Scientists at Lanzhou University have “bottled” sunlight using commercial chemicals, creating a liquid that produces hydrogen fuel on demand in total darkness. Their system, published in Advanced Materials, sets a new performance record and could enable the transport of solar energy as a stable liquid.
Scientists at China’s Nanjing Tech University have built a solar redox flow battery that achieves 4.2% solar-to-electricity efficiency. The device, using an anthraquinone electrolyte and a triple-junction solar cell, combines energy capture and storage in a single, scalable unit.
POSTECH researchers led by Professor Won Bae Kim have created a safer, high-capacity battery using magnets. Their “magneto-conversion” strategy controls lithium flow, prevents dangerous dendrites, and achieves four times the capacity of standard graphite anodes, as published in Energy & Environmental Science.
Rolls-Royce has successfully tested the world’s first high-speed marine engine powered exclusively by methanol. Together with their partners in the
Rolls-Royce has successfully tested the world’s first high-speed marine engine powered exclusively by methanol. Together with their partners in the
Trump Media & Technology Group will merge with fusion energy leader TAE Technologies in a $6 billion deal. The new entity, led by co-CEOs Devin Nunes and Michl Binderbauer, aims to build the world’s first utility-scale fusion power plant by 2026.
SAIC MG is delivering the MG4, the world’s first mass-produced EV with a semi-solid-state battery. Starting under $15,000, this model features a safer battery that survived penetration tests with no fire or explosion, marking a major leap in affordable EV technology.
A team at ICFO in Barcelona, led by ICREA Prof. Jens Biegert, has generated a 19.2-attosecond soft X-ray pulse—the shortest light flash ever measured. This record-breaking pulse creates an unparalleled tool for filming electron dynamics in real time.
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have shattered a century-old temperature limit with a motionless heat pump that hits 270°C. Led by Professor Luo Ercang, the breakthrough could let sunlight or waste heat power metal smelting, slashing industrial carbon emissions and energy costs.
Eighty years after the Hiroshima bombing, Kanagawa Dental University scientists used DNA from preserved hair to identify 13-year-old Hatsue Kajiyama. Her nephew’s search and a breakthrough in forensic analysis finally corrected a decades-old misidentification among 70,000 unknown remains.
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