Engineers at Penn State University have developed a fairly efficient method of harvesting low-grade waste heat for power production. For those unfamiliar, low-grade waste heat is a by-product of many ...

Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA) engineers aim to revolutionize rechargeable batteries: Their thin-film batteries are not only safer and longer-lasting than ...

(Nanowerk News) Battery safety and performance in electronic devices and systems like battery thermal management, space conditioning, vehicle thermal comfort and thermal energy storage can improve ...

Deep space probes and frontline soldiers share a basic problem: once they leave the grid, every watt has to be carried in. That constraint has shaped mission design for decades, from bulky ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Road testing started this month on a Mercedes “621 mile” solid-state lithium-metal battery. Jointly developed by engineers from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s a question science fiction rarely pauses to consider. Films are happy to show rockets launching and habitats glowing against ...

Researchers have discovered why LiNiO2 batteries break down, and they are testing a solution that could remove a key barrier to widespread use of the material. The team plans first to manufacture ...

EMPA's innovative lithium metal-based solid-state battery can charge in one minute, is non-flammable, and outlasts traditional lithium-ion batteries. The novel thin-film solid-state battery stacks ...

Road testing started this month on a Mercedes “621 mile” solid-state lithium-metal battery. Jointly developed by engineers ...