Most smartphones, portable computers and other devices on the market today are powered by lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries. While these rechar...
Energy crunch fuels car pool growth
Rising fuel prices triggered by the Middle East war are driving a sharp increase in carpooling, with a ride-sharing platform reporting a sur...
AI generates full battery electrolyte recipes, matching top lithium metal battery performance
Battery electrolytes aren't just one chemical, but a complex mixture of salts, solvents, and additives interacting and reacting with eac...
Outdated power market rules could raise renewable energy costs, dissertation concludes
The transition to renewable energy is not just about installing more solar panels and wind turbines. Without smarter market rules, the energ...
New smart material could let windows store solar power and tint on demand
The growing demand for sustainable and energy-efficient technologies has increased interest in smart materials that can perform more than on...
Location matters: Balancing renewable energy and biodiversity in Norway
No matter how you look at it, Norway's future electricity needs will grow. At the same time, the planet is warming at an unprecedented r...
Queensland drivers back tougher distracted driving laws as tech evolves
Queensland drivers support tougher and clearer distracted driving laws as technology becomes more complex, according to new research from QU...
AI speeds selective and high-yield recovery of critical minerals from industrial waste
A research team at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has deployed AI agents with the potential to acceler...
Quantum computing may need far more than power as future data centers scale up
As quantum computing moves closer to large-scale deployment, new research is examining its future energy, water, and material demands. fro...
New technology allows AI agents to read and respond to people's facial expressions
Technology now allows the creation of increasingly realistic AI agents. Human-like AI agents—such as the digital characters that appear as v...
Safer all-solid-state sodium battery could cut grid storage costs and reduce lithium dependence
Lithium-ion batteries dominate the market for large-scale energy storage today. However, the element's uneven global distribution and ri...
Moldable glass screen sharpens X-rays while cutting radiation, even underwater
X-rays allow professionals to diagnose injuries or ailments and peer inside suitcases at the airport, along with a variety of other applicat...
Renewable energy is overtaking traditional power projects across Africa, industry leaders say
Africa's next generation of power projects is increasingly being built around solar and wind power and battery storage, as governments a...
Improving power communication systems with knowledge graphing
New research published in the International Journal of Information and Communication Technology suggests that so-called knowledge graphs, a ...
Many biofuels haven't panned out. Could algae make the clean diesel and aviation fuel Australia needs?
Diesel is critical to Australia. Any supply disruption has immediate and widespread consequences, given Australia imports almost 80% of its ...
New magnesium alloy design improves stability and ion transport in solid-state batteries
The modern world runs on invisible energy. Hidden inside smartphones, laptops, and electric vehicles, are batteries that quietly power every...
Could sodium replace lithium as the dominant ingredient in batteries?
The world we live in today runs on batteries. But the lithium ion batteries that dominate the market are expensive and environmentally deman...
Research finds hotel booking chatbots can 'creep out' customers
Travelers who use AI-powered chatbots on hotel booking platforms often feel uneasy. That discomfort can cause them to disengage or delay boo...
100% renewable energy by 2050? A global model maps the way forward
Reaching a perfect balance between the amount of greenhouse gases released in the atmosphere and those that are removed, is considered an im...
SIGN/e: Writing music with moving shapes and colors
How can electronic music best be scored, music that's made not from staves, clefs and notes on the page but by physical gestures like tu...
Aviation fuel testing center delivers first results in push for greener flights
The University of Sheffield has announced a major milestone in the push for greener aviation, as it produces its first report from testing a...
Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells reach 32.89% certified efficiency with peak-selective passivation strategy
A team of Chinese scientists has developed a new passivation strategy that significantly improves both the efficiency and operational stabil...
3D-printed speaker cover can focus audio into a private 'sound spot'
Music lovers may one day be able to blast their favorite artists, headphone-free, without angering the neighborhood or colleagues, thanks to...
New semiconductor building blocks make power converters smaller, more affordable
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory incorporated gallium nitride semiconductors to create a high-eff...
Why steel decisions before 2030 matter: Early coal exit could save $800 billion
Investing before 2030 to pivot away from coal in steel production is now 53%, or roughly 800 billion US dollars cheaper than what it would c...
