Tag Archives: Energy

Underwater Kites Harvest Power From Slow-Moving Tides

The tech could find a home in off-grid coastal communities around the world. Continue reading →

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Topological Catalyst Boosts Ammonia Synthesis

Thanks to its unusual band structure, a metal alloy could speed up a potentially sustainable production process. Continue reading →

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Piezoelectric Catalyst Destroys Forever Chemicals

Startup secures $16 million to deploy PFAS-busting tech for wastewater. Continue reading →

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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 →

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Powering Down

How optics technologies can reduce the energy costs of artificial intelligence and boost data center efficiency. Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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Photovoltaic Effect Goes Symmetric

A flower-petal pattern of light could induce electrical currents in a wider array of crystalline materials. Continue reading →

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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 →

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