Michigan Technological University researcher Reza Shahbazian-Yassar has discovered that perfection may not be all it's cracked up to be, at least when it comes to designing materials for the next generation of lithium ion ...
Materials Science
Oct 6, 2014
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Is it a solar cell? Or a rechargeable battery? Actually, the patent-pending device invented at The Ohio State University is both: the world's first solar battery.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 3, 2014
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Last week, at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, MIT researchers unveiled an oval-shaped submersible robot, a little smaller than a football, with a flattened panel on one side that it can slide ...
Robotics
Sep 26, 2014
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The same device that opens doors on buses and planes could be used to meet peak energy demands on satellites.
Space Exploration
Sep 25, 2014
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A fevered search for the next great high-energy, rechargeable battery technology is on. Scientists are now reporting they have overcome key obstacles toward making lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries, which have the potential ...
Nanophysics
Sep 17, 2014
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MIT professor Fikile Brushett is in the process of taking the power generated by wind and solar, chemically lashing it to molecules derived from flora and fauna, and storing it in liquids until it's needed to electrify our ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 16, 2014
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Researchers at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are turning to extremely tiny tubes and rods to boost power and durability in lithium-ion batteries, the energy sources for cell phones, laptops, ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 1, 2014
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While electric vehicles offer many advantages—including reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the country's dependence on imported petroleum—at least one barrier stands in the way of their large-scale adoption: "range ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 30, 2014
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Researchers at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are turning to extremely tiny tubes and rods to boost power and durability in lithium-ion batteries, the energy sources for cell phones, laptops, ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 17, 2014
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Researchers at the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering have developed a three-dimensional, silicon-decorated, cone-shaped carbon-nanotube cluster architecture for lithium ion battery anodes that ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 10, 2014
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