Electricity News
February 19, 2025
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Feb. 19, 2025 — The efficiency of wireless charging systems is limited by power loss occurring due to frequency changes in the resonant circuits that enable power transfer. These necessary modulations reduce electromagnetic interference caused by resonant ...
Feb. 18, 2025 — It may be the smallest, shortest chorus dance ever recorded. An international team of researchers observed how electrons, excited by ultrafast light pulses, danced in unison around a particle less ...
Feb. 18, 2025 — An innovative circuit design could enable miniature devices, such as microdrones and other microrobotics, to be powered for longer periods of time while staying lightweight and compact. Using miniaturized solid-state batteries, the circuit combines ...
Feb. 14, 2025 — Three innovative design techniques substantially enhance wireless transmitter performance and can boost power efficiency and elevate data rates concurrently. This effectively aligns with the growing ...
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Feb. 13, 2025 — Researchers have developed a reactor that pulls carbon dioxide directly from the air and converts it into sustainable fuel, using sunlight as the ...
Feb. 13, 2025 — Researchers have quantified the role of the 'hydrogen economy' in making our society more sustainable. They present the results of extensive modelling of pathways to decarbonizing the European ...
Feb. 13, 2025 — Researchers have discovered why LiNiO2 batteries break down, and they are testing a solution that could remove a key barrier to widespread use of the material. The team plans first to manufacture ...
Feb. 10, 2025 — New research finds that electric vehicles generally produce less non-exhaust emissions compared with gasoline-powered ...
Feb. 12, 2025 — Researchers developed a method to recycle all parts of a solar cell repeatedly without environmentally hazardous solvents. The recycled solar cell has the same efficiency as the original one. The ...
Feb. 13, 2025 — Researchers have made a breakthrough in the development of 'life-like' synthetic materials which are able to move by themselves like worms. ...
Feb. 12, 2025 — Researchers have developed a novel experimental platform to measure the electric fields of light trapped between two mirrors with a sub-cycle ...
Feb. 11, 2025 — Combustion engines, the engines in gas-powered cars, only use a quarter of the fuel's potential energy while the rest is lost as heat through exhaust. Now, a study demonstrates how to convert exhaust ...
Feb. 11, 2025 — Qubits -- the fundamental units of quantum information -- drive entire tech sectors. Among them, superconducting qubits could be instrumental in building a large-scale quantum computer, but they rely ...
Feb. 11, 2025 — A major challenge in self-powered wearable sensors for health care monitoring is distinguishing different signals when they occur at the same time. Researchers addressed this issue by uncovering a ...
Earlier Headlines
Feb. 10, 2025 — A new paper has demonstrated that improving the texture of the soft metal used in battery anodes greatly improved performance. The team added a thin layer of silicon between lithium metal and the ...
Feb. 10, 2025 — Researchers have developed a sustainable catalyst that increases its activity during use while converting carbon dioxide (CO2) into valuable products. This discovery offers a blueprint for designing ...
Feb. 10, 2025 — Researchers have designed an alternative, autonomous observational method to monitor the Arctic's melting ice, which holds promise for improving the autonomy of marine vehicles, aiding in ...
Feb. 10, 2025 — Sixth-generation, or 6G, cellular networks are the next step in wireless communication, and electromagnetic terahertz waves are seen as crucial to its development. However, terahertz waves, with ...
Feb. 7, 2025 — An expert in energy technologies uses AI tools to investigate the impact of extreme weather on solar-powered and electrified homes and uncover their unique vulnerabilities and develop insights on how ...
Feb. 6, 2025 — Electric sparks are used for welding, powering electronics, killing germs or for igniting the fuel in some car engines. Despite their usefulness, they are hard to control in open space, they split ...
Feb. 5, 2025 — Researchers have developed advanced terahertz photodetectors containing 'living' microelectrodes. A vanadium dioxide (VO2) layer was precisely deposited on a silicon substrate. Temperature ...
Feb. 5, 2025 — Physicists measured how readily a current of electron pairs flows through 'magic-angle' graphene, a major step toward understanding how this unusual material superconducts. By determining ...
Feb. 4, 2025 — New research shows grain yields critical to India's food security are dragged down 10% or more in many parts of the country by nitrogen dioxide pollution from power stations that run on coal. ...
Feb. 4, 2025 — Running out of gas in a remote area far from a gas station is every driver's worst nightmare. A similar stressor, known as "range anxiety," exists for owners of electric vehicles who ...
