Jan 23, 2024
BYD’s new quad-motor electric sedan targets Taycan
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: energy
With four electric motors each pumping out 240kW of power, BYD’s new Yangwang U7 is a powerful large sedan.
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Jan 22, 2024
Novel nanocomposite-superlattices for low energy and high stability nanoscale phase-change memory
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: energy, nanotechnology
Data-centric applications benefit from dense, low-power memory. Here the authors use a combination of chalcogenide superlattices and nanocomposites to achieve low switching voltage (0.7 V) and fast speed (40 ns) in 40-nm-scale phase-change memory.
Jan 22, 2024
NEW Emails EXPOSE Fauci’s Lab Leak Disinformation Campaign, Report: Michael Shellenberger
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: electronics, energy
Twitter files author Michael Shellenberger weighs in on recent leaked NIH emails. #Fauci #covidorigins.
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Jan 22, 2024
The Green Spark: A Catalyst Transforming Water Into Energy Wealth
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: energy, sustainability
A stable, reactive, and cost-effective ruthenium catalyst for sustainable hydrogen production through proton exchange membrane water electrolysis.
Sustainable electrolysis for green hydrogen production is challenging, primarily due to the absence of efficient, low-cost, and stable catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction in acidic solutions. A team of researchers has now developed a ruthenium catalyst by doping it with zinc, resulting in enhanced stability and reactivity compared to its commercial version. The proposed strategy can revolutionize hydrogen production by paving the way for next generation electrocatalysts that contribute to clean energy technologies.
Electrolysis and Catalyst Challenges.
Jan 22, 2024
Accidental Discovery: How a Whiff of an Unusual Chemical Transforms Seedlings Into Super Plants
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: chemistry, energy, genetics
Researchers have found that treating seeds with ethylene gas increases both their growth and stress tolerance. This discovery, involving enhanced photosynthesis and carbohydrate production in plants, offers a potential breakthrough in improving crop yields and resilience against environmental stressors.
Just like any other organism, plants can get stressed. Usually, it’s conditions like heat and drought that lead to this stress, and when they’re stressed, plants might not grow as large or produce as much. This can be a problem for farmers, so many scientists have tried genetically modifying plants to be more resilient.
Jan 22, 2024
Diamond Electronics Suit Green Power Grids
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: electronics, energy
Jan 19, 2024
Dragonfire is the first UK laser weapon used against aerial targets
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: energy, military
The UK Ministry of Defence has demonstrated the DragonFire high-powered, directed-energy laser weapon system against aerial targets.
Jan 19, 2024
North Korea Unveils New Missile Designed for US Mainland Strike
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: energy, existential risks, military
North Korea claimed to have launched a new solid-fuel, intermediate-range missile with a hypersonic warhead, aiming to test its reliability and maneuverability. The missile, designed to strike U.S. military bases in Guam and Japan, flew approximately 620 miles before landing between the Korean Peninsula and Japan. The test follows a previous claim of successfully testing […] The post North Korea Unveils New Missile Designed for US Mainland…
Jan 19, 2024
These tiny ‘power plants’ use the wind and rain to generate electricity
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: energy
Jan 18, 2024
Revolutionizing Electric Car Batteries: MIT’s Cost-Efficient, Cobalt-Free Solution
Posted by Laurence Tognetti, Labroots Inc. in categories: energy, sustainability, transportation
“I think this material could have a big impact because it works really well,” said Dr. Mircea Dincă. “It is already competitive with incumbent technologies, and it can save a lot of the cost and pain and environmental issues related to mining the metals that currently go into batteries.”
Electric vehicles (EVs) have become a household name in the last few years with several companies fighting to compete in the everchanging EV landscape as EV technology continues to improve in cost, efficiency, and the materials used to manufacture the batteries responsible for sustaining this clean energy revolution. While EV batteries have traditionally used cobalt for their battery needs, a recent study published in ACS Central Science discusses how organic cathode materials could be used as a substitute for cobalt for lithium-ion batteries while potentially offering similar levels of storage capacity and charging capabilities, as cobalt has shown to be financially, environmentally, and socially expensive.
“Cobalt batteries can store a lot of energy, and they have all of features that people care about in terms of performance, but they have the issue of not being widely available, and the cost fluctuates broadly with commodity prices,” said Dr. Mircea Dincă, who is a W.M. Keck Professor of Energy at MIT and a co-author on the study.
