Energy sources as a research area encompasses the systematic study, characterization, and optimization of primary and secondary forms of energy supply, including fossil, nuclear, and renewable resources, with emphasis on conversion efficiency, environmental impact, resource availability, and systems integration. It spans fundamental and applied work on solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, bioenergy, and emerging options such as hydrogen and advanced nuclear, as well as storage-coupled and hybrid systems. Research typically addresses thermodynamic limits, materials and device performance, lifecycle assessment, techno-economic analysis, grid integration, and policy-relevant modeling to enable reliable, scalable, and low-carbon energy provision.
Faster, more efficient, and more versatile—these are the expectations for the technology that will produce our energy and handle information in the future. But how can these expectations be met? A major breakthrough in physics ...
Condensed Matter
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Many so-called low-carbon projects promoted by major oil and gas companies—including hydrogen, biofuels, carbon capture and storage, and carbon offsetting—operate as false solutions that not only fail to effectively reduce ...
Earth Sciences
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When you look across a field of miscanthus, it's "hypnotically beautiful," says Emily Heaton, whose family farm has for two decades grown the first commercial field of this grass in Illinois. Dense, sun-loving and often called ...
Ecology
Dec 9, 2025
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An international team has discovered a simple and environmentally friendly way to power the next generation of self-charging electronics. The work is published in Nano Energy.
Nanophysics
Nov 28, 2025
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Floating solar panels are emerging as a promising clean energy solution with environmental benefits, but a new study published in Limnologica finds those effects vary significantly depending on where the systems are deployed.
Ecology
Nov 18, 2025
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India's push to blend ethanol with gasoline shows the benefits and challenges of the sustainable fuel efforts being showcased at global climate talks this week.
Environment
Nov 7, 2025
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Microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology has received considerable attention in the field of wastewater treatment over the past decade. This technology can simultaneously generate electricity and treat wastewater by cultivating ...
Biotechnology
Nov 3, 2025
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Making electric vehicles and their batteries is a dirty process that uses a lot of energy. But a new study says that EVs quickly make up for that with less overall emissions through two years of use than a gas-powered vehicle.
Environment
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Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) based on crop residues such as corn stover or perennial bioenergy crops such as miscanthus or switchgrass have the potential to mitigate carbon (C) emissions. However, SAF production scale-up ...
Agriculture
Oct 28, 2025
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Space-based solar power has been gaining more and more traction recently. The recent success of Caltech's Space Solar Power Project, which demonstrated the feasibility of transmitting power from space to the ground, has been ...
Planetary Sciences
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