Feb. 4, 2025 — Engineers took on the well-known battery challenge of degradation in a real-world technology that many of us use daily: wireless ...
Feb. 4, 2025 — Photosynthesis -- mainly carried out by plants -- is based on a remarkably efficient energy conversion process. To generate chemical energy, sunlight must first be captured and transported further. ...
Feb. 4, 2025 — Synthetic biologists have developed a prototype for an innovative biosensor that can detect rare earth elements and be modified for a range of other ...
Feb. 4, 2025 — A research team presents an AI assessor for Hall-effect ion thrusters, the engines of satellites and space ...
Feb. 4, 2025 — Recyclers, battery manufacturers, and electric vehicle manufacturers must work together to revolutionize lithium-ion battery (LIB) recycling processes to meet ever-growing demand for electric ...
Feb. 4, 2025 — Researchers have developed a new portable tool that could improve how firefighters douse fires, making the process more efficient and far less ...
Feb. 3, 2025 — National targets for solar and wind power will see reliance on natural gas plummet, reducing electricity price volatility across Europe, with major beneficiaries including the UK and Ireland, the ...
Jan. 31, 2025 — Researchers compared the environmental impacts of lithium-ion battery recycling to mining for new materials and found that recycling significantly outperforms mining in terms of greenhouse gas ...
Jan. 31, 2025 — Researchers are breaking limits by increasing the temperature multiferroics can operate at, from room temperature up to a blistering 160 degrees ...
Jan. 31, 2025 — A team of scientists has made the first experimental measurements of laser-induced motions of miniature lightsails in the ...
Monday, February 10, 2025
- Better Texture for Better Batteries
- Nanoscale Tin Catalyst Discovery Paves the Way for Sustainable CO2 Conversion
- New Autonomous System to Monitor Arctic's Melting Ice
- Secure and Steady 6G Communication
Friday, February 7, 2025
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
- 'Living' Electrodes Breathe New Life Into Traditional Silicon Electronics
- Physicists Measure a Key Aspect of Superconductivity in 'magic-Angle' Graphene
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
- Coal Emissions Cost India Millions in Crop Damages
- Engineers Model Electric Grid Demand for EVs to Charge While in Motion
- Why Your Headphone Battery Doesn't Last
- Why Do Plants Transport Energy So Efficiently and Quickly?
- Scientists Develop Groundbreaking Biosensor for Rare Earth Element Detection
- AI-Driven Performance Prediction Model to Advance Space Electric Propulsion Technology?
- Partnership Working Key to Unlocking EV Battery Recycling Problem
- New Device Uses Electrically Assisted Wind to Fight Fires
Monday, February 3, 2025
Friday, January 31, 2025
- Recycling Lithium-Ion Batteries Cuts Emissions and Strengthens Supply Chain
- This Multiferroic Can Take the Heat -- Up to 160?
- Lightsails Could Reach Distant Star Systems
- Fans Not Enough for Elderly in Heat Waves
- Aging Reactors Need a Concrete Solution
Thursday, January 30, 2025
- E-Mobility: AI System Accelerates the Development of Powertrains
- Role of Barrier Films in Maintaining the Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells
- A Spintronic View of the Effect of Chiral Molecules
- Your Fridge Uses Tech from the 50's, but Scientists Have an Update
- Generating Electricity from Tacky Tape
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
- New Atom-Based Thermometer Measures Temperature More Accurately
- The Secret Life of Catalysts: New Discoveries in Chemical Reactions
- New Study Improves the Trustworthiness of Wind Power Forecasts
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
- Researchers Propose Novel Approaches for Improved Microgrid Management
- Plant-Based Substitute for Fossil Fuels Developed for Plastic Foams
Monday, January 27, 2025
Friday, January 24, 2025
- Peeling Back the Layers: Exploring Capping Effects on Nickelate Superconductivity
- New Design Makes Aluminum Batteries Last Longer
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
- New Research Uncovers Exotic Electron Crystal in Graphene
- Researchers Unlock New Insights Into Tin-Based Catalysts for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
- Compact Comb Lights the Way for Next-Gen Photonics
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
- Can DNA-Nanoparticle Motors Get Up to Speed With Motor Proteins?
