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Real-world EV data reveal how uneven cell aging shortens battery lifespan
Electric vehicles (EVs), including cars, buses and trains, could significantly reduce the substantial greenhouse gas emissions produced by the transportation sector. These vehicles' performance and reliability over time, ...
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Engineering
Carbon imperfections could replace scarce metals in future clean-hydrogen production
The global transition toward carbon-free, clean and sustainable energy has accelerated the search for new hydrogen-producing technologies. However, making clean hydrogen by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen is expensive ...
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Researchers evaluate materials for solid-state batteries under practical manufacturing conditions
A battery material can meet key performance measures in a small laboratory cell yet fall short when researchers build it into a complete battery cell. At the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), ...
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Bike-sharing can make big dent in tailpipe emissions
Five heavily used bikes could take the emissions from one fossil fuel-powered car off Vancouver's roads, according to Simon Fraser University researchers, who say expanding bike-share networks can play a big role in curbing ...
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Researchers extend lifespan of graphite-free anode-free batteries that could make EV batteries smaller and lighter
Korean researchers have developed a technology that could make electric-vehicle (EV) batteries smaller and lighter while helping EVs travel farther on a single charge. A KAIST research team has proposed a new solution to ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Renewables hit record in 2025, but world must move faster: Report
Global renewable power capacity grew by record levels last year, a report showed Monday, hailed by the U.N. climate chief as a sign that the "brute power of market forces" is making the transition to clean energy irreversible.
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Engineering
A cooling device built to last: Sustainable refrigeration system maintains performance through one million cycles
Although invaluable to modern society, refrigeration faces challenges from traditional vapor-compression systems, which are energy-intensive and use refrigerants that exacerbate the greenhouse effect and damage the ozone ...
Sep 18, 2026
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Engineering
Pilot system couples seawater desalination with hydrogen production
Seawater holds enormous potential for green hydrogen production, but realizing that potential remains far from straightforward. Direct seawater electrolysis can damage electrodes, whereas conventional freshwater electrolysis ...
Sep 18, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
It's getting easier to live off‑grid—but it comes with certain costs
For most of Australian history, "going off-grid" meant living somewhere the main electricity network did not reach. Isolated communities and remote farming properties have long relied on stand-alone power systems. These typically ...
Sep 18, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Harvesting hot electrons could break solar panel barrier
Physics predicts that no more than 33% of the solar energy that falls on a solar panel can be converted into electricity. However, experiments and simulations by scientists at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands ...
Sep 17, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
'Artificial leaf' generates clean hydrogen from contaminated seawater
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, have designed a device that harvests sunlight to generate clean hydrogen from seawater and simultaneously degrades hydrazine, a highly toxic contaminant from industrial ...
Sep 17, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Degrading dopants could boost organic semiconductor charge levels 100-fold
Organic semiconductors are carbon-based materials that can conduct electricity and can be used for flexible, lightweight and potentially low-cost electronic devices. While the technology is promising, performance challenges ...
Sep 17, 2026
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Engineering
New method can assess interchangeability of chemically different battery types
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has developed a new method to determine when sodium-ion (Na-ion) and lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery technologies can provide comparable electrical performance for defined applications.
Sep 17, 2026
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Engineering
Recycled concrete aggregate may help treat acid mine drainage at a lower cost
A study led by Penn State researchers suggests that recycled concrete aggregate and an iron-rich byproduct of steel production could help treat acid mine drainage, the toxic runoff that pollutes thousands of miles of streams ...
Sep 17, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Using light to track critical currents in the power grid
The increasingly complex network of electricity generators and consumers poses major challenges for Austria's energy transmission infrastructure. For example, the use of increasingly powerful inverters and rectifiers in the ...
Sep 17, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Doubts as Italy eyes electric future for steel plant
Italy's government says the country's largest steelworks must be converted to electric furnaces after a court-ordered shutdown of polluting furnaces but, as Rome seeks a buyer, critics say its plan is woefully unsubstantiated.
Sep 17, 2026
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Engineering
Steelmaking waste could store solar energy, with electric arc furnace slag leading early tests
Storing energy as heat is a proven pathway to address the challenge solar power faces when it's dark or cloudy outside by enabling the capture, storage and on-demand release of thermal energy. The process, called high-temperature ...
Sep 16, 2026
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Engineering
It bends, but does not break: A new sustainable treatment for shaping wood
The Smart Materials research unit, coordinated by Athanassia Athanassiou, deputy scientific director of the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia) in Genoa, Italy, has developed a new method ...
Sep 16, 2026
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Engineering
Tiny hydrides reveal hidden stresses that can crack nuclear reactor pressure tubes
Western University engineers have taken a major step toward solving a long-standing challenge in nuclear power. Their study, published in Nature Communications, describes for the first time how hydrogen can combine with zirconium ...
Sep 16, 2026
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Engineering
'Relax-and-round' method could help grids manage data center power demand
Researchers at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a computational method that could help electric grid operators and data center developers manage power more efficiently as ...
Sep 16, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
World's first open-access battery imaging library launches
Scientists from Diamond Light Source and the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source have contributed to the development of the world's first open-access battery imaging library. The library was created through an international collaboration ...
Sep 16, 2026
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Engineering
From lobster trap to tee box: Researchers turn discarded shells into golf tees
A Maine lobster can end up in a roll, a bisque or a butter bath. At the University of Maine, what's left of it can now end up under a golf ball. Researchers at UMaine are making golf tees from discarded lobster shells. The ...
Sep 16, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Australia doesn't need more gas to meet energy needs, research finds. Pumped hydro can suffice
Pumped hydro and battery storage can enable Australia to meet its energy needs without increasing the use of gas to fuel electricity plants, according to a new paper published in Cell Reports Physical Science by researchers ...
Sep 16, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
In hydropowered Bhutan, solar starts to rise
Engineer Rinzin Galley stands on a platform overlooking a former military shooting range on the edge of Bhutan's capital, Thimphu, now home to a gleaming field of solar panels.
Sep 16, 2026
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