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New design in lithium-air battery aims to get more electric vehicles on the road.
Mixing it up: A low-cost way to make efficient, stable perovskite solar cells
Microfluidic processing could help to make a competitive printed photovoltaics industry a reality.
Organic solar cell demonstrates 18% power conversion
A molecule-thick material is opening doors for the advancement of flexible and recyclable organic solar cells.
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What if the energy released when freight trains slow or stop could be applied to carbon capture technology?
New insulation material can enable more efficient electricity distribution
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Waste not want not with sustainable fertilizer
A new approach to the synthesis of sustainable ammonia and urea uses food waste and brown water as feedstocks.
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Scientists are closer to understanding the formation of underwater megaplumes, large and powerful columns of heated water rising from the ocean floor.
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Luminescent solar concentrators based on a conjugated polymer redirect light from inside and out.
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