Safe, efficient, and economical light-absorbing (photovoltaic) technology is key to developing the next generation of solar cells. Cu2ZnSn(S...
A more durable direct air capture approach: Electrified mineral-based system resists oxygen and humidity
Many governments and businesses worldwide have been trying to devise effective initiatives aimed at mitigating climate change and global war...
Researchers develop pre-seeding strategy for improving inverted perovskite solar cells
Regular perovskite solar cells (PSCs)—which place the electron-transport layer beneath the perovskite absorber and the hole-transport layer ...
'Solar battery' stores sunlight for days, then releases hydrogen on demand
A new material can store energy from sunlight and convert it into hydrogen days later. The material, jointly developed by researchers from U...
Protecting perovskite solar cells against environmental influences with light-switchable molecules
A team from the University of Stuttgart, together with international researchers, has succeeded in enhancing both the efficiency and environ...
How natural hydrogen, hiding deep in the Earth, could serve as a new energy source
In the search for more, new and cleaner sources of energy, a largely untapped resource is emerging: natural hydrogen. from Energy & Gr...
The unintended consequences of decarbonizing steelworks
For more than a century, Port Talbot in Wales has been dominated by its steelworks. The daily lives of residents have been shaped by this in...
AI analysis finds sunnier sites and compact layouts cut solar's land footprint
As solar energy is rapidly becoming the world's largest renewable power source, new research from McGill University offers a clearer pic...
Local water supply crucial to success of hydrogen initiative in Europe, study shows
Green hydrogen is considered to be an important part of the global climate transition, especially as a fuel and energy carrier for heavy tra...
From storms to sensors: How cross-border research with UK partners shapes safer and greener technologies
Since the UK rejoined Horizon Europe in 2024, cross-border research with UK partners has been delivering safer, smarter, more sustainable te...
Industrial TOPCon solar cells hit 26.66% efficiency record
Crystalline silicon solar cells currently dominate the global photovoltaic industry, with tunnel oxide passivating contact (TOPCon) technolo...
New target developed to improve production of important medical radioisotope
ANSTO has made progress on a more cost-effective way to produce the medical radioisotope molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), with less enrichment of uran...
Unlocking the 'urban mine': A path to US mineral sovereignty through e-waste
Inside America's junk drawers sits an untapped fortune, and a national and economic security solution. As the global race for critical m...
How can you avoid AI sycophancy? Keep it professional, researchers say
Drawing boundaries isn't just important for relationships with humans anymore. It could be the key to people's relationships with th...
Sodium-ion batteries lean heavily on lithium-ion expertise, patent analysis suggests
Researchers from the University of Münster, ETH Zurich, Stanford University, and the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Battery Cell Produc...
Successfully commercializing novel solar cells: When records are not enough
It is not easy to bring new technologies from the laboratory to market. Researchers and companies face very different demands for new develo...
Forest-based resins challenge fossil materials in wind turbines, boats and high-performance adhesives
Researchers at the University of Oulu, Finland, have developed new high-performance bio-based resins that can replace conventional oil-based...
New AI software set to accelerate delivery of vital net-zero infrastructure
New software, developed by the University of Sheffield spin-out AENi aims to transform how the world's essential net-zero infrastructure...
Quantum materials could enable the solar-powered production of hydrogen from water
Hydrogen fuel is a promising alternative to fossil fuels that only emits water vapor when used and could thus help to lower greenhouse gas e...
Cold and expensive vs. hot, cheap and eco-friendly: Contrasting histories of home heating in the UK and Sweden
The new year in Sweden began with some record-breaking cold temperatures. Temperatures in the village of Kvikkjokk in the northern Swedish p...
South Africa is moving away from coal—how mines and power stations could be used for green energy and farming
Globally, nearly 7,000 coal mines, more than 2,400 coal-fired power plants and hundreds of coal rail networks, trucks and port terminals all...
New perspective charts path to next-generation water and energy membranes
When you turn on a faucet, charge an electric vehicle or use products made with clean hydrogen, you may not realize that membranes—ultrathin...
Humanoid home robots are on the market—but do we really want them?
Last year, Norwegian-US tech company 1X announced a strange new product: "the world's first consumer-ready humanoid robot designed ...
Investigating how people respond to air taxi noise
New kinds of aircraft taking to the skies could mean unfamiliar sounds overhead—and where you're hearing them might matter, according to...
You can give old batteries a new life by safely recycling them
When household batteries die, it's hard to know what to do with them. So they get shoved into a junk drawer or sheepishly thrown into th...
