Revolutionary 'Water Battery' transforms clean energy technology
Lightweight, high-capacity lithium-ion batteries are widely used in mobile phones, laptops, and other necessities in today’s world.
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JJ Shavit
- Apr 9
Porsche launches a clean eFuel made from CO2, water and wind energy
eFuels made from water and carbon dioxide using wind energy enable the nearly CO2-neutral operation of petrol engines.
JJ Shavit
- Apr 6
Game-changing discovery taps into photosynthesis for renewable energy production
Photosynthesis is an incredibly complex and fundamental process that sustains life on Earth, enabling plants to convert light into energy.
JJ Shavit
- Apr 5
Revolutionary graphene circuit promises to produce infinite energy
Physicist has successfully developed a circuit capable of capturing graphene's thermal motion and converting it into an electrical current.
JJ Shavit
- Mar 30
Breakthrough plug-and-play biobatteries can generate low-cost power for weeks
Researchers at Binghamton University have been working for years on biobatteries, which generate electricity through bacterial interactions.
JJ Shavit
- Mar 26
New solar-powered technology extracts clean drinking water from thin air
Fresh water is scarce. Communities near the ocean can desalinate sea water for this purpose, but doing so requires a large amount of energy.
JJ Shavit
- Mar 21
Solar reactor converts greenhouse gases and plastic waste into sustainable fuels
This technology is a game-changer in the development of a circular economy as it addresses two of the biggest threats facing the world.
JJ Shavit
- Mar 20
Breakthrough transparent solar cells generate power 1000x more efficiently
A team of researchers has developed a highly transparent solar cell using a 2D atomic sheet that could change the perception of solar energy
JJ Shavit
- Mar 19
You can power your home for days using half the water you need to flush the toilet
I wanted to replace all the diesel generators in New Caledonia and all the remote areas that didn't need to rely on dirty diesel.
JJ Shavit
- Mar 18
Innovative new technology will heat and cool your house at half the price
Imagine if you could heat or cool your home just by plucking the desired comfort level out of the air. Literally.
JJ Shavit
- Mar 15
Start-up captures waste heat from cloud data centers to heat public pools
Deep Green, a leading sustainable energy solutions company, has recently unveiled a new technology that has been dubbed the "digital boiler.
JJ Shavit
- Mar 14
Giant floating solar panel flowers provide clean energy to over 60,000 people
The solar project on the 17-mile-long reservoir in Hapcheon is able to generate 41.5 megawatts, enough to provide power for 60,000 people
JJ Shavit
- Mar 10
Groundbreaking "water battery" will revolutionize clean energy
Lightweight, high-capacity lithium-ion batteries are widely used in mobile phones, laptops, and other necessities in today’s world.
JJ Shavit
- Mar 5
Groundbreaking graphene circuit can generate limitless power
Physicist has successfully developed a circuit capable of capturing graphene's thermal motion and converting it into an electrical current.
JJ Shavit
- Mar 4
Breakthrough new engine is more efficient than a steam turbine and has no moving parts
The team’s design can generate electricity from a heat source of between 1,900 to 2,400 degrees Celsius, or up to 4,300 degrees Fahrenheit.
JJ Shavit
- Feb 28
Overnight car charging at home is wrong, Stanford researchers find
The vast majority of electric vehicle owners charge their cars at home in the evening or overnight. We’re doing it wrong, study finds.
JJ Shavit
- Feb 26
Electrifying new research dispels EV 'range anxiety'
A nagging concern U.S. consumers have about electric vehicles is the ability of these battery-operated cars to get you where you want to go.
JJ Shavit
- Feb 24
Nuclear waste powered diamond battery lasts for thousands of years
Radioactive diamond batteries were first developed in 2016 and were immediately acclaimed as a cost-effective way of recycling nuclear waste
JJ Shavit
- Feb 19
Gamechanging technology can power your home for days using half the water needed to flush a toilet
Emission-free hydrogen could, one day, entirely replace fossil fuels - and a start up believes it has the key to make it accessible to all.
JJ Shavit
- Feb 18
Amazing superalloy can help power plants generate more electricity while producing less carbon
Researchers have shown that a new 3D-printed superalloy could help power plants generate more electricity while producing less carbon.
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