Researchers at Purdue are working on a new kind of flow battery with a single liquid electrolyte and a replaceable anode. They say it could be cheaper, safer, and more environmentally friendly than conventional lithium-ion batteries.
Researchers have developed new materials to use in ultra high temperature concentrating solar power systems. High temperatures mean more electricity from the same amount of sunlight, making CSP price competitive with batteries for making electricity from sunlight.
An individual tree has roots and, of course, it doesn’t move. But trees, as a species, do move over time. They migrate in response to environmental challenges, especially climate change. Surprisingly, they don’t all go to the Poles, where it is cooler. As it turns out, more of them head west, where it is getting wetter.
The true “social cost of carbon” is more than double earlier estimates — with even just an updated accounting of the agricultural sector on its own more than doubling earlier estimates in aggregate — according to a new analysis from the University of California—Davis and Purdue University.
Energy storage could be the next item on the list when it comes to listing all the reasons we need to save the world’s bee population from collapse.
A new clean power concept from Purdue University combines concentrating solar power with biomass for a sustainable hydrogen-based economy.
Farms in Indiana could save up to 92% by using solar energy rather than traditional grid-sourced electricity, whereas homes in … [continued]
Researchers and the global pulp and paper industry is thisclose to bringing you EV batteries incorporating nanoscale paper products made from wood fiber.
Purdue University researchers see a pathway to ultra-cheap solar technology and transparent solar cells via a radical polymer called PTMA.
If you thought graphene was the wonder material of the new millennium, hold on to your hats because another wonder … [continued]
