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Phase Change Foam Sustains Solar Desalination Through Low Light And DarknessTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 03, 2026 Researchers from Ocean University of China and Huzhou University have developed a phase-change photothermal foam that continues to produce freshwater after sunlight fades, addressing one of the core ... more  
Waste Glycerol Powers New Electrochemical Route to Green Hydrogen and FormateTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 03, 2026 Researchers at the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) and Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) have developed a next-generation electrochemical system capable of simul ... more 
Biochar Hydrogel Hybrid Pushes Solar Desalination to New Efficiency LevelsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 03, 2026 A new study published in the journal Biochar demonstrates that combining biochar with advanced polyzwitterionic hydrogels can sharply improve the performance of solar-driven water evaporation system ... more  
Camera-only navigation system cuts localization drift by up to 95 percent without GPS or LiDARTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 03, 2026 Researchers from Wuhan University and Chongqing University have developed a monocular camera localization system that uses prebuilt colored point cloud maps to sharply reduce navigation drift in env ... more |
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KIT spinoff develops photoreactor panel for direct solar hydrogenBerlin (SPX) Jun 03, 2026 Photreon, a KIT spin-off, has developed a photoreactor panel that generates hydrogen directly from sunlight and water without electrolyzers or electrical power. 'We avoid the detour through el ... more  
UMD Physicists Find Crystal Symmetry Controls Nuclear Spin States of Molecular HydrogenLos Angeles, CA (SPX) May 01, 2026 Chemical physicists at the University of Maryland have demonstrated that the nuclear spin states of molecular hydrogen can be controlled simply by freezing it inside dry-ice crystals - no magnetic f ... more 
Crystalline buffer layer pushes organic solar cells to 20.21 percent efficiencyTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 03, 2026 Researchers have achieved a power conversion efficiency of 20.21 percent in pseudo-planar heterojunction organic solar cells by introducing a crystalline polymer buffer layer that shields against so ... more 
Rice engineers suppress perovskite yellow-phase degradation with dual additivesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 03, 2026 Rice University chemical engineers have developed a method to make perovskite-based photovoltaics more durable by driving the material directly into its desirable black crystal phase while making it ... more |
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Air Pollution in Infancy Linked to Higher Rates of Respiratory InfectionsBoston MA (SPX) Jun 03, 2026 Ambient air pollution in the first year of life is associated with a greater burden of respiratory infections, according to preliminary findings from the Immune Development in Early Life (IDEaL) Rom ... more 
Chiba team models energy alignment for perovskite solar cellsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 03, 2026 Researchers at Chiba University have developed the first universal model for energy level alignment at electrode, hole-collecting monolayer, and perovskite interfaces in solar cells, establishing a ... more 
UK team finds intermediate materials for solar fuels, batteriesLondon (SPX) Jun 03, 2026 Researchers have identified previously unknown materials, including a new form of a widely studied clean-energy material, by carefully controlling and tracking how molecular precursors break down du ... more  
AI-Driven Design Tools Unlock New Capabilities in Flat Optical DevicesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 03, 2026 Researchers at Korea University have published a comprehensive review documenting how artificial intelligence is overcoming the core design barriers that have limited the practical deployment of met ... more  
Geomagnetic Reversal Trigger Mechanism Study Finds Dipole Field Bi-Stability in Dynamo SimulationsTokyo, Japan (SPX) May 01, 2026 A team at Japan's National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS) and the Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, has published new magnetohydrodynamic simulation results demonstrating that ... more |
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Warwick Researchers Find Hidden Intermediate Materials With Uses in Solar Fuels and BatteriesLos Angeles, CA (SPX) May 04, 2026 Chemists at the University of Warwick have identified a series of previously unknown materials formed during the heating of molecular precursors, including a new structural form of bismuth vanadate, ... more  
Iron and UV light drive simple hydrogen production from alcoholTokyo, Japan (SPX) May 04, 2026 Researchers at Kyushu University have reported a simple way to generate hydrogen gas by mixing methanol, sodium hydroxide, and iron ions, then exposing the solution to ultraviolet light. The team sa ... more  
