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April 6, 2025

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Electrochemical Method Supports Nitrogen Circular Economy

Apr. 3, 2025 — Imagine a world where industrial waste isn't just reduced, it's turned into something useful. This kind of circular economy is already in the works for carbon. Now, researchers in energy, environmental & chemical engineering at Washington University ...

Mechanistic Understanding Could Enable Better Fast-Charging Batteries

Apr. 4, 2025 — An innovative new computational model developed by an engineer could lead to fast-charging lithium-ion batteries that are safer and ...

Carbon Capture Technology to Produce Clean Fuel from Air

Apr. 3, 2025 — A unique carbon capture technology could offer a more cost-effective way to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air and turn it into clean, synthetic ...

New Approach Makes One Type of Clean Fuel Production 66% More Efficient

Mar. 28, 2025 — Researchers have uncovered a more efficient way to turn carbon dioxide into methanol, a type of alcohol that can serve as a cleaner alternative ...

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A Safe Nuclear Battery That Could Last a Lifetime

Mar. 26, 2025 — Lithium-ion batteries, used in consumer devices and electric vehicles, typically last hours or days between charges. However, with repeated use, they degrade and need to be charged more frequently. ...

Oxygen for Mars

Mar. 24, 2025 — To mitigate global climate change, emissions of the primary culprit, carbon dioxide, must be drastically reduced. A newly developed process helps solve this problem: CO2 is directly split ...

Household Electricity Three Times More Expensive Than Upcoming 'Eco-Friendly' Aviation E-Fuels, Study Reveals

Mar. 23, 2025 — Existing tax policies during the energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources will lead to major energy injustices and skewed priorities, ...

Sea Water Purification Technique Outperforms Commonly Used Materials, Even Activated Carbon

Feb. 27, 2025 — A research group has discovered a new technique for improving the electrodes that convert seawater into potable water using oxygen. Their improved ...

Green Recipe: Engineered Yeast Boosts D-Lactic Acid Production

Mar. 20, 2025 — Researchers have engineered yeast to efficiently convert methanol into D-lactic acid, a key compound for biodegradable plastics and pharmaceuticals. By optimizing gene and promoter combinations, they ...

Producing Nuclear Fusion Fuel Is Banned in the US for Being Too Toxic, but These Researchers Found an Alternative

Mar. 20, 2025 — Lithium-6 is essential for producing nuclear fusion fuel, but isolating it from the much more common isotope, lithium-7, usually requires liquid ...

Eco-Friendly Method to Efficiently Convert Methane to Ethanol

Mar. 18, 2025 — In advancing sustainable energy solutions, an international collaborative team of scientists has achieved a significant milestone in low-carbon chemical conversion. In their recent publication in ...

A Path to Safer, High-Energy Electric Vehicle Batteries

Mar. 12, 2025 — Researchers have published a new study that dives deep into nickel-based cathodes, one of the two electrodes that facilitate energy storage in ...

Scientists Develop Solar-Powered Method to Convert Sewage Sludge Into Green Hydrogen and Animal Feed

Mar. 12, 2025 — Scientists have developed an innovative solar-powered method to transform sewage sludge -- a by-product of wastewater treatment -- into green ...

Amino Acid Assists in Recycling Rechargeable Batteries

Mar. 11, 2025 — A new strategy for recycling spent lithium-ion batteries is based on a hydrometallurgical process in neutral solution. This allows for the extraction of lithium and other valuable metals in an ...

Developing the Inherent Functionality of Highly Pure Porous Organic Polymers

Mar. 7, 2025 — Soaking up pollutants like a sponge, porous organic polymers (POPs) may be the key to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to ...

Breakthrough in Clean Energy: Palladium Nanosheets Pave Way for Affordable Hydrogen

Mar. 4, 2025 — Hydrogen energy is widely recognized as a sustainable source for the future, but its large-scale production still relies on expensive and scarce platinum-based catalysts. In order to address this ...

Eco Friendly, Inexpensive System for Storing High-Power Energy from Pine Biomass

Feb. 28, 2025 — Scientists have come up with a lithium ion capacitor using electrodes produced from wood particles that are discarded as waste in sawmills. This biomass is both readily available and sustainable, ...

Leading the Charge to Better Batteries

Feb. 27, 2025 — A research group has revealed fundamental insights into anode-free solid-state batteries, paving the way for efforts to improve their ...

Cracking the Code on Solid-State Batteries

Feb. 27, 2025 — Researchers are working to enhance battery safety and efficiency by developing solid-state alternatives to lithium-ion batteries. These batteries offer improved energy efficiency and safety, but a ...

Some Fuel Lodges in the Inner Walls of Fusion Vessels: Researchers Now Have a Better Idea of How Much

Feb. 26, 2025 — New research offers insights that could help reduce the amount of radioactive tritium embedded in the walls of fusion vessels to a ...

New Method Developed to Dramatically Enhance Bioelectronic Sensors

Feb. 26, 2025 — In a breakthrough that could transform bioelectronic sensing, an interdisciplinary team of researchers has developed a new method to dramatically enhance the sensitivity of enzymatic and microbial ...

Towards New Battery Tech: Chemists Demonstrate High-Performance Sodium-Ion Cathode

Feb. 19, 2025 — For decades, scientists have sought ways to counter our dependence on lithium-ion batteries. These traditional, rechargeable batteries energize today's most ubiquitous consumer electronics -- ...

A Catalytic Two-Step: Transforming Industrial CO2 Into a Renewable Fuel

Feb. 19, 2025 — Scientists have taken a critical next step in creating a scalable process to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air and 'recirculate' it as a renewable fuel. Chemists now describe their ...

A Breakthrough in Hydrogen Catalysis: Electronic Fine-Tuning Unlocks Superior Performance

Feb. 19, 2025 — In a breakthrough for hydrogen technology, researchers have introduced an innovative electronic fine-tuning approach that enhances the interaction between zinc and ...

The Use of MRI to Directly Observe Metal-Ion Dissolution in Lithium Battery Cathodes

Feb. 14, 2025 — Over time, batteries break down. Studying this process in-depth with imaging techniques may help us improve the lifespan of ...

Solar-Powered Device Captures Carbon Dioxide from Air to Make Sustainable Fuel

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 power ...

The 'Hydrogen Economy' May Be Relatively Small, but Critical

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 ...

Engineers Discover Key Barrier to Longer-Lasting Batteries

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 ...

Turning Car and Helicopter Exhaust Into Thermoelectric Energy

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 ...

Better Texture for Better Batteries

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 ...

Shut the Nano Gate! Electrical Control of Nanopore Diameter

Feb. 5, 2025 — Scientists have developed a versatile platform with an electrically controlled nano-gate that can be used for applications in sensing, chemical synthesis, memristors, and neuromorphic computing. The ...

Shaping Future of Displays: Clay/europium-Based Technology Offers Dual-Mode Versatility

Feb. 3, 2025 — Electrochemical reaction-based stimuli-responsive materials are shaping up the era of innovative display devices. By embedding luminescent europium(III) complexes and color-changing viologen ...

Your Fridge Uses Tech from the 50's, but Scientists Have an Update

Jan. 30, 2025 — Researchers report that a more efficient and environmentally friendly form of refrigeration might be on the horizon. The new technology is based on thermogalvanic cells that produce a cooling effect ...

Progress Toward a New Generation of Rechargeable Batteries

Jan. 27, 2025 — Lithium-air batteries have the potential to outstrip conventional lithium-ion batteries by storing significantly more energy at the same weight. However, their high-performance values have thus far ...