Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) research shows heat pump water heaters can reduce an entire home’s energy use if they’re connected to the appropriate ducting. The added ducting improves an already energy-efficient alternative to conventional electric resistance water heaters. PNNL researchers found in their example that a fully ducted a heat pump water heater reduce […]

University of Manchester (UM) researchers have found that a graphene membrane, which is impermeable to all gases and liquids, can easily allow protons to pass through it. The discovery could revolutionize fuel cells and other hydrogen-based technologies because they require a barrier that only allow protons – hydrogen atoms stripped off their electrons – to […]

Reiner Kümmel and Dietmar Lindenberger writing in the New Journal of Physics make the case that energy is worth much more than it costs. The abstract’s opening sentence, while a little technical, said, “Energy conversion in the machines and information processors of the capital stock drives the growth of modern economies.” Energy conversion supports the […]

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