Credit: David BujdosA team of engineers from Saint Vincent College and the University of Pittsburgh has introduced two innovative methods for shaping bread-derived carbon electrodes. Their study, published in Royal Society Open Science, builds on previous work by David Bujdos, Zachary Kuzel, and Adam Wood, who sought to repurpose stale bread for sustainable electrode...
A Core Power floating nuclear power plantCore PowerThe UK-based company Core Power has announced its plans to mass-produce a fleet of floating nuclear power plants (FNPPs) with advanced reactor design and modular shipbuilding, aiming to anchor them off the US coast in about 10 years.Challenges in Nuclear Sector GrowthNuclear power is experiencing something of...
The plasma chamber of the WEST Tokamak reactorCEAFrance has made a significant advancement in the pursuit of fusion energy by successfully sustaining a plasma reaction for more than 22 minutes, setting a new record. This achievement took place on February 12 at the CEA's WEST Tokamak reactor in France.The Promise of Fusion Energy: Unlimited...
E Ink Kaleido 3 is good to used as Digital Out-of-Home advertising signage and is suitable for outdoor use in varying temperature ranges," explains E Ink. "It offers dynamic color display capabilities, poster-like visual quality, and a low-carbon and eco-friendly display solution."E InkOver the past few years, we've seen E Ink's Kaleido 3 technology...
Plasma sparks naturally (left) and ultrasound-guided (right)Josu IrisarriElectricity is naturally unpredictable, typically requiring wires and circuits for control. However, researchers in Europe and Canada have successfully directed sparks through open air and around obstacles using ultrasound waves.In open air, electricity naturally spreads in unpredictable directions—much like a lightning bolt. Its path is influenced by...
The EAST reactorXinhuaChina has achieved a major milestone in the pursuit of practical fusion energy. The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) reactor in Hefei set a new record by sustaining a fusion reaction for 1,066 seconds. This breakthrough demonstrates significant progress toward fusion as a clean, virtually limitless power source.Efforts to harness hydrogen fusion,...
An illustration of what a full-scale ammonia-production plant based on the new research could look likeIwnetim Abate and Yifan GaoAmmonia holds great promise as a future fuel source, but current production methods make it a major contributor to environmental pollution. Researchers at MIT have now developed a groundbreaking technique that uses Earth's natural heat...
Masdar says its upcoming gigascale solar farm in Abu Dhabi will be the first-ever '24-7' solar photovoltaic plant and battery storage projectMasdarAbu Dhabi is set to host a 5.2-GW solar farm, claiming the title of the world's largest solar energy plant. However, this ambitious gigascale project will be developed by Abu Dhabi Future Energy...
This fuel cell features two different types of fungi metabolizing sugars and microbes to produce electricityEMPASwiss researchers have developed a functional living battery powered by the interaction of two types of fungi, encapsulated in a biodegradable and non-toxic 3D-printed package. The Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA), based in Dübendorf, developed...
An x-ray detector at the National Ignition Facility was used to measure the energy spectrum and intensity of x-ray bursts created in the experimentsLawrence Livermore National LaboratoryA groundbreaking innovation at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has combined high-power lasers with an ultralight silver metal foam to create the brightest X-ray source ever recorded, boasting...
