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HP recalls computer batteries over fire risk
Jan 04, 2018 (AFP)
"These batteries have the potential to overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard to customers," the US computer maker said at a website with details of the volunt...
Modeling helped to improve the configuration of an autonomous heat supply unit
Jan 03, 2018 (SPX)
In their article the authors of the study presented a mathematical model describing the work of an electrical technological unit for autonomous heat supply (EKA...
Exploring electrolysis for energy storage
Jan 03, 2018 (SPX)
Recently, a team at the International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (I2CNER), within southern Japan's Kyushu University, created a device to stor...
Thermoelectric power generation at room temperature: Coming soon?
Jan 02, 2018 (SPX)
Recently, researchers at Osaka University, in collaboration with Hitachi, Ltd., developed a new TE material with an improved power factor at room temperature. T...
Sandia researchers make solid ground toward better lithium-ion battery interfaces
Dec 27, 2017 (SPX)
Sandia's three-year Laboratory Directed Research and Development project investigated the nanoscale chemistry of solid-state batteries, focusing on the region w...
AI helps accelerate progress toward efficient fusion reactions
Dec 19, 2017 (SPX)
Today, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and Princeton University are employing artificial intelli...
Battery research could triple range of electric vehicles
Dec 18, 2017 (SPX)
The breakthrough involves the use of negative electrodes made of lithium metal, a material with the potential to dramatically increase battery storage capacity....
Laser-boron fusion now 'leading contender' for energy
Dec 18, 2017 (SPX)
Dramatic advances in powerful, high-intensity lasers are making it viable for scientists to pursue what was once thought impossible: creating fusion energy base...
New power devices could drastically reduce energy waste
Dec 18, 2017 (SPX)
Power conversion is intrinsically inefficient: A power converter will never output quite as much power as it takes in. But recently, power converters made from ...
Rules for superconductivity mirrored in 'excitonic insulator'
Dec 14, 2017 (SPX)
The "topological excitonic insulator" was observed in tests at Rice by an international team from the United States and China. The researchers report their find...
New test procedure for developing quick-charging lithium-ion batteries
Dec 14, 2017 (SPX)
Lithium plating, the depositing of metallic lithium at the anodes of lithium-ion batteries, is one of the primary factors that limits charging current. The perf...
Research dispels misconception of superconductivity in niobium compound
Dec 14, 2017 (SPX)
In an article published in Physical Review Materials, the researchers show that the superconductivity detected hitherto was not due to NbB. The superconducting ...
Scientists create stretchable battery made entirely out of fabric
Dec 13, 2017 (SPX)
The team, led by Binghamton University Electrical and Computer Science Assistant Professor Seokheun Choi, created an entirely textile-based biobattery that can ...
Lasers could soon trigger fusion energy, researchers predict
Dec 13, 2017 (UPI)
An international team of scientists argue laser and fusion technologies are advancing at such a pace that self-sustaining hydrogen-boron fusion reactions will b...
Army researchers seek better batteries
Dec 11, 2017 (SPX)
In an invited paper published in the special issue of the Accounts of Chemical Research, Dr. Oleg Borodin, along with collaborators Drs. Arthur von Wald Cresce,...
Surrey scientists create cheap and safe electro-catalysts for fuel cells
Dec 11, 2017 (SPX)
In a study published in the Journal of Power Sources, the team from Surrey worked with colleagues from Queen Mary University of London to create low-cost carbon...
Nuclear fusion project faces delay over US budget cuts: director
Dec 07, 2017 (AFP)
Launched a decade ago by seven partners -- the European Union, the United States, China, Russia, Japan, India and South Korea -- the project has been plagued by...
Superior hydrogen catalyst just grows that way
Dec 06, 2017 (SPX)
One of reasons we don't is the expensive platinum catalyst required to operate hydrogen fuel cells efficiently. Research led by Sandia National Laboratories and...
Musk's record-breaking battery officially launches in Australia
Dec 01, 2017 (AFP)
Musk's Tesla built the Powerpack system, which can provide electricity for more than 30,000 homes, to ease South Australia's energy woes after the state was hit...
Batteries with better performance and improved safety
Nov 30, 2017 (SPX)
Currently the core technology for these applications is lithium ion batteries. But the technology is expensive and contains a flammable liquid, which may repres...
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