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Physicists discover new quantum electronic material

Mar 20, 2018 (SPX)

If a metal or other conductive material could be made to resemble such a kagome pattern at the atomic scale, with individual atoms arranged in similar triangula...

Chirping is welcome in birds but not in fusion devices

Mar 20, 2018 (SPX)

Compounding the puzzle is that some tokamaks chirp more frequently than others. For example, chirps have commonly occurred in the National Spherical Torus Exper...

Scenario 2050: Lithium and Cobalt might not suffice

Mar 19, 2018 (SPX)

Besides lithium as charge carrier, cobalt is a fundamental component of the cathode in present lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), determining the high energy and pow...

Researchers demonstrate existence of new form of electronic matter

Mar 19, 2018 (SPX)

"TIs are electrical insulators on the inside and conductors along their boundaries, and may hold great potential for helping build low-power, robust computers a...

World's biggest battery in Australia to trump Musk's

Mar 16, 2018 (AFP)

The 120MW/140MWh battery storage facility will support a new solar farm at the Whyalla Steelworks, which was taken over by Gupta's GFG Alliance when it bought A...

Quantum mechanics runs hot in a cold plasma

Mar 16, 2018 (SPX)

Many-body localization occurs when quantum interactions trap particles in a web-like mesh of random locations. This phase of matter protects the energy stored i...

Turbocharging fuel cells with a multifunctional catalyst

Mar 16, 2018 (SPX)

The sluggishness comes from a chemical bottleneck, the rate of processing oxygen, a key ingredient that helps fuel cells, which are related to batteries, produc...

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

Mar 16, 2018 (SPX)

However, the boom in wind energy faces a hurdle - how to effectively and cheaply store energy generated by turbines when the wind is blowing, but energy require...

Laser-heated nanowires produce micro-scale nuclear fusion

Mar 16, 2018 (SPX)

Using a compact but powerful laser to heat arrays of ordered nanowires, CSU scientists and collaborators have demonstrated micro-scale nuclear fusion in the lab...

New insights could pave the way for self-powered low energy devices

Mar 14, 2018 (SPX)

While the effects of static electricity have been fascinating casual observers and scientists for millennia, certain aspects of how the electricity is generated...

RMIT researchers make battery breakthrough

Mar 14, 2018 (SPX)

The rechargeable battery is environmentally friendly, and has the potential, with further development, to store more energy than currently-available lithium ion...

Reinventing the inductor

Mar 06, 2018 (SPX)

The particularly large size of inductors made according to Faraday's design are a limiting factor in delivering the miniaturized devices that will help realize ...

Mapping nanoscale chemical reactions inside batteries in 3-D

Mar 06, 2018 (SPX)

"Knowing the precise locations of chemical reactions within individual nanoparticles that are participating in those reactions helps us to identify how a batter...

KAIST finds the principle of electric wind in plasma

Mar 06, 2018 (SPX)

Professor Wonho Choe from the Department of Physics and his team identified the main principle of neutral gas flow in plasma, known as 'electric wind', in colla...

A lithium battery that operates at -70 degrees Celsius, a record low

Mar 02, 2018 (SPX)

While batteries can operate in relatively cold climates, they have their limits. Most perform at only 50% of their optimal level when the temperature hits -20 d...

Scientists confirm century-old speculation on the chemistry of a high-performance battery

Mar 02, 2018 (SPX)

This direct proof of a previously unconfirmed charge state in a manganese-containing battery component could inspire new avenues of exploration for battery inno...

Scientists take step toward safer batteries by trimming lithium branches

Mar 01, 2018 (SPX)

The team, led by Susumu Arai, a professor of the department of materials chemistry and head of Division for Application of Carbon Materials at the Institute of ...

New computation help identify new solid oxide fuel cell materials

Feb 27, 2018 (SPX)

A solid oxide fuel cell is essentially an engine that provides an alternative way to burn fossil fuels or hydrogen to generate power. These fuel cells burn thei...

Charging ahead to higher energy batteries

Feb 26, 2018 (SPX)

Professor Nobuyuki Zettsu from the Center for Energy and Environmental Science in the Department of Materials Chemistry of Shinshu University in Japan and the d...

Shedding high-power laser light on the plasma density limit

Feb 26, 2018 (SPX)

A group of Japanese researchers led by Osaka University has proposed that substances heated with high-power lasers produce an ultrahigh pressure plasma state, c...