The total solar eclipse that captivated the United States this week was more than just a celestial spectacle (and a reminder to take care of your eyes). It was also a valuable lesson in how to manage electricity grids when ...
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 23, 2017
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Chemists have figured out a new, more efficient way to create carbon-based fuels from carbon dioxide (CO2). In chemical reactions performed in the lab, a Caltech team has identified a new additive that helps selectively convert ...
Materials Science
Aug 4, 2017
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A research group from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently reported the development of a new technology to boost performance of direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) using high-concentration ...
Materials Science
Jun 30, 2017
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A team of chemists from the University of Kentucky and the Institute of Physics Research of Mar del Plata in Argentina has just reported a way to trigger a fundamental step in the mechanism of photosynthesis, providing a ...
Materials Science
Jun 22, 2017
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A new type of battery developed by scientists at Oregon State University shows promise for sustainable, high-power energy storage.
Materials Science
Feb 20, 2017
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China's capital and other northern cities have banned half of all vehicles from city streets and ordered factories, schools and construction sites closed in response to a five-day smog red alert.
Environment
Dec 17, 2016
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Scientists have taken spectroscopic snapshots of nature's most mysterious relay race: the passage of extra protons from one water molecule to another during conductivity.
Materials Science
Dec 1, 2016
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Could a glow-in-the-dark dye be the next advancement in energy storage technology?
Materials Science
Nov 17, 2016
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Nestled in a deep pocket of forest that lies off Thailand's electrical grid, villagers in Pa Deng have become early adopters and evangelists for an unusual alternative energy source: poop.
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 5, 2016
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(Phys.org)—A small team of scholars has published a Commentary piece in the journal Nature Geoscience suggesting that China has reached peak coal consumption far earlier than most in the field had suggested. In their paper, ...
