Newswise Feature Channel: Energy

New Technology Halves the Cost of Recycling Activated Carbon for Removing Harmful Substances

National Research Council of Science and Technology — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 09:00:53 EST

Dr. Dong Hyuk Chun and his research team from the Clean Air Research Laboratory at the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER), led by President Chang-keun Yi, have developed a technology that efficiently manages volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from small-scale businesses and recycles them with lower energy consumption compared to existing methods.

NASA's Webb Captures Neptune's Auroras For First Time

Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 06:10:53 EST

Neptune lies in the frigid, dark, vast frontier of the outer edges of our solar system about 3 billion miles away from the Sun. It's only been visited once by a spacecraft back in 1989, and since then, observatories like NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have tracked the planet's changing weather. Hubble even discovered a new moon orbiting the planet in 2013. In many images, the planet appears as a blueish orb, sometimes with disappearing and reappearing dark spots. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has now revealed a different appearance--for the first time, a bright auroral glow from this ice giant.

A Safe Nuclear Battery That Could Last a Lifetime

American Chemical Society (ACS) — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 05:00:00 EST

Researchers are considering radiocarbon as a source for safe, small and affordable nuclear batteries that could last decades or longer without charging. They will present their results at ACS Spring 2025.

Una bateria nuclear segura que podria durar toda la vida

American Chemical Society (ACS) — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 05:00:00 EST

Los investigadores estan considerando el radiocarbono como fuente para baterias nucleares seguras, pequenas y asequibles que podrian durar decadas, o incluso mas, sin necesidad de recarga. Presentaran sus resultados en el encuentro de primavera de 2025 de la ACS.

Simulations Showed That Six Valves Provided the Ideal Setup for Rapidly Dispersing Cooling Gas

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 08:30:07 EST

Researchers have determined that six gas valves provide the best protection against plasma disruptions in SPARC, a next-generation, experimental fusion system.

Chi, Advincula named Materials Research Society Fellows

Oak Ridge National Laboratory — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:10:54 EST

Miaofang Chi and Rigoberto "Gobet" Advincula, both researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, have been elected as Class of 2025 Fellows of the Materials Research Society, or MRS. Chi also holds a joint appointment at Duke University, and Advincula is jointly appointed at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

An Intricate Jigsaw Puzzle: Pre-Fitting Components of the National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade Before Reassembly

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:00:07 EST

The National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade project team is pre-fitting tiles and other components inside the vacuum vessel prior to reassembly in a process comparable to pre-assembling an intricate jigsaw puzzle. The process helps them identify any potential problems, which could save time down the road.

3D Nanotech Blankets Offer New Path to Clean Drinking Water

Ohio State University — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 19:55:30 EST

Researchers have developed a new material that, by harnessing the power of sunlight, can clear water of dangerous pollutants.

Electric Scooter Schemes Reduce Bicycle Collisions by 20%, Study Suggests

University of Bristol — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 05:35:01 EST

Electric scooter schemes appear to reduce the risk of bicycle collisions by around 20%, according to a University of Bristol-led study. The research, funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), is published in Injury Prevention.

FSU Researchers Part of TESSERACT's Hunt for Dark Matter

Florida State University — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 05:30:32 EST

For decades, people have been trying to directly detect dark matter: the missing mass in our universe. Now, research from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering is making possible a new, super-sensitive detector -- and even though it's still in the research and development phase, it's already been able to search for kinds of dark matter that other detectors can't find.

Can Electricity Flow Without Electrons?

Department of Energy, Office of Science — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 18:20:40 EST

Scientists have long held that electricity is carried by individual electrons with discrete charges moving in a metal, even in the case of electrons clumped into quasiparticles. However, "strange metals" fail to obey this paradigm. Researchers have observed a radical quantum blurring of electrons in strange metal into a featureless liquid, potentially pointing toward a new theory of electrical transport.

New DESI Results Strengthen Hints That Dark Energy May Evolve

Ohio State University — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 17:50:39 EST

Researchers see hints that dark energy, widely thought to be a "cosmological constant," might be evolving over time in unexpected ways.

Latest Dark Energy Survey Data Suggest Possible Variations in Dark Energy Over Time

NSF's NOIRLab — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 18:05:00 EST

A groundbreaking new study using the Dark Energy Survey (DES) final datasets suggests potential inconsistencies in the standard cosmological model, known as ΛCDM. If confirmed, these findings could fundamentally alter our understanding of the Universe. DES was conducted using the 570-megapixel Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera (DECam), mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation Victor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF NOIRLab.

Tantalizing Hints That Dark Energy is Evolving -- New Results and Data Released by the DESI Project

NSF's NOIRLab — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 18:00:00 EST

The DESI collaboration has published a new analysis of dark energy using their first three years of collected data, which spans nearly 15 million galaxies and quasars. Combined with studies of the cosmic microwave background, supernovae, and weak lensing, the analysis hints that dark energy changes over time. Data Release 1, containing data from DESI's survey validation and first year of observations, has now been made available for scientists and the public to explore.

DESI Opens Access to the Largest 3D Map of the Universe Yet

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 18:00:00 EST

A new data release from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument is now available for researchers to explore. The collection contains information on 18.7 million galaxies, quasars, and stars -- the largest dataset of its kind ever shared.

LLNL and Verne Demonstrate Highly Efficient Hydrogen Densification Pathway with Less Required Energy

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 21:35:45 EST

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Verne have demonstrated a novel pathway for creating high-density hydrogen through a research program funded by Department of Energy's ARPA-E.

Argonne Team Uses Aurora Supercomputer to Investigate Potential Dark Energy Breakthrough

Argonne National Laboratory — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 20:20:15 EST

Argonne researchers used the lab's Aurora exascale supercomputer to perform large-scale simulations of the universe, providing a testing ground to investigate Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument's potentially game-changing observations of dark energy.

Ana Maria Cetto Awarded 2025 Tate Medal for International Leadership in Physics

American Institute of Physics (AIP) — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 10:30:19 EST

AIP is pleased to announce Ana Maria Cetto as the recipient of the 2025 John Torrence Tate Medal for International Leadership in Physics. Cetto was recognized for her "outstanding contributions to the promotion of science, and scientific outreach and cooperation worldwide, including transforming open access through Latindex, championing gender equity through the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World and advancing peaceful progress through science including at the International Atomic Energy Agency and in other international fora."

Rising Stars: PPPL Researchers Honored in 2024 Physics of Plasmas Early Career Collection

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 08:30:23 EST

Research by Frances Kraus, Jason Parisi and Willca Villafana will be featured in the Physics of Plasmas Early Career Collection.

A Solar Success Story: Dr. Patrick Chapman Elected to National Academy of Engineering

Missouri University of Science and Technology — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 19:20:09 EST

A solar success story: Dr. Patrick Chapman elected to National Academy of Engineering