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Carbon's New Champion: Carbyne, a Simple Chain of Carbon Atoms, Strongest Material of All?

12/10/2013 07:52

Carbyne will be the strongest of a new class of microscopic materials if and when anyone can make it in bulk. Rice University researchers have determined from first-principle calculations that carbyne would be the strongest material yet discovered. The carbon-atom chains would be difficult...

Potential Benefits of Inertial Fusion Energy Justify Continued Research and Development

12/10/2013 07:49

The potential benefits of successful development of an inertial confinement fusion-based energy technology justify investment in fusion energy research and development as part of the long-term U.S. energy R&D portfolio, says a new report from the National Research Council. Although ignition of...

Bringing Fusion Electricity to the Grid

12/10/2013 07:48

The European Fusion Development Agreement (EFDA) has published a roadmap which outlines how to supply fusion electricity to the grid by 2050. The roadmap to the realisation of fusion energy breaks the quest for fusion energy down into eight missions. For each mission, it reviews the...

Roadmap to Reducing Solar PV 'Soft Costs' by 2020

12/10/2013 07:44

The Energy Department's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently issued a new report, "Non-Hardware ('Soft') Cost-Reduction Roadmap for Residential and Small Commercial Solar Photovoltaics, 2013-2020," funded by DOE's SunShot Initiative and written by NREL and Rocky Mountain...

Rust Can Power Up Artificial Photosynthesis: Chemists Produce Power Boost Critical to Novel Energy Harvesting Applications

12/10/2013 07:42

Chemists at Boston College have achieved a series of breakthroughs in their efforts to develop an economical means of harnessing artificial photosynthesis by narrowing the voltage gap between the two crucial processes of oxidation and reduction, according to their latest research, published this...

Super capacitors

11/10/2013 19:39

In general batteries have high energy storage but take a long time to charge and discharge. A capacitor can charge and discharge quickly but have very low energy storage capabilities. Kaner is expecting his new graphene supercapacitors to store high amounts of energy and charge at least one...

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