Energy & Green Tech
The quest to find viable alternatives to fossil fuels in energy production has experienced a recent revolution as scientists search for materials that do not require precious metals to produce active and stable reactions.
May 6, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
The diamonds and other crystals on view in science museum exhibits are a delight to the eye. What contributes to their sometimes dazzling geometric shapes and colors is their highly ordered arrangement of atoms. For the crystalline ...
May 4, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Many processes that generate electricity also produce heat, a potent energy resource that often goes untapped everywhere from factories to vehicles to power plants. An innovative system currently being developed at the U.S. ...
Apr 8, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
A few years ago, several nuclear reactors in the United States were facing the possibility of unforeseen shutdowns in the wake of disaster at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi power plant. The 2011 accident prompted worldwide scrutiny ...
Mar 12, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Power systems and communication networks are increasingly interdependent, which can affect the response and recovery times when problems occur.
Mar 5, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
A white paper from the International Energy Agency details how hydropower can help ease the global addition of wind and solar to the resource mix on power grids. Argonne's Audun Botterud offered his expertise as a co-author.
Feb 18, 2020
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Engineering
Anyone who looks to the stars also dreams of going to space. Turning this dream into reality depends on countless technological advances. One of these is new rocket and aircraft engines, which are becoming easier and cheaper ...
Feb 7, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
One way of increasing sustainability is to reduce carbon fuel emissions within transportation. In 2017 greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from this sector surpassed all others in the U.S., accounting for nearly 30% of total GHG ...
Nov 27, 2019
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Security
It is indisputable that technology is now a fundamental and inextricable part of our everyday existence—for most people, our employment, transportation, healthcare, education, and other quality of life measures are fully ...
Nov 13, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have reported a new mechanism to speed up the charging of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. Simply exposing the cathode to a beam ...
Oct 31, 2019
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