Most AI bots lack basic safety disclosures, study finds
Many people use AI chatbots to plan meals and write emails, AI-enhanced web browsers to book travel and buy tickets, and workplace AI to gen...
Resilient nylon-11 film generates electricity from pressure and survives repeated runovers
RMIT University researchers have developed a flexible nylon-film device that generates electricity from compression and keeps working even a...
Hot cities, safer buildings: A cooling coating that can also reduce fire risk
An international research team has demonstrated how conventional radiative cooling coatings can be optimized to further reduce building surf...
Dry-processed battery electrodes skip slurry and deliver better high-voltage cycling
Due to cheaper cost, ease of production and environmental benefits, battery makers and electric vehicle manufacturers have long pursued dry ...
AI and kindness: Are we morally obligated to be kind to Grok?
Would you ever kick your Roomba? Or leave a scathing review of the robot at a Thai restaurant who delivered your green curry? What about sen...
Junk to high-tech: India bets on e-waste for critical minerals
Hundreds of discarded batteries rattle along a conveyor belt into a crusher in a remote plant in northern India, fueling a multi-billion-dol...
Operando X-rays reveal key aging process in sodium-zinc molten salt batteries
Up to now, it has only been possible to deduce indirectly why high-temperature batteries lose efficiency and durability while in use. For th...
New electrolyzer turns plastic-waste syngas into ethylene with less energy
For every ton of ethylene created, one ton of carbon dioxide is produced. With more than 300 million tons of ethylene produced each year, th...
Compressorless hydrogen turbine runs 303 seconds, beating NASA's 250-second record
Researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have set a record runtime with a new compressorless gas turbine. The burner, featurin...
Can AI fulfill our emotional needs?
Fully customizable virtual companions or avatars—and even "digital clones" of deceased people or living ex-partners—are among the ...
Review finds 1–2 nm closed pores can boost hard carbon sodium storage
As the global transition toward clean energy accelerates, the demand for sustainable, low-cost, and scalable energy storage technologies con...
Want to boost uptake of battery EVs? Subsidize chargers at home and work—not the vehicles
Let's say you want to encourage more drivers to shift to battery-electric vehicles. What's the best way to do it? Globally, billions...
Organic solar cells degrade quickly, but a solid additive could help them last longer
Solar power continues to grow—accounting for most new capacity added to U.S. electric grids in 2024—but the mid-1950s technology most often ...
Energy-saving 5G features could cut carbon emissions across the UK economy
An optimal combination of energy-efficient 5G network features—including AI systems that let mobile mast and antenna base stations go into s...
Study maps seven roles for generative AI in fighting disinformation
Generative AI can be used to combat misinformation. However, it can also exacerbate the problem by producing convincing manipulations that a...
LLMs violate boundaries during mental health dialogues, study finds
Artificial intelligence (AI) agents, particularly those based on large language models (LLMs) like the conversational platform ChatGPT, are ...
Feeling 'AI anxiety'? Here are the risks people fear most
A patient said to me the other day, half-smiling but clearly unsettled: "I think I've got anxiety about AI." They weren't ...
Burned out by smartphones, young people are choosing flip phones, cameras and MP3 players instead
Alarm clocks, maps, books, flashlights, watches, radios, MP3 players, Palm Pilots, remote controls, cameras, handheld recorders and other de...
Energy-hungry AI and air conditioning risk wiping out climate gains made by renewables
The rapid expansion of renewable energy is being used to meet rising electricity demands rather than displacing fossil fuels, according to n...
New research reveals early warning signs behind streaming subscription cancellations
Even with 1.8 billion video streaming subscriptions worldwide, many services are seeing cancellation rates steadily rise, raising the questi...
Unlocking the full potential of sodium- and potassium-ion batteries
As the world is moving toward more sustainable energy solutions, the emergence of next-generation batteries is a crucial and indispensable m...
A microfluidic chip monitors gases using integrated, motionless pumps
A new microscale gas chromatography system integrates all fluidic components into a single chip for the first time. The design leverages thr...
Betting on floating ports: Researchers test technology for faster construction
Building a port on land takes time. On water, the job can be done quickly. Hagbart Skage Alsos and his research colleagues at SINTEF are inv...
Next-gen AI delivers accurate battery diagnostics and explosion risk assessments
As demand for electric vehicles (EVs) and energy storage systems (ESS) continues to grow, batteries in various configurations are entering t...
Q&A: Could light-powered computers reduce AI's energy use?