Ultra-Thin Dual-Mode Shielding Film Blocks Electromagnetic Waves and Neutron Radiation SimultaneouslyTokyo, Japan (SPX) May 01, 2026 Researchers at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have developed a composite shielding material that simultaneously blocks both electromagnetic waves and neutron radiation within a ... more  
Texas A and M Detonation Lab Bridges Explosive Physics From Industrial Safety to Dying StarsLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 01, 2026 Scientists at Texas A and M University have officially opened the world's largest academic controlled-explosions laboratory, the Detonation Research Test Facility (DRTF), on the Texas A and M-RELLIS ... more  
DOME test bed opens at Idaho lab to host privately built advanced reactorsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 30, 2026 The National Reactor Innovation Center at Idaho National Laboratory has declared the Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments test bed, known as DOME, open for business, marking a milestone for the ... more |
Safety panel flags seismic risks at Nevada nuclear weapons labLondon, United Kingdom (SPX) Apr 30, 2026 The underground Principal Underground Laboratory for Subcritical Experimentation, or PULSE, at the Nevada National Security Site contains numerous mapped faults whose seismic behavior remains poorly ... more 
Electron Microscopy Alone Can Now Fully Characterize Organic Solar CellsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 30, 2026 Using three-dimensional electron diffraction (3D ED), researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat (FAU) Erlangen-Nurnberg have demonstrated that electrons can provide the averaged structural info ... more 
Sensor-Free Prediction Method Guards Stirling Generators Against Piston Overshoot DamageTokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 30, 2026 Researchers have developed a fast prediction and suppression method for transient piston displacement overshoot in free piston Stirling generators, addressing a fault condition that can quickly esca ... more 
Robotic AI System Runs 50000 Perovskite Solar Cell Experiments and Hits 27 Percent EfficiencyTokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 30, 2026 Perovskite solar cells have emerged as one of the most promising next-generation photovoltaic technologies, but their development still depends heavily on time-consuming trial-and-error synthesis an ... more |
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Molecular Lock Design Pushes Perovskite Solar Cell Efficiency Past 26 PercentTokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 30, 2026 Inverted perovskite solar cells are widely considered the future of next-generation photovoltaics due to their high efficiency, low cost, and ease of manufacturing. A collaborative research team fro ... more 
AI Forecasting Method Lifts Solar Output by Optimizing Panel Tilt AnglesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 30, 2026 Researchers have developed a feature selection-based solar irradiance forecasting method to improve the operation of stand-alone photovoltaic systems. The approach uses a bidirectional long short-te ... more  
AI Safety Guardrails Built For Chatbots Fail To Protect Humans From RobotsLos Angeles, CA (SPX) May 01, 2026 Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Oxford argue in a new Science Robotics paper that the safety frameworks developed for AI chatbots ar ... more 
Improved Energy Management System Boosts Reliability of Off-Grid PV Fuel Cell MicrogridsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 30, 2026 Researchers have proposed an improved energy management system for a stand-alone hybrid photovoltaic and proton exchange membrane fuel cell microgrid, aiming to maintain DC-link stability while redu ... more |
 
Nations have chance to break 'fossil fuel mindset': Mary RobinsonSanta Marta, Colombia (AFP) April 27, 2026 Former Irish President Mary Robinson has had a front-row seat to historic change - and senses another turning point coming at a fossil fuel phaseout meeting in Colombia. ... more 
From sun to subsoil, how countries are moving away from fossil fuelsParis, France (AFP) April 24, 2026 Heating with geothermal energy, lighting with solar panels, cooking with biodegradable waste: how can we live with less oil and gas? ... more 
Samsung Electronics posts record quarterly profit on AI boomSeoul (AFP) April 30, 2026 Samsung Electronics said Thursday that operating profit soared 750 percent on-year to a record high in the first quarter thanks to strong sales of chips crucial for artificial intelligence, and forecast continued healthy demand in the next three months. ... more  
More Nepalis drive electric, evading global fuel shocksKathmandu, Nepal (AFP) May 3, 2026 As global fuel markets reel from the Middle East war, motorists in Nepal are increasingly turning to electric vehicles, with high demand putting a strain on dealerships. ... more |
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Cheaper, cleaner electric trucks overhaul China's logisticsBeijing (AