Scientists point the way to a sustainable circular economy for plastics

Europe’s largest nuclear reactor enters service in Finland

Europe’s largest single reactor is expected to remain operational for “at least the next 60 years”, according to site operator TVO. Hours after Germany closed out its atomic era by…

Japan, US agree to cooperate on geothermal energy

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, center, has a small talk with her counterparts before a plenary session in the G-7 ministers’ meeting on climate, energy and environment in Sapporo, northern…

Microwave radiation shown to be an efficient means of silicon annealing for manufacturing solar cells

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A microwave technology invented at Macquarie University will improve the manufacture of solar cells and make them easier to recycle. During the fabrication of solar panels,…

Environmental and economic benefits of overhead cable line technology to power trucks

Siemens Mobility built an overhead contact line for electric trucks on a 6.2-mile stretch of Germany’s autobahn. Credit: Siemens Electrical cables have been suspended over trams and trolley tracks for…

A scalable strategy to synthesize purer and highly performing single-crystal cathodes

Planetary centrifugal deagglomeration for single-crystalline cathode synthesis. Credit: Yoon et al. (Nature Energy, 2023). Energy engineers and material scientists are continuously trying to create safe battery technologies that exhibit higher…