- New Paper Creates Roadmap for the Next Generation of Bioelectronic Medicine
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
- A New Optical Memory Platform for Super Fast Calculations
- Researchers Make Comfortable Materials That Generate Power When Worn
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
- Researchers Unlock New Insights Into Tellurene, Paving the Way for Next-Gen Electronics
- Floating Solar Panels Could Support US Energy Goals
- Diamond Continues to Shine: New Properties Discovered in Diamond Semiconductors
Monday, January 13, 2025
- Wind Turbines Impair the Access of Bats to Water Bodies in Agricultural Landscapes
- Sodium-Ion Batteries Need Breakthroughs to Compete
- Differences in Strength by Position Among Football Players
Friday, January 10, 2025
- Light, Flexible and Radiation-Resistant: Organic Solar Cells for Space
- Harnessing Microwave Flow Reaction to Convert Biomass Into Useful Sugars
Thursday, January 9, 2025
- Hidden Transport Pathways in Graphene Confirmed, Paving the Way for Next-Generation Device Innovation
- Discovering Hidden Wrinkles in Spacecraft Membrane With a Single Camera
- Electric Fungi: The Biobattery That Needs to Be Fed
- Brain-Inspired Nanotech Points to a New Era in Electronics
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
- Low-Cost System Will Improve Communications Among Industrial Machines
- High Performance in Frosty Conditions
- Discovery of New Class of Particles Could Take Quantum Mechanics One Step Further
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
- Smarter Memory: Next-Generation RAM With Reduced Energy Consumption
- Developing Printable Droplet Laser Displays
Friday, January 3, 2025
- Research May Boost Next-Generation Space Rockets
- New Nanocrystal Material a Key Step Toward Faster, More Energy-Efficient Computing
Monday, December 30, 2024
- Solar-Powered Charging: Self-Charging Supercapacitors Developed
- Triple-Layer Battery Resistant to Fire and Explosion Created
- Engineering Researchers Develop Deep-UV microLED Display Chips for Maskless Photolithography
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Monday, December 23, 2024
Friday, December 20, 2024
- Researchers Take 'significant Leap Forward' With Quantum Simulation of Molecular Electron Transfer
- Breakthrough New Material Brings Affordable, Sustainable Future Within Grasp
- Paving the Way for the Future of Energy Storage With Solid-State Batteries
- Generate Electricity by Attaching Device to Your Clothes
Thursday, December 19, 2024
- First Results from 2021 Rocket Launch Shed Light on Aurora's Birth
- Engineering Researchers Develop Revolutionary Diamond Fabrication Technology
- Unlocking New Insights Into in-Plane Magnetic Field-Induced Hall Effects
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
- Step Forward in Generating Solar-Powered Hydrogen
- Researchers Demonstrate High Accuracy of Observation Device That Can Be Dropped Into Typhoon Without Parachute
- Physics: Current Generated by the Quantum Hall Effect Has Additional Magnetic Properties
- Training Solar Panels to Dance With the Wind
Monday, December 16, 2024
- Electric Vehicle Transition Could Create Unwanted Air Pollution Hotspots in China and India
- It's Worth Mixing It Up: What Combination of Policies Will Lead to a Clean Energy Future?
Thursday, December 12, 2024
- Breakthrough Brings Body-Heat Powered Wearable Devices Closer to Reality
- Porous Crystals Detect Nitric Oxide
- Towards Room-Temperature Superconductivity: Insights Into Optical Properties of Bi-Based Copper-Oxide Superconductors
- Researchers 3D Print Compact, Low-Cost Vortex Beam Generators
- Researchers Develop New Methods to Generate and Improve Magnetism of 2D Materials
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
- Study Urges Canada to Build Solar Power Mega-Projects
- Breakthrough in Zinc-Based Rechargeable Batteries: A Safer, Sustainable Alternative
- Milestone 10-GeV Experiment Shines Light on Laser-Plasma Interactions
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
- Rethinking the Quantum Chip
- New Concept for Sustainable Fuel Cell Polymer Electrolytes Overcomes Barriers in High-Temperature, Low-Humidity Use, Advancing Net-Zero Carbon Goals
Monday, December 9, 2024
- Existing EV Batteries May Last Up to 40% Longer Than Expected
- The Last Missing Piece of Silicon Photonics
Sunday, December 8, 2024
Friday, December 6, 2024
- Speaking Crystal: AI Learns Language of Atom Arrangements in Solids
- So You Want to Build a Solar or Wind Farm? Here's How to Decide Where
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
- Uncovered a Mystery of 'electron Carrier' Existing in All Living Organisms: Discovery of a 'nano-Switch Mechanism' Controlled by a Single Hydrogen Atom
- Controlling Matter at the Atomic Level