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Perovskite betavoltaic cell sets record efficiency using carbon 14 source
Jan 13, 2026 (SPX)
The team, led by Professor Su Il In of the Department of Energy Science and Engineering at DGIST, focused on improving the performance of the radiation absorber...
Volvo Cars pauses battery factory after fruitless partner search
Jan 13, 2026 (AFP)
Volvo Cars, majority-owned by the Chinese conglomerate Geely, last year took full control of NOVO Energy, a subsidiary it had previously shared with Northvolt, ...
Lithium ion battery study on Tiangong space station explores microgravity effects on performance
Jan 08, 2026 (SPX)
The experiment is designed to clarify how internal battery processes behave when gravity is removed from the system. According to the institute, the goal is to ...
China ramps up CHSN01 fusion magnet jacket for cryogenic reactors
Jan 06, 2026 (SPX)
Mechanical tests at 4.2 K show the CHSN01 jacket reaches an average yield strength of 1560 MPa, elongation of 32.7%, and fracture toughness of 220 MPa-m1/2. The...
Tokamak study maps error impacts on plasma equilibrium models
Jan 05, 2026 (SPX)
The findings, published in Nuclear Fusion, examine how measurement errors in experimental inputs influence the accuracy of tokamak equilibrium calculations. Pla...
EAST experiments point to density free regime for fusion plasmas
Jan 05, 2026 (SPX)
The results, reported in Science Advances on January 1, address a long-standing physical constraint on the path toward nuclear fusion ignition by showing that p...
Solar co-electrolysis process converts biomass sugars to low cost green hydrogen
Jan 05, 2026 (SPX)
Solar-driven water electrolysis is a key pathway for producing hydrogen without direct carbon emissions, but the oxygen evolution reaction requires high energy ...
Chitin based carbon aerogel boosts stable thermal energy storage
Jan 01, 2026 (SPX)
Phase change materials store and release heat as they melt and solidify, so they are used in building temperature control, solar thermal storage, and electronic...
Physicists map axion production paths inside deuterium tritium fusion reactors
Jan 01, 2026 (SPX)
Their analysis builds on a recurring joke arc in the television series The Big Bang Theory where fictional physicists Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstadter stru...
Molecular catalyst switches between hydrogen and oxygen production
Jan 01, 2026 (SPX)
A team at the Singular Center for Research in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Materials (CiQUS) in Spain, led by Maria Gimenez-Lopez, has shown that a single...
Redesigned carbon framework boosts battery safety and power
Dec 26, 2025 (SPX)
Conventional lithium-ion batteries typically use graphite anodes, which can limit fast-charging performance and create safety risks through lithium plating on t...
China's rare earths El Dorado gives strategic edge
Dec 21, 2025 (AFP)
The hills of Jiangxi province are home to most of China's rare earth mines, with the materials used in a wide range of products including smartphones and missil...
The Quantum Age will be Powered by Fusion
Dec 19, 2025 (SPX)
Long before life, long before planets, fusion shaped the universe's basic architecture. In the early cosmos, gravity gathered hydrogen and helium into immense c...
Plasma turbulence plays dual roles in fusion reactors
Dec 11, 2025 (SPX)
The team at the National Institute for Fusion Science used the Large Helical Device (LHD), a large superconducting helical confinement experiment in Toki, Gifu,...
France's 'Battery Valley' makes use of Asian experts
Dec 10, 2025 (AFP)
In the Verkor factory outside the northern city of Dunkirk, which will be inaugurated on Thursday, foreign specialists, notably from South Korea and Malaysia, a...
Helical Fusion and Aoki Super sign fusion power deal for supermarket operations
Dec 08, 2025 (SPX)
Helical Fusion is developing a commercial power plant based on a helical stellarator design that aims for steady-state operation, net electricity output, and ma...
Highly Efficient Lead Free Material Converts Motion into Electricity
Nov 26, 2025 (SPX)
The material uses no lead, in contrast with commercially used lead zirconate titanate which contains about 60 percent lead and requires temperatures of 1000 deg...
Zap Energy achieves extreme fusion plasma pressures in new FuZE-3 trial
Nov 19, 2025 (SPX)
The FuZE-3 device is Zap's first system equipped with a third electrode, separating the forces responsible for plasma acceleration and compression. The company ...
Wafer-scale capacitors produced in one second with rapid heating and cooling process
Nov 19, 2025 (SPX)
The new approach, described in Science Advances on November 15, applies a rapid flash annealing technique to synthesize relaxor antiferroelectric lead zirconate...
Adoption of dynamic control technology improves EV charging grid integration
Nov 15, 2025 (SPX)
When D-STATCOM technology was introduced, scientists observed a reduction in voltage deviations and frequency instability, along with less current and voltage i...
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