Engineering
Researchers at Columbia Engineering have developed a new gel electrolyte that both improves the lifetime and safety of anode-free lithium batteries, an emerging battery architecture that could dramatically boost energy density ...
Feb 19, 2026
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Engineering
RMIT University researchers have developed a flexible nylon-film device that generates electricity from compression and keeps working even after being run over by a car multiple times, opening the door to self-powered sensors ...
Feb 19, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
An international research team has demonstrated how conventional radiative cooling coatings can be optimized to further reduce building surface temperatures, cutting energy consumption, while also improving fire safety.
Feb 19, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
In the race for lighter, safer and more efficient electronics—from electric vehicles to transcontinental energy grids—one component literally holds the power: the polymer capacitor. Seen in such applications as medical defibrillators, ...
Feb 18, 2026
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Engineering
Among the enduring challenges of storing energy—for wind or solar farms, or backup storage for the energy grid or data centers—is batteries that can hold large amounts of electricity for a long time. In addition to having ...
Feb 18, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Due to cheaper cost, ease of production and environmental benefits, battery makers and electric vehicle manufacturers have long pursued dry processes for building electrodes. A new dry-processed electrode architecture from ...
Feb 18, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers have developed a solar cell system that uses mirrors to concentrate solar energy. In addition to electricity, it produces heat for a plant that will capture carbon from industrial emissions. The solar cells in ...
Feb 18, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Combining wind turbines with wave, solar and tidal devices on shared platforms reduces construction costs, improves stability and generates more reliable power, according to researchers from the University of Surrey. The ...
Feb 18, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers at Kogakuin University have discovered that adding phosphorus (P2O5) to sodium-yttrium-silicate glasses significantly enhances their performance as solid electrolytes for next-generation sodium-ion batteries. ...
Feb 18, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
The people of Orange Cove in Fresno County could soon be an unwilling part of an experiment in dangerous, expensive utility boondoggles. And if California's gas companies get their way, families statewide will be forced to ...
Feb 18, 2026
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