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Germany could miss climate goal in 2026 for first time: think tank
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
The warning from Agora Energiewende will add to criticism that Europe's biggest economy is backsliding on fighting the climate crisis under conservative Chancel...
Warwick Researchers Find Hidden Intermediate Materials With Uses in Solar Fuels and Batteries
May 01, 2026 (SPX)
The findings, published April 30 in Nature Communications, show that the intermediate stages between a molecular precursor and its final heated product can them...
KIT spinoff develops photoreactor panel for direct solar hydrogen
May 01, 2026 (SPX)
"We avoid the detour through electrically powered electrolysis, producing chemical energy from sunlight and water," said photreon co-founder Paul Kant from KIT'...
US and Europe Lock In Decade-Long Stellarator Fusion Research Deal
Apr 29, 2026 (SPX)
The collaboration between DOE and IPP is also the first project established under a new model project framework between the United States and the European Commi...
Quantum Tunneling Drives Hydrogen Transport in Lanthanum Trihydride Near Practical Temperatures
Apr 29, 2026 (SPX)
Researchers from the Institute of Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fudan University, and Peking University have now shown that hydrogen atoms in lant...
Quaise Energy Advances World First Superhot Geothermal Power Plant in Oregon
Apr 23, 2026 (SPX)
A Quaise analysis presented at the 2026 Stanford Geothermal Workshop validates the company's belief that its first plant could produce at least 50 megawatts of ...
Superhot geothermal aims to power a next generation grid
Apr 23, 2026 (SPX)
Superhot geothermal targets rock at temperatures above about 400 degrees Celsius several kilometers below the surface. At these conditions water becomes a super...
Carbon nanotube textile heaters push industrial gas systems toward electrification
Mar 30, 2026 (SPX)
In work reported in the journal Small, the researchers show that wires and fabrics made from carbon nanotube fibers, or CNTFs, can provide substantially more he...
US fusion report urges new diagnostics for commercial plasma power
Mar 29, 2026 (SPX)
A new national report sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy recommends increased investment in America's fusion diagnostic capabilities, describing them as...
US labs map liquid metal path to future fusion power plants
Feb 27, 2026 (SPX)
The meeting focused on how liquid metals could protect the components that face the extreme heat of fusion plasmas and at the same time enhance overall system p...
Simulations reveal how plasma flow steers fusion reactor exhaust
Feb 18, 2026 (SPX)
Tokamaks confine plasma in a doughnut-shaped magnetic field where light atomic nuclei can fuse and release energy. When some plasma particles escape the core, t...
UCSB scientists bottle the sun with liquid battery
Feb 16, 2026 (SPX)
Chemists at UC Santa Barbara have developed a solution that does not require bulky batteries or electrical grids. In a paper published in the journal Science, A...
Deep learning model tracks EV battery health with high precision
Feb 16, 2026 (SPX)
The work appears in the journal ENGINEERING Energy and focuses on state of health, a metric that reflects how much usable capacity remains compared to a fresh c...
Soil microbe turns carbon dioxide into acetate using electricity
Feb 16, 2026 (SPX)
The team isolated F. terrae from paddy soil and found that it performs bidirectional extracellular electron transfer, moving electrons across the cell boundary ...
MoSi2 material points to new route for turning waste heat into power
Feb 04, 2026 (SPX)
Most thermoelectric devices in use and under development rely on the longitudinal thermoelectric effect, where electricity is generated along the same direction...
Low frequency lasers modeled to greatly boost nuclear fusion rates
Jan 26, 2026 (SPX)
The research team, led by Assistant Professor Jintao Qi of Shenzhen Technology University with collaborators Professor Zhaoyan Zhou of the National University o...
Oak Ridge team plans powerful test facility for next generation fusion components
Jan 26, 2026 (SPX)
The new facility will evaluate how plasma facing components perform when exposed to the extreme heat loads and particle bombardment expected in fusion devices, ...
Disordered rocksalt roadmap aims to boost lithium ion battery energy and cut critical metals
Jan 21, 2026 (SPX)
Researchers synthesized and analyzed recent global advances in cation disordered rocksalt, or DRX, cathode materials, which are emerging as a promising alternat...
KRISS process enables large-area solid electrolyte fabrication at lower cost
Jan 19, 2026 (SPX)
All solid state batteries replace conventional flammable liquid electrolytes with solid electrolytes, improving intrinsic safety in applications such as electri...
UK facility scales hydrogen recycling of rare earth magnets
Jan 15, 2026 (SPX)
Rare earth magnets are a critical component in many modern technologies, including wind turbines, electric vehicles, medical equipment, pumps, robotics and elec...
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