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Tag Archives: Energy
Piezoelectric Catalyst Destroys Forever Chemicals
Startup secures $16 million to deploy PFAS-busting tech for wastewater. Continue reading
Posted in IEEE Spectrum
Tagged Energy, IEEE Spectrum, Materials Sciences, Microplastics, Water Resources, Water Treatment
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A New Twist on Stellarator Design
Breaking the problem into pieces makes it easier to design a fusion
reactor’s coils for optimum energy confinement. Continue reading
Powering Down
How optics technologies can reduce the energy costs of artificial intelligence and boost data center efficiency. Continue reading
Posted in SPIE News
Tagged Data Science, Energy, Optics, Photonics, Photonics Focus, SPIE News
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Testing a New Solar Sandwich
By combining the world’s oldest photovoltaic material with today’s most used one, researchers have taken a step toward next-generation solar devices. Continue reading
American Bright Drives Toward Solutions for Electric Vehicles
Custom designed flexible LED light strips will put the client’s electric vehicle charging station in the spotlight. Continue reading
Global Connectivity Predicts Reactivity
The reactivity of a material is describable using only the arrangement of its atoms, a finding that could be used to speed up the search for new catalytic materials. Continue reading
Photovoltaic Effect Goes Symmetric
A flower-petal pattern of light could induce electrical currents in a wider array of crystalline materials. Continue reading
Posted in APS Physics
Tagged APS Physics, Energy, Energy Conversion and Storage, Quantum Physics
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Pinpointing Problems in Transmission Power Grids
Researchers have developed an optimization algorithm to help identify the location of an electric current surge in a power grid, without knowledge of the grid’s broad structure. Continue reading
Magnetic Field Heats Up Fusion
A magnetic field can significantly boost the performance of a large-scale fusion experiment that may lead to a future source of clean power. Continue reading
Predicting Fickle Electricity Markets
Identifying and explaining patterns in volatile electricity prices could help small-scale wind and solar producers to integrate with the power grid. Continue reading
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