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Longer-Lasting, Recyclable Phone Batteries
Instead of disposing of batteries after three years, we could have recyclable batteries that last three times longer.

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Carbon Nanotubes Store Energy
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists have created vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes on metal foils that could be a boon for energy storage and the electronics...

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The Space Solar Power Demonstrator Has Launched
On January 3rd, the Caltech Space Solar Power Project (SSPP) launched into orbit a prototype, dubbed the Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD), which will test several key...

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NASA Targets 2028 First Flight of New Boeing Sustainable Flight Demonstrator Airplane
NASA has issued an award to Boeing for the agency’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project, which seeks to inform a potential new generation of...

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A New and Improved Method of Solar Water Splitting
See how researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a new kind of solar panel that is nearly 10 times more efficient than previous tech of its kind — a development...

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Engineers Test Grid Stability by Teaching Inverters to Sing
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have developed an impedance measurement tool to study grid stability — learn how they teach inverters to sing and...

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Using Electrochemistry for a More Sustainable Future
MIT Associate Professor Betar Gallant utilizes electrochemical reactions to develop new sustainable technologies, including systems that capture carbon dioxide emissions and...

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EMI Shielding Trends & Design Considerations
Shielding is necessary to prevent EMI from causing electronic devices to malfunction. Such malfunctions can range from the innocuous — an odd noise on a car radio — to the serious — an...

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Chevrolet Unveils 2024 Corvette E-Ray Hybrid
Rather than toasting their sports car’s 70th birthday with polite champagne sips, Chevy yanked the wraps off another edition of the eighth-generation Corvette: the 2024 hybrid E-Ray which...

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Scania Adapts On-Highway Diesel for New Off-Highway Engine Platform
Scania Power Solutions has launched a new engine platform designed to provide new power outputs, longer service intervals, longer base-engine operational life and...

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BMW Plans Move to Structural Battery Packs and ‘46120’ Cells
The technology below the smooth skin of BMW’s i Vision Dee concept car, unveiled at CES 2023, marks a major step forward in the company’s electric-vehicle...

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Printed Thermoelectric Generators for Power Generation
Scientists have now developed three-dimensional component architectures based on novel, printable thermoelectric materials.

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Organic Redox Flow Battery
Redox flow batteries are stationary batteries in which the energy is located in the electrolyte, outside of the cell itself, as in a fuel cell.

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Multi-Layer Nuclear Thermionic Avalanche Cell
The invention consists of several NTAC layers arranged in a radially concentric series separated by a vacuum gap space.

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Electrolyte Additive Improves Battery Performance
The work could lead to improvements in the energy density of lithium batteries that power electric vehicles.

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Technique Merges Solar Cell and Liquid Battery
A highly efficient and long-lasting solar flow battery generates, stores, and redelivers renewable electricity from the Sun in one device.

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Volvo’s Electric High-Wire Act
Under a circus-size tent in downtown Stockholm, Volvo recently introduced its new high-wire act — one with its share of nail-biting risk.

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New Holland Electric Mini-Excavator Hits Market
Contractors and municipalities in 2023 will have an electric alternative to diesel-powered small excavators.

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Top 10 Most-Read Tech Briefs Stories of 2022
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CNH Introduces Battery-Electric, Autonomous-Ready Tractor
CNH Industrial recently introduced what it says is the world’s first autonomous-ready, battery-electric light utility tractor at its Tech Day in Phoenix, Arizona. The New...

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Toyota Punches up the Prius
An undeniable technical achievement since its U.S. launch for the 2001 model year, Toyota’s Prius never has been able to shake its weenie-mobile reputation. It’s an image formed largely by the combination...

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Raumedic AG Publishes Sustainability Report
Raumedic AG, Helmbrechts, Germany, has published its first sustainability report based on the internationally recognized standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). The report relates to...

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Low-Cost, High-Energy Battery Could Change the Decarbonization Game
The battery was made using sodium-sulphur — a type of molten salt that can be processed from sea water at a low cost.

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The Electrofuels That Reduce Amazon’s Fleet Emissions
Amazon has a goal of having 50% of its shipments being made net-zero carbon by 2030. In 2021, more than 100 million packages were delivered to customers with zero-emissions...

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Giant Batteries Deliver Renewable Energy When It’s Needed
In developing its flow battery, Oregon-based ESS drew from groundbreaking research and development conducted by NASA more than 40 years ago.

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Hydrogen Shows Increased Commercial Interest
While several commercial vehicle OEMs, including Tesla and Nikola, are in the latter phase of testing battery-electric semi-tractors on the road, action in the hydrogen space continues to...

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Navistar’s ‘Ground Up’ Approach to All-New Diesel Engine
Though electrification has taken center stage for the commercial trucking industry, diesel ICE powertrains will continue to serve as the preferred propulsion system of many...

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