Sibani Lisa Biswal, an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Rice, and Madhuri Thakur, a Rice research scientist, devised a process by which Swiss cheese-like silicon “sponges” that store more than four times their weight in lithium, can be electrochemically lifted off of silicon wafers. With Lockheed Martin researcher Mark Isaacson and Rice […]

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology are working on a super coolant by the name of CryoSolplus. It is a dispersion that mixes water and paraffin along with stabilizing tensides and a dash of the anti-freeze agent glycol. CryoSolplus advantage is it can absorb three times as much heat as […]

A team of researchers from Drexel University’s College of Engineering has developed a new method for quickly and efficiently storing large amounts of electrical energy.  Their target is supporting efficient use of intermittent renewable energy resources, a goal that hinges on the ability to store the energy when it is produced and dispense it when […]

Ohio State University researchers have figured out how to get the spin of electrons to create a current in non-magnetic materials, which is detected as a voltage in a semiconductor producing electrical power. The team is studying the new magnetic effect that converts heat to electricity and has discovered how to amplify it a thousand […]

Michigan State University (MSU) researchers have designed a new biofuel production process with energy output more than 20 times that of the existing methods used on agricultural waste. The team’s results have been published in the current issue of Environmental Science and Technology.  The paper including co-author Allison Spears, a MSU graduate student, showcases a […]

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