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Jun 14, 2024

New carbon nitride membrane improves lithium extraction from salt lakes

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In a breakthrough for lithium recovery technologies, researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with collaborators, have developed a crystalline carbon nitride membrane that could transform the lithium extraction industry.

Jun 13, 2024

Adding Certainty to Plutonium’s Fission Yield

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A first-of-its-kind measurement reveals the energy spectrum of the neutrons produced during the fission of plutonium, a common nuclear fuel component.

Jun 13, 2024

Physicists report optical analog of Kármán vortex street

Posted by in categories: energy, physics

In a study published in Nature Communications, collaborating physicists from Singapore and the UK have reported an optical analog of the Kármán vortex street (KVS). This optical KVS pulse reveals fascinating parallels between fluid transport and energy flow of structured light.

Jun 13, 2024

Ørsted got a huge Tesla battery storage system for the world’s single largest offshore wind farm

Posted by in categories: energy, sustainability

Ørsted has bought a 300 MW Tesla battery energy storage system for the UK’s massive Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm.

Jun 13, 2024

Clean Energy Spending Will Surpass $2 Trillion This Year

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Investments in carbon-free energy will be twice as large as fossil fuel spending in 2024, the International Energy Agency predicts.

By Benjamin Storrow & E&E News

CLIMATEWIRE | Clean energy is on fire.

Jun 12, 2024

Compressed titanium and sulfur nanoribbons can transmit electricity without energy loss, scientists find

Posted by in categories: energy, materials

When compressed, nanoribbons of titanium and sulfur can change properties dramatically, turning into materials with the ability to conduct electricity without losing energy, according to a study published in the journal Nano Letters.

Jun 12, 2024

Scientists Achieve Million-Fold Energy Enhancement in Diamond Optical Antennas

Posted by in categories: energy, engineering, physics

Theory has become practice as new work from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering taps diamond defects’ remarkable ability to concentrate optical energy.

Researchers have developed atomic antennas using germanium vacancy centers in diamonds, achieving a million-fold optical energy enhancement. This advancement allows the study of fundamental physics and opens new research avenues. The collaboration between theoretical and experimental teams was essential to this breakthrough.

Atomic antennas: harnessing light for powerful signals.

Jun 11, 2024

‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ explosion will bring a new star to the night sky

Posted by in categories: energy, space

Astronomers are expecting a “new star” to appear in the night sky anytime between now and September in a celestial event that has been years in the making, according to NASA.

“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime event that will create a lot of new astronomers out there, giving young people a cosmic event they can observe for themselves, ask their own questions, and collect their own data,” said Dr. Rebekah Hounsell, an assistant research scientist specializing in nova events at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, in a statement. “It’ll fuel the next generation of scientists.”

The expected brightening event, known as a nova, will occur in the Milky Way’s Corona Borealis, or Northern Crown constellation, which is located between the Boötes and Hercules constellations.

Jun 11, 2024

Scientists make and test efficient water-splitting catalyst predicted by theory

Posted by in categories: chemistry, energy, sustainability

Hydrogen (H2) is a promising fuel for reducing greenhouse gases, especially if produced by using renewable energy to split water molecules (H2O). But as simple as it may seem to break water into hydrogen and oxygen, the chemistry is complex.

Jun 11, 2024

Scientists unlock secrets of how the third form of life makes energy

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An international scientific team has redefined our understanding of archaea, a microbial ancestor to humans from two billion years ago, by showing how they use hydrogen gas.

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