A key problem facing artificial intelligence (AI) development is the vast amount of energy the technology requires, with some experts projec...
What chatbots can teach humans about empathy
Over half of U.S. adults are using large language models (LLMs)—such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot—in some capacity. Whether using artifici...
Scaling-up global solar panel manufacturing sustainably
As solar energy rapidly expands to meet urgent climate targets and increasing demand for electricity, the key challenge is to ensure that th...
Simulations pinpoint key conditions for all-solid-state battery electrolyte materials
Lithium-ion batteries serve as the core energy storage devices in various industries and everyday products, including smartphones, electric ...
AI decision aids aren't neutral: Why some users become easier to mislead
Guidance based on artificial intelligence (AI) may be uniquely placed to foster biases in humans, leading to less effective decision making,...
Understanding the physics at the anode of sodium-ion batteries
Sodium-ion batteries (NIBs) are gaining traction as a next-generation technology to complement the widely used lithium-ion batteries (LIBs)....
Power at the micrometer scale: A battery built for the smallest machines
Sensors small enough to disappear into the body, microrobots that move without wires, and smart systems hidden inside everyday materials—all...
Sunlight and liquid metal produce clean hydrogen from seawater with new 'harvest' method
Researchers have created a process using liquid metals, powered by sunlight, that can produce clean hydrogen from both freshwater and seawat...
Researchers advance sustainable 3D concrete printing for the construction industry
As cities grow denser and construction labor becomes harder to secure, the sector is under pressure to deliver projects faster, more efficie...
If Australia and Indonesia agreed to end new thermal coal mines, it could drive the green transition
In the 1960s, major oil-producing nations formed a cartel to drive up the price of oil. It worked. For decades, nations in the Organization ...
Humidity-resistant hydrogen sensor can improve safety in large-scale clean energy
Wherever hydrogen is present, safety sensors are required to detect leaks and prevent the formation of flammable oxyhydrogen gas when hydrog...
China ramps up energy boom flagged by Musk as key to AI race
New data on China's relentless energy installations underscore warnings from Elon Musk and Jensen Huang that the nation's world-beat...
Dynamic digital product passports for short-shelf-life food and drink could cut waste and improve safety
Dynamic digital product passports—real-time, intelligent digital records that capture the true condition of perishable goods such as food an...
Interface engineering lifts perovskite solar cell performance to 26.19% efficiency
Researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration ...
AI-powered solar aquaculture reveals a scalable pathway for food, energy and climate action
Researchers in Taiwan demonstrate that installing solar panels above clam ponds can simultaneously support aquaculture and renewable energy ...
Organic molecule stores renewable energy with record stability, paving the way for better flow batteries
What if the energy produced by wind turbines on a beautiful summer day could be stored until January to heat homes in the dead of winter? It...
'Discovery learning' AI tool predicts battery cycle life with just a few days' data
An agentic AI tool for battery researchers harnesses data from previous battery designs to predict the cycle life of new battery concepts. W...
Q&A: Changing our society through AI smart air conditioning technology
Empirical research is being carried out for revolutionary air conditioning technology that will contribute to solving environmental issues. ...
Q&A: Changing our society through AI smart air conditioning technology
Empirical research is being carried out for revolutionary air conditioning technology that will contribute to solving environmental issues. ...
Lessons from the sea: Nature shows us how to get 'forever chemicals' out of batteries
As the world races to electrify everything from cars to cities, the demand for high-performance, long-lasting batteries is soaring. But the ...
Oxygen-modified graphene filters boost natural gas purification
As we shift toward more sustainable fuels, natural gas and biogas, which mainly contain methane (CH4), have become important sources of ener...
Study finds banning energy disconnections shouldn't destabilize markets
Approaches by some European countries and Australia to protect energy consumers could help countries worldwide phase out harmful electricity...
Building energy resilience by understanding nuances of power outages across the US
More frequent and intense weather phenomena like heat waves, windstorms, or atmospheric rivers often come in pairs and these challenging com...
Companies need to balance domestic demand with global growth: A study of Japan's lithium-ion battery industry
New research has found that while a large home market base was beneficial in selling a product, it could become a trap if companies focus to...
Mechanical engineers' wood-based material could cut energy costs
University of Texas at Dallas researchers and their collaborators have developed and patented a wood-based material that can store and disch...
The data center surge has a hidden source of carbon emissions
Data centers siphon huge amounts of energy to power artificial intelligence. But their environmental footprint starts to balloon even before...
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