of new solar cell technologies to increase tenfold

Scientists have developed ways to increase the lifetime of solar cells and also proposes ways to improve ageing tests for them.

April 10, 2018 Read more

Designer bugs for creating greener plastics

Researchers are designing bacteria to efficiently consume plastic waste and turn it into novel destructible plastic - good for the environment and health.

April 10, 2018 Read more

Double perovskites in environmentally friendly solar cells

Long electron-hole diffusion length in high-quality lead-free double perovskite films.

April 5, 2018 Read more

Building lithium-sulfur batteries with paper biomass

Researchers have developed a patented method to use cheap and abundant paper biomass to make lithium-sulfur batteries.

April 2, 2018 Read more

Research hints at double the driving range for electric vehicles

Scientists spice up electrolyte solution to increase charge cycles.

March 27, 2018 Read more

Olive stones can be used to make more sustainable building materials

Researchers have developed a method to lighten and improve the isolated and absorption properties of building materials by reusing olive stones.

March 23, 2018 Read more

World Water Day: Turning to nature for solutions

On World Water Day 2018, the European Environment Agency is highlighting the importance of clean water and how nature can help protect this valuable resource for generations to come.

March 22, 2018 Read more

Ultrashort laser pulses make greenhouse gas reactive

It is a long-cherished dream: Removing the inert greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and using it as a basic material for the chemical industry. This could address two major problems at once by containing climate change and at the same time reducing the dependence on oil.

March 15, 2018 Read more

Research gets closer to producing revolutionary battery to power renewable energy industry

New research verges on development of a commercial hydrogen-bromine flow battery, an advanced industrial-scale battery design engineers have strived to develop since the 1960s.

March 14, 2018 Read more

Painting a clear picture of how nitrogen oxides are formed

For decades, combustion researchers and engine companies have been seeking to understand how these gases are produced during combustion so that they can find ways to reduce them. Now researchers have synthesized more than a decade's worth of combustion studies to create a new overarching model of how nitrogen oxides are produced.

March 12, 2018 Read more

All power to the proton: Researchers make battery breakthrough

Working prototype could eventually replace lithum ion batteries.

March 8, 2018 Read more

Running on renewables: How sure can we be about the future?

A variety of models predict the role renewables will play in 2050, but some may be over-optimistic, and should be used with caution, say researchers.

March 6, 2018 Read more