energy

How would you like to use a battery that never needs recharging and lasts over 100 years? Sounds too good to be true, but this technology exists and is ancient. It is called a Zamboni Pile (also called a Duluc Pile) and is a very old…

The two companies teamed up to release the WT7162RHUG24A, an integrated circuit designed for use in 45-100 watt USB-C PD power adapters for charging smartphones, tablets, laptops, and other smart devices. The SiP offers peak power…

Everyone uses wall-wart power supplies somewhere. Most of us use a lot of them. Everything from cordless phones to printers, chargers, and security devices, use them. These ubiquitous power supplies quietly provide energy to power and…

Researchers at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) are too cool for school... and too hot. They've created a building material that changes its infrared color based on the amount of heat it absorbs…

Our natural world is endlessly inspiring. Recently, a team of scientists used a lizard species to create a "breathing" supercapacitor that performs better than those currently in use. Supercapacitors are sprinters when it comes to energy…

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced fusion ignition at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)—a major scientific breakthrough decades in the making. A team at LLNL’s…

The NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) says that the United States has sustained 338 weather and climate disasters where damage costs reached or exceeded $1 billion since 1980. These events cost more than $2.295…

Fidget spinners were all the rage in 2017. What if we could harvest the energy used to send them spinning to power small devices or wearables? We may be able to soon, thanks to researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University. The team…

by Jon Gabay, engineer We are so manipulated in our society. Others dictate the technologies we will use and depend on without regard to ramifications. Poor planning and hip-shot reactions lead to wasted time and money, and the goals…

As we stretch electrical grids across the U.S. and Europe to their maximum capacities and the price of electricity, along with fuel oil, continues to rise, solar energy advances bring hope for a more sustainable – and affordable – future.…