A team of researchers led by Prof. Li Weiming from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a novel "coordinated engineering" approach to enhance biofuel production from brown algae, a promising third-generation biomass feedstock....
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Sunlight shining on specialized floaties can now produce fuel for plants by recovering ammonia from wastewater. Researchers designed a floatable amino-grafted (-NH2) MXene (Ti3C2)-based (AMS) sponge that, when scaled efficiently, can provide two sustainable solutions simultaneously: cleaning up wastewater and providing ammonia (NH3), an essential nitrogen source for plants, to...
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The Maryland Department of the Environment is pushing for 50% of the state's electricity generation by 2030 to come from renewable energy resources, such as solar....
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As countries race to expand renewable energy infrastructure, balancing clean electricity production with land use for food remains a pressing challenge, especially in Japan, where mountainous terrain limits space. A recent study led by researchers from the University of Tokyo explores a promising solution: integrating solar panels with traditional rice...
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A research team led by Professor Jinho Chang from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at DGIST has developed an "ultrasound-based wireless charging technology" capable of rapidly and efficiently charging the batteries of implantable medical devices. This technology has achieved world-class energy efficiency, fully charging a commercial battery...
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Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a simple yet powerful method to characterize lithium metal battery performance with the help of a widely used imaging tool: scanning electron microscopy. The advance could accelerate the development of safer, longer-lasting and more energy-dense batteries for electric vehicles and...
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Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are breaking technical barriers with faster circuit breakers to enable and protect the modern electric grid. The ORNL team developed medium-voltage circuit breakers capable of handling increasing levels of direct current at a lower cost, an advance that can help...
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A research team from Leibniz University Hannover (LUH) and the Institute for Solar Energy Research in Hamelin (ISFH) has shown that the efficient use of electrolyzers and battery storage systems has a decisive influence on the costs of the energy transition....
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Getting our response to climate change right will be crucial to getting Australia back on the path to productivity growth....
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Researchers from the Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, have developed a new synthesis route for ultrathin photoanodes, which enables a 100 nm tantalum nitride layer to outperform much thicker films fabricated through conventional oxide precursors....
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Researchers have assessed the potential to convert 15 weed species found west of Brisbane into biomass pellets, which were used as a solid biomass fuel....
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California is often criticized for high electricity costs and slow development timelines. But critics confuse the real reasons for this problem. According to California's utility regulators, power bills are soaring because of drought, wildfires and an antiquated approach to rooftop solar....
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On Ireland's blustery western seaboard researchers are gleefully flying giant kites—not for fun but in the hope of generating renewable electricity and sparking a "revolution" in wind energy....
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Researchers from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have used artificial intelligence to tackle a critical problem facing the future of energy storage: finding affordable, sustainable alternatives to lithium-ion batteries....
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Maintaining wind turbines and identifying potential vulnerabilities is expensive and time-consuming, especially when they are located offshore. As a result, rotor blades are often simply replaced, a costly process when damage is merely suspected. The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, working in concert with the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind...
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