The world built more coal power in 2025, but used less
The world built and commissioned more coal power in 2025, but used the polluting fuel less, with the United States the only major economy to...
Recyclable resin enables high-precision 3D printing and reuse across 10 cycles
Once only achievable in the far-fetched imaginations of science fiction writers, 3D printing has gone mainstream. Relatively inexpensive mac...
Before carbon capture can clean atmosphere at scale, one bottleneck may decide whether it succeeds
In 2024, global average temperatures exceeded 1.5o C above pre-industrial levels for the first time. This threshold was set as an aspiration...
We reviewed 48 'low carbon' projects and found they were becoming part of the fossil fuel problem
The world's major oil and gas companies claim they are leading the energy transition. They spend billions on PR to brand themselves as p...
Full fossil fuel phase-out by 2050 would require up to 80% more electricity generation
New research by an international team of scientists finds that fully phasing out fossil fuels worldwide by 2050 would require global electri...
Fungi transform unrecyclable building waste into low-carbon insulation
A common fungus can break down hard-to-recycle construction waste and turn it into sustainable insulation that rivals traditional and petroc...
Shaping Australia's future energy landscape through smarter large-scale solar
Globally, the amount of power solar PV panels can produce in ideal conditions is tipped to surpass coal next year, according to the Internat...
Ground oyster shells unlock ultra-light magnesium foam for vehicles and protective gear
For the first time, researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon have produced a magnesium foam made entirely from natural marine raw materials. ...
Dark patterns on the web are designed to manipulate you. Why aren't they all illegal?
You open a free app to do one simple thing. Before you even start, a full-screen message asks whether you want to try the paid version. The ...
Data centers are driving up power bills—a new study looks at how bad it could get
New research suggests electricity demand from data centers and cryptocurrency mining is likely to increase power costs in some parts of the ...
Audio cues can make AI feel more human, though some users may judge it as rude
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are investigating how humans respond to artificial intelligence agents that sound physically prese...
EV charging simulation model could help cities manage electric vehicle charging demands
As electric vehicles become more common, cities are facing the new and increasingly complex task of managing when and where drivers plug in....
Prickly pear cacti show promise as the building materials of tomorrow
Researchers from the University of Bath's Department of Mechanical Engineering have shown that agricultural waste from prickly pear cact...
Wall design centers experience of deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals
According to many deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals, clarity—not volume—is one of the most challenging parts of understanding speech in e...
Silicon hybrid captures high-energy sunlight for fuel-making reactions, study finds
Plants and algae make their fuel from sunlight. Perhaps we could do the same using semiconductors. A team of scientists at the National Labo...
The EU's AI Act could indirectly regulate emerging neurotechnologies
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a key factor in the advancement of many fields, but it is also a new frontier in the development of ...
Direct CO₂-to-gasoline process reaches 50 kilograms per day in pilot plant
A Korean research team has successfully developed a technology that converts carbon dioxide (CO₂) into liquid hydrocarbons such as gasoline ...
Americans love their iPhones (though sometimes they wish they could live without them)
The American obsession with the iPhone is complicated, as most love-hate relationships are. from Consumer Electronics News - Electronics N...
Is your AI chatbot manipulating you? Subtly reshaping your opinions?
A billboard tries to sell you something. So does a used car salesman. But no matter how smooth the pitch, you're quite aware of the prof...
People struggle to recall whether content came from AI, with labels forgotten after one week
From August 2026, an EU-wide AI regulation will come into force requiring the labeling of AI-generated content. However, a research team fro...
What kills EV battery range? Real-time images pinpoint lithium metal weak spots
A crucial clue to simultaneously increasing electric vehicle (EV) driving range and battery lifespan has been discovered. A research team at...
Scaling carbon electrolysis means solving heat, pressure and flow, commentary says
Electrolysis can resemble a modern version of alchemy. Start with one compound, run it through an electrochemical process and end up with an...
Buried oxygen reactions help explain why solid-state batteries fade so quickly
Although solid-state batteries (SSBs) demonstrate high performance and are intrinsically safe, their capacity currently declines rapidly. A ...
