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Bacteria that Eats Pollutants and Breathes Electricity

by Martin Grolms | Mar 13, 2019 | Biotechnology, Energy, Features

US scientists have found bacteria that converts toxic pollutants into less harmful substances, while generating electricity in the process.

Power-to-Heat-to-Power

by Martin Grolms | Mar 11, 2019 | Electronics, Energy, Environment, Features

Solar researchers have investigated whether it is economically viable for a solar thermal power plant to convert excess photovoltaic and wind power into heat and store it.

Energy Efficient Computing via Nanomagnetic Logic Architectures

by Jessica D'Lima | Mar 7, 2019 | Electronics, Energy, Features

Scientists demonstrate the feasibility of chirality-encoded logic architectures.

Cold Plasma To Clean Up Our Water

by Bette Nijboer | Mar 5, 2019 | Biosystems, Biotechnology, Disease Prevention, Environment, Life Science

A team of Canadian researchers has shown that direct contact between an AP “cold” oxidizing plasma source and water that contains very high concentrations of cyanobacteria and green algae, along with associated BMAA toxin, could be quite rapidly (in minutes) decontaminated with modest energy input.

Storing Energy With Egg Shells

by Martin Grolms | Mar 5, 2019 | Biotechnology, Energy, Features

For the first time, a research group successfully uses egg shells as an electrode for energy storage.

Optimizing Electrodes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells [Video]

by Advanced Science News Video | Mar 4, 2019 | Electronics, Energy, Manufacturing

Low-cost strategies to tailor the microstructure of solid oxide fuel cell electrodes are discussed, providing a fast and efficient way to evaluate new electrode materials.