28+ min ago  (163+ words) Lithium is a critical material for advanced manufacturing and national defense. The breakthrough suite of technologies licensed by Element3 will help secure a domestic supply of lithium. Nationally lauded as signifiers of excellence, the FLC awards denote exceptional contributions that bridge…...

9+ hour, 16+ min ago  (719+ words) A novel molten salt-based system converts polyethylene waste into gasoline- and diesel-like fuels for transportation and manufacturing. If scaled beyond the laboratory, the process could strengthen U. S. energy security and industrial competitiveness. "We developed an efficient and selective polyethylene-to-gasoline conversion," said…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (540+ words) | Newswise'Newswise Breaking Fuel Cell Barriers: New Platinum Catalyst Developed at SKKU Brings High-Efficiency Hydrogen Vehicles Closer to Commercialization (Left) Schematic illustration of the formation of a Pt'Co'Mn ternary intermetallic structure, where oxygen vacancies generated at the Mn O interface drive…...

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1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (417+ words) The Basic to Breakthrough series chronicles how investments from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science at our National Laboratories have led to new technologies that are changing our world." Researchers built on existing Lanza Tech technology to develop…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago  (354+ words) | Newswise'Newswise Halide Electrolytes Power the Next Generation of Batteries Performance comparison of HSSEs with sulfide, oxide, and polymer solid-state electrolytes. Newswise " With the growing global demand for clean energy technologies, lithium-ion batteries have become the dominant energy storage solution. However,…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago  (305+ words) | Newswise'Newswise New nanofluidic holder lets scientists heat, cool, electrify, and watch reactions in real time A temperature-controlled chip holder with integrated electrodes for nanofluidic scattering spectroscopy on highly integrated nanofluidic systems. Micro- and nanofluidic systems are increasingly important in biology,…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago  (758+ words) | Newswise'Newswise KIST-IAE Joint Research Team Breaks Performance Barriers in Lithium-Air Batteries Using Newly Developed Two-Dimensional Catalyst Awakening the dormant potential of two-dimensional materials through atomic-level defect control Two-dimensional metallic WSe" exhibits limited catalytic reactivity as its active sites are confined…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (326+ words) | Newswise'Newswise Tiny flow chips, faster clean catalysis The catalytic performance of the Ag-loaded hollow PS microspheres for 4-NP reduction into 4-AP. Catalytic treatment of industrial pollutants has long faced a practical bottleneck. Noble metal nanoparticles are highly active, but they…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (655+ words) Newswise DOE SCIENCE NEWS SOURCE Q&A with ORNL's Advincula on Autonomous Labs in Materials Research ORNL researchers are moving beyond traditional chemical development to make the process faster, more efficient and with higher yields through the state-of-the-art Auto Flow…...