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Your destination for advances in renewable energy, energy storage technologies, and trends in portable solar power, energy harvesting, wind power, and alternative energy. Design engineers will find the latest applications and multimedia resources including videos, white papers, webinars, and technical briefs.

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Blog: Design
The all-terrain walking mech’s aim is to give humans the size and strength of giants. It does just that — times 50.
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Q&A: Energy
Zhiqun (Daniel) Deng and a team of researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) are working to develop a nanogenerator that harnesses the renewable energy of open ocean waves to power observation platforms, and more, in the middle of the ocean.
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Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Houston-based startup Downhole Emerging Technologies used direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) as the additive solution to 3D print durable materials necessary for geothermal energy applications.
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Blog: Research Lab
The first study on how purified boron nitride nanotubes remain stable in extreme temperatures in inert environments.
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Articles: Green Design & Manufacturing
SAE's WCX World Congress Experience, will be held from April 18-20, in Detroit, MI.
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Videos of the Month: Materials
Videos of the month for March 2023.
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Articles: Energy
Cooling plates provide leak-free coolant flow that improves battery performance and extends battery life.
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Products: Materials
New products for March 2023, including a battery interconnect system, silicon nitride bearing balls, and more.
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Briefs: Materials
A new battery design could help ease integration of renewable energy into the nation's electrical grid at lower cost, using Earth-abundant metals.
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Briefs: Materials
Sodium-Ion Battery Anode for Energy Storage
The high cost and limited supply of lithium necessitate the development of alternative energy storage systems.
Briefs: Energy
Improving Accuracy of Battery Charge Measurement
The issue of battery usage inefficiency in EVs resulting from an inaccurate battery charge measurement may finally get resolved.
Briefs: Automotive
A research team has developed technology that could prevent electric vehicle fires, like those caused by saltwater flooding from Hurricane Ian.
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Briefs: Materials
The polymeric solid electrolyte realized a wide potential window, a high Li-ion conductivity, and a high Li-ion transference number.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
24M Technologies has simplified Li-ion battery production with a new design that requires fewer materials and steps to manufacture each cell.
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Briefs: Energy
The newly developed anode-free battery has a volumetric energy density of 977 Wh/L which is 40 percent higher than the conventional batteries (700 wh/L).
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Articles: Automotive
The ability to charge electric vehicles at a very fast rate is a key to electrifying mobility across the U.S.
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Articles: Energy
A robust EV battery-recycling industry has moved to a necessity as automakers, and their suppliers, transition away from internal combustion.
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Articles: Energy
India is a fast-growing market for electric vehicles, with one study predicting that over 30 percent of the vehicles sold in India will be electric by 2030.
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INSIDER: Government
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)’s historic achievement of fusion ignition Dec. 5 at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) positions the United States...
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Quiz: Power
Many companies and universities are partnering to develop EV battery-recycling technologies. But can EV batteries be recycled?
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Blog: Power
By placing a metamaterial pattern on the surface of an object, the researchers were able to use sound to steer it in a certain direction without physically touching it.
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Products: Energy
See what's new on the market in February 2023, including connectors for energy storage systems, power supplies, and more.
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Briefs: Materials
A new kind of solar panel has achieved 9 percent efficiency in converting water into hydrogen and oxygen — mimicking a crucial step in natural photosynthesis.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
An MIT-developed heat treatment aims to transform the microscopic structure of 3D-printed metals, making the materials stronger and more resilient in extreme thermal environments.
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Blog: Electronics & Computers
Instead of disposing of batteries after three years, we could have recyclable batteries that last three times longer.
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Researchers at Arizona State University and Northrop Grumman are working on a new project to create power transistors from diamond. The results could yield efficiencies that significantly shrink the size of electrical...
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INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists have created vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes on metal foils that could be a boon for energy storage and the electronics industry.
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INSIDER: Communications
On January 3rd, the Caltech Space Solar Power Project (SSPP) launched into orbit a prototype, dubbed the Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD), which will test several key components of an...
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