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Light pulses provide a new route to enhance superconductivity

Mar 11, 2019 (SPX)

But now, scientists from the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research have shown that pulses of light could be used to turn these materials beyond simple conductor...

New reactor-liner alloy material offers strength, resilience

Mar 11, 2019 (SPX)

"This material showed outstanding radiation resistance when compared to pure nanocrystalline tungsten materials and other conventional alloys," said Osman El At...

Magnonic devices can replace electronics without much noise

Mar 08, 2019 (SPX)

Devices based on magnonic currents - quasi-particles associated with waves of magnetization, or spin waves, in certain magnetic materials - would transform the ...

Frost and Sullivan perspective on the acquisition of Maxwell Technologies by Tesla

Mar 06, 2019 (SPX)

One of the biggest game-changing news in the EV and energy storage industry is the impending acquisition of Maxwell Technologies for a reported $218 million wit...

Right electrolyte doubles novel 2D material's ability to store energy

Mar 05, 2019 (SPX)

Today's batteries, which rely on charge stored in the bulk of their electrodes, offer high energy-storage capacity, but slow charging speeds limit their applica...

Superconductivity is heating up

Mar 05, 2019 (SPX)

Superhydrides were predicted by scientists at George Washington University to exhibit superconductivity at temperatures approaching room temperature in 2017. No...

Corvus Energy awarded the marine world's biggest battery package

Feb 28, 2019 (SPX)

"This is a big step for the cruising industry and we are extremely proud to receive this order. It demonstrates that we drive technology further by pushing boun...

Battery consortium promises 'big leap' in performance

Feb 28, 2019 (SPX)

The Consortium for Battery Innovation, which includes more than 90 member companies worldwide supporting pre-competitive research into lead battery technology, ...

New study reveals when a superconductor truly becomes super

Feb 26, 2019 (SPX)

Superconductors are materials that gain unique physical properties when cooled to extremely low temperatures. They stop resisting an electric current, allowing ...

More flexible nanomaterials can make fuel cell cars cheaper

Feb 25, 2019 (SPX)

A report of the findings, to be published Feb. 22 in Science, offers promise towards faster, cheaper production of electrical power using fuel cells, but also o...

Expanding the use of silicon in batteries, by preventing electrodes from expanding

Feb 25, 2019 (SPX)

This adjustment could extend the life of Li-ion batteries as much as five times, the group recently reported in Nature Communications. It's possible because of ...

Superconduction: Why does it have to be so cold?

Feb 25, 2019 (SPX)

The search to find theoretical computational methods to represent and understand this fact has been going on for many years. As yet, no one has fully succeeded ...

'Goldilocks' thinking to cut cost of fuel cells in electric vehicles

Feb 25, 2019 (SPX)

Cutting down on the platinum would also cut costs, allowing more electric cars to hit the market. A new method borrows some thinking from "Goldilocks" - just th...

The secret life of batteries

Feb 20, 2019 (SPX)

Several of today's electric vehicles, such as the Tesla Model 3 and Nissan Leaf, run on lithium-ion batteries. But it takes inconveniently too long to recharge ...

Renewable energy generation with kites and drones

Feb 20, 2019 (SPX)

In the so-called ground generation scheme, AWES use the tension force of the tether to move an electrical generator on the ground whereas, in fly generation sce...

Lithium-air batteries can store energy for cars, houses and industry

Feb 18, 2019 (SPX)

One of the alternatives being studied today in many parts of the world is the lithium-air battery. Some of the Brazilian efforts in the search for such device w...

Better red than dread: Barrier keeps batteries safe

Feb 15, 2019 (SPX)

The Rice lab of chemist James Tour made test cells with a coat of red phosphorus on the separator that keeps the anode and cathode electrodes apart. The phospho...

Shell buys German battery maker Sonnen

Feb 15, 2019 (AFP)

Shell, which already invested in the German start-up in May 2018, revealed in a statement that it will buy 100 percent of Sonnen for an undisclosed amount. Sonn...

Mana Monitoring Sets Sights on National Smart Grid Opportunities for 2019

Feb 15, 2019 (SPX)

By responding to new regulations, market structures, renewable energy sources, and the continued evolution of smart-grid infrastructure, Mana Monitoring has est...

Upcycling plastic bags into battery parts

Feb 14, 2019 (SPX)

Now, researchers have reported a new method to convert plastic bags into carbon chips that could be used as anodes for lithium-ion batteries. They report their ...