Solar-powered gel pulls drinking water from the air
Scientists in recent years have sought to efficiently draw moisture from ambient air and condense it into potable water using materials made...
Contact between 2D and 3D perovskites reshapes crystal order, lifting efficiency to 26.25%
Perovskites, a class of material with a characteristic crystal structure that can convert light into electricity, have proved to be promisin...
Why digital devices and online accounts need spring cleaning
If the spring season has brought an urge to scrub your living space from top to bottom, why not clear out the digital detritus cluttering yo...
Adaptive battery reduces energy costs and peak power demand in greenhouses
Researchers at Karlstad University have developed a new intelligent control strategy for battery storage in climate-controlled greenhouses. ...
Sugarcane waste concrete cuts CO₂ by up to 30% while boosting strength
According to the United Nations, the global population is set to reach around 10.3 billion by the mid-2080s, driving rapid urbanization and ...
On-body tech could expose users to new privacy and safety risks
Compared to the possibilities offered by on-body interaction techniques such as wearables, smartphones and computers are increasingly beginn...
Using diesel generators to power the AI revolution would kill hundreds of Americans a year
With U.S. electricity demand starting to rise quickly and expected to continue rising, largely because of the power needed for data centers ...
Vanadium batteries could stabilize power grids and help prevent blackouts in Ecuador
The transition toward renewable energy is redefining the operation of power systems worldwide. However, this shift brings a growing technica...
Chemical hardness engineering boosts perovskite tandem efficiency to 30.3%
All-perovskite tandem solar cells are promising candidates for next-generation photovoltaics, as they harvest sunlight more efficiently than...
How renewable energy can be most efficiently integrated into the electric grid
Renewable energy-based distributed energy resources (DERs) such as solar panels and electric vehicles can help reduce greenhouse gas emissio...
Water-splitting catalyst unlocks cheaper hydrogen at significantly lower temperatures
University of Birmingham research published today has shown a new low-temperature method for producing hydrogen that is suitable for both ce...
3D-printed interlocking electrodes demonstrate optimization potential for energy storage
Good electrochemical energy storage (EES) devices such as rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors can store a lot of energy and release i...
Electric hydrofoil ferry trialed as low-emission alternative to diesel ferries
This past winter, people in Trondheim caught glimpses of a boat that seemed to fly over the water out on the fjord. Many also took part in t...
This AI can read rivers almost anywhere in America, and utilities are paying close attention
Hydrology experts at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) used artificial intelligence and a...
Can AI ascertain our personality traits from our ChatGPT history?
Large language models (LLMs), the computational models underpinning the functioning of ChatGPT, Gemini, and similar conversational platforms...
After a 40-year wait, technology finally enables three-sided zipper design
In 1985, the Innovative Design Fund placed an ad in Scientific American offering up to $10,000 to support clever prototypes for clothing, ho...
Researchers get a better picture of power failures during extreme wind events
A model developed by Washington State University researchers can predict how transmission towers might fail and collapse in extreme wind eve...
Cutting cement emissions at a reasonable cost is within reach
Besides water, cement is used more than any other material on Earth. Its manufacture begins by combining limestone with ingredients such as ...
Renewable energy is more cost effective than direct air capture at reducing carbon, study finds
The case for investing in direct air capture weakens substantially once it is directly compared against solar and wind, according to an anal...
A probe into 'forever chemicals' in activewear lays bare fashion's greenwashing problem
Have you ever paid more for a product because a brand told you it was good for you and the planet? Many activewear shoppers do exactly this,...
Human-guided AI system could strengthen advanced reactor monitoring and control
Nuclear reactors generate reliable, low-carbon electricity by using heat from nuclear fission to turn turbines. These steady energy producer...
'Just looping you in': Why letting AI write our emails might actually create more work
I hope this article finds you well. from Consumer Electronics News - Electronics News, Electronic Gadget News | Consumer Electronics |Elec...
Upgraded wave-energy modeling tools could lead to more robust, seaworthy devices
Wave energy technologies can provide reliable, local power for autonomous underwater vehicles, and at-sea applications across U.S. coastal r...
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