Energy & Green Tech
Sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting captures water vapor from the air using specialized materials, or sorbents, and thermal energy to produce freshwater.
Aug 5, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Glinting in the night, halfway up a hill in Japan, the greenhouse-like "Ku-An" test lab is lit by electricity harnessed from 1,500 wooden boxes of soil and compost.
Aug 5, 2026
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Engineering
Lithium-ion batteries are the leading choice in today's electric vehicle and battery energy storage system industries, but they contain a number of critical minerals—including lithium, cobalt, nickel and graphite—that are ...
Aug 4, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
An electric vehicle that never needs recharging on a cross-country trip. Drones that fly for hours without landing. These scenarios demand energy storage far beyond what lithium-ion batteries can deliver—and lithium–oxygen ...
Aug 4, 2026
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Engineering
In light of rising temperatures and more frequent heat waves, the Institute of Architecture and Media at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) is presenting an energy-efficient solution to urban heat islands: 3D-printed ...
Aug 4, 2026
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Engineering
Researchers at Kyushu University have shown that microwave (MW) radiation can dramatically speed the conversion of biomass into useful gases by creating localized high-temperature regions on nickel nanoparticles. Using advanced ...
Aug 4, 2026
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Engineering
Michael Sweeney roasts coffee beans using energy from the sun at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility at Sandia National Laboratories. Sweeney has been collaborating with Sandia as part of a program to use solar energy ...
Aug 4, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
The emerging technology of advanced nuclear microreactors offers solutions to many modern energy challenges. The ZiaCore design, a low-enriched uranium dioxide-fueled microreactor developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory, ...
Aug 4, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
A joint research team led by Dr. Dae-Gyu Hwang and Dr. Dae-Hwan Kim from the Division of Energy & Environmental Technology at DGIST has significantly enhanced the power generation performance of bifacial thin-film solar cells ...
Aug 4, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Lignocellulolytic enzymes are a primary cost constraint in second-generation ethanol biorefineries, accounting for up to 30% of operating expenses. Because it requires limited inputs and can achieve industrially viable ethanol ...
Aug 4, 2026
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