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Released: 13-Sep-2024 2:05 AM EDT
Novel manufacturing process for high-performance lithium-metal battery
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

The Horizon 2020 SOLiDIFY consortium, comprised of 14 European partners, has developed a high-performance lithium-metal solid-state battery. The manufacturing process, which is both cost-effective and adaptable to existing production lines, paves the way for commercially viable solid-state lithium-metal batteries for electromobility.

Newswise: New Study Reveals Food Waste Bans Ineffective in Reducing Landfill Waste, Except in Massachusetts
Released: 12-Sep-2024 2:05 PM EDT
New Study Reveals Food Waste Bans Ineffective in Reducing Landfill Waste, Except in Massachusetts
University of California San Diego

Of the first five U.S. states to implement food waste bans, only Massachusetts was successful at diverting waste away from landfills and incinerators, according to a new study from the University of California Rady School of Management.

Newswise: Notre Dame researchers create new tool to analyze embodied carbon in more than 1 million buildings in Chicago
Released: 4-Sep-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Notre Dame researchers create new tool to analyze embodied carbon in more than 1 million buildings in Chicago
University of Notre Dame

The impact of embodied carbon in the built environment has been difficult to assess, due to a lack of data. To address that knowledge gap, Ming Hu, the associate dean for research, scholarship and creative work in Notre Dame's School of Architecture, and Siavash Ghorbany, a Notre Dame graduate student in civil and environmental engineering, have created a new tool to analyze the embodied carbon in more than 1 million buildings in Chicago. Their recently published research identifies 157 different architectural housing types in the city and provides the first ever visual analysis tool to evaluate embodied carbon at a granular level and to help inform policymakers seeking to strategically plan for urban carbon mitigation.

Newswise: Defect engineering leads to designer catalyst for production of green hydrogen
Released: 7-Aug-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Defect engineering leads to designer catalyst for production of green hydrogen
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

Efficient technology for splitting the hydrogen-oxygen bond in water could be the key to producing low-cost, green hydrogen for energy storage at an industrial scale. Green hydrogen is expected to play a significant role in achieving the target of net zero carbon dioxide emissions. In a new study, an interdisciplinary group of researchers have identified a way to use “defect engineering” to significantly boost catalytic efficiency, taking science one step closer to sustainable, green hydrogen production.

Newswise: Zero Emissions of Carbon Dioxide! Successful Production of Ammonia-based Clean Hydrogen
Released: 29-Feb-2024 9:00 AM EST
Zero Emissions of Carbon Dioxide! Successful Production of Ammonia-based Clean Hydrogen
National Research Council of Science and Technology

Dr. Jung Unho's research team at the Hydrogen Research Department of the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) has developed Korea's first clean hydrogen production technology.

Newswise: U.S. Department of Energy awards Argonne National Laboratory $4 million for energy-efficient microchip research
Released: 23-Feb-2024 9:05 AM EST
U.S. Department of Energy awards Argonne National Laboratory $4 million for energy-efficient microchip research
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne awarded $4 million to research new materials to develop energy-efficient microchips.

Released: 20-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Media Tip: An ingredient in toothpaste may make electric cars go farther
Argonne National Laboratory

An ingredient in many toothpastes is sodium fluoride, a compound of fluorine. It is added to protect teeth against decay. But compounds containing fluorine have other practical uses that might surprise you. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory scientists have discovered a fluoride electrolyte that could protect a next generation battery against performance decline.

Newswise: A battery’s hopping ions remember where they’ve been
Released: 15-Feb-2024 1:15 PM EST
A battery’s hopping ions remember where they’ve been
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Scientists discover that ions hopping through a battery electrolyte can reverse direction in response to a jolt of voltage and briefly return to their previous positions – .the first indication that the ions remembered, in a sense, where they had just been.

Newswise: 3D printed nanocellulose upscaled for green architectural applications
Released: 7-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
3D printed nanocellulose upscaled for green architectural applications
Chalmers University of Technology

For the first time, a hydrogel material made of nanocellulose and algae has been tested as an alternative, greener architectural material.

Released: 5-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Green steel from toxic red mud
Max Planck Society (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft)

An economical process with green hydrogen can be used to extract CO2-free iron from the red mud generated in aluminium production.

Newswise: Major climate benefits with electric aircraft
Released: 23-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Major climate benefits with electric aircraft
Chalmers University of Technology

The team examined a commercially available battery-electric aircraft with two seats, the “Pipistrel Alpha Electro”, in the life cycle assessment.

Newswise: Office air conditioning can reduce the risk of harm from wildfire smoke
Released: 22-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Office air conditioning can reduce the risk of harm from wildfire smoke
University of Technology, Sydney

Air conditioning doesn't just cool the air – it can also reduce the risk of harm from wildfire smoke, new research led by the University of Technology Sydney suggests.

Released: 22-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
New sustainable method for creating organic semiconductors
Linkoping University

Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have developed a new, more environmentally friendly way to create conductive inks for use in organic electronics such as solar cells, artificial neurons, and soft sensors. The findings, published in the journal Nature Communications, pave the way for future sustainable technology.

Newswise: Researchers release solar power data software to increase clean energy generation
Released: 17-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Researchers release solar power data software to increase clean energy generation
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

The software tool sorts through messy data to reveal what’s really going on with solar panels on cloudy and sunny days.

Newswise: Insect populations flourish in the restored habitats of solar energy facilities
Released: 17-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Insect populations flourish in the restored habitats of solar energy facilities
Argonne National Laboratory

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory studied how insect communities responded to newly established habitats on solar energy facilities built on retired agricultural land. At the end of five years, all habitat and biodiversity metrics increased.

Newswise: Measurement Technique Sheds New Light on Semiconductors for Solar Fuels
Released: 10-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Measurement Technique Sheds New Light on Semiconductors for Solar Fuels
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Semiconductors in photoelectrochemical cells can convert water into hydrogen for fuel. To develop this technology, researchers have developed a technique to measure these devices’ photovoltage, or energy output, quantitively. The technique avoids the difficulty of attaching wires to the front of the semiconductors in contact with water.

Newswise: How black silicon, a prized material used in solar cells, gets its dark, rough edge
Released: 9-Jan-2024 10:30 AM EST
How black silicon, a prized material used in solar cells, gets its dark, rough edge
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have developed a new theoretical model explaining one way to make black silicon, an important material used in solar cells.



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