Princeton NJ (SPX) Nov 15, 2021 - Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and Los Alamos National Laboratory have uncovered a key process behind a major challenge called thermal quen
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 15, 2021 - Ministers of the European Union reached a deal on Wednesday to pass new climate legislation aimed at reducing methane emissions, while imposing new import restrictions on foreign energy suppliers, including the United States.
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Nov 15, 2021 - After decades of inertial confinement fusion research, a record yield of more than 1.3 megajoules (MJ) from fusion reactions was achieved in the laboratory for the first time during an experiment at
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Nov 15, 2021 - For decades, scientists have been working to harness clean, renewable fusion energy, which occurs naturally in stars like our sun. Using strong magnetic fields to confine hot plasmas within a donut-
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Nov 15, 2021 - Future fusion reactors have a conundrum: maintain a plasma core that is hotter than the surface of the sun without melting the walls that contain the plasma. Fusion scientists refer to this challeng
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Nov 15, 2021 - The U.S. scientific community is currently conceptualizing the first nuclear fusion power plants, which will revolutionize energy production. Like the sun and stars, a fusion power plant will produc
Glasgow (AFP) Nov 14, 2021 - UN climate change summit host Boris Johnson, on Sunday hailed a last-ditch agreement to tackle global warming but said he was disappointed it did not go further on tackling use of high-polluting coal.
Glasgow (AFP) Nov 13, 2021 - Nearly 200 nations came together Saturday on a global deal to combat climate change after two weeks of painful negotiation, but fell short of what science says is needed to contain dangerous temperature rises.
Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Nov 12, 2021 - Multifunctional catalysts that transform captured carbon dioxide (CO2) into fuels and other valuable petrochemicals have been developed at KAUST and are set to enable a sustainable greener economy i
Guildford UK (SPX) Nov 12, 2021 - Researchers from the University of Surrey's Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) and the University of Sao Paulo have developed a new analysis technique that will help scientists improve renewable en
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Nov 12, 2021 - Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a scalable, low-cost method to improve the joining of materials in solid-state batteries, resolving one of the b
Linkoping, Sweden (SPX) Nov 12, 2021 - By watering bean plants (Phaseolus vulgaris) with a solution that contains conjugated oligomers, researchers at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Linkoping University, have shown that the roots
Glasgow (AFP) Nov 12, 2021 - A new draft COP26 statement called on nations to ease reliance on fossil fuels and boost funding to help vulnerable nations face the climate crisis as talks entered their final hours on Friday.
Glasgow (AFP) Nov 12, 2021 - Governments which enact climate legislation risk being sued for trillions of dollars by fossil fuel companies seeking compensation for lost revenue and stranded assets, according to data that campaigners warn threaten pledges made at COP26.
Boston MA (SPX) Nov 12, 2021 - In the quest for fusion energy, understanding how radio-frequency (RF) waves travel (or propagate) in the turbulent interior of a fusion furnace is crucial to maintaining an efficient, continuousl
Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Nov 12, 2021 - Alkaline fuel cells (AFC) convert the chemical energy of hydrogen and oxygen into electrical energy, while only producing water as a by-product. This makes them an extremely attractive next generati
