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Osaka University Researchers Develop 'Green' Hydrogen Production System

Hydrogen gas has potential as an alternative energy source to overcome the dependence on carbon-based fuels.

21 Dec 2016

UMD Researchers Make Revolutionary Advancement in Solid-State Battery Development

A team of researchers at the University of Maryland Energy Research Center and A. James Clark School of Engineering have announced a transformative development in the race to produce batteries that are at once safe, powerful, and affordable.

20 Dec 2016

Researchers Develop New Simulation Method to Help Combat Climate Change

A potential solution for addressing climate change is to securely store carbon dioxide underground in reservoirs from which oil was previously extracted, an approach known as carbon sequestration.

19 Dec 2016

Researchers Design Mechanical Energy Transducer Based on Flexible Organic Ionic Diodes

A new concept in energy harvesting could capture energy that is currently mostly wasted due to its characteristic low frequency and use it to power next-generation electronic devices.

16 Dec 2016

Researchers One Step Closer to Making Seawater Battery

As lithium-ion batteries are widely used in smartphones and other rechargeable devices, it is hard to imagine replacing them. However, the increasing lithium price has induced a search for alternatives.

8 Dec 2016

Simple Processing Technique Could Reduce Cost of Organic Photovoltaics, Wearable Electronics

With a new technique for manufacturing single-layer organic polymer solar cells, scientists at UC Santa Barbara and three other universities might very well move organic photovoltaics into a whole new generation of wearable devices and enable small-scale distributed power generation.

6 Dec 2016