3D-Printed “Living Material” Could Clean Up Contaminated Water
“Living material” offers new way to clean polluted water Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a … [continued]
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These Energy-Packed Batteries Work Well in Extreme Cold & Heat
Engineers at the University of California–San Diego have developed lithium-ion batteries that perform well at freezing cold and scorching hot … [continued]
New Solid-State Battery Surprises Researchers Who Created It
Engineers create a high performance all-solid-state battery with a pure-silicon anode
$39 Million To Bust US Renewable Energy Dam Wide Open
Buh-bye, fossil fuels: US to get first-of-its kind, plug-and-play renewable energy microgrid test bed to speed the clean power revolution.
New Perovskite Solar Cell Puts Another Nail In The Natural Gas Coffin
A new efficient perovskite solar cell plus low cost, high volume manufacturing spells more bad news for the natural gas industry.
USA’s Battery500 Initiative Has Achieved Li-Metal Battery Energy Density Of 350 Wh/kg
Toward the end of President Obama’s time in office, the US Department of Energy (DOE) launched a “Battery500 Consortium.” The goal is in the name: reaching 500 Wh/kg battery energy density with lithium-metal battery cells, a target which was reportedly triple the battery energy density at the time.
3D-Printed Coral Mimics Nature
Researchers have found a way to use a 3D printer to make a replica of coral to help study how to prevent the destruction of coral reefs due to global heating.
UC–San Diego Researchers Tackle Microgrid Sharing Technology
Researchers at UC–San Diego are working on ways to permit neighbors to share renewable energy with each other in times of emergency using microgrid architecture.
One More Reason Climate Change May Keep You Up at Night
Over the coming decades, soaring temperatures could rob Americans of millions of nights of quality sleep, with the poor and elderly most affected.
Tesla, IBM, Stanford, & PNNL Lead Obama’s Battery500 EV Battery Initiative
As I’ve written many times, I think the #1 barrier to quicker electric car (and electric bus) adoption is simply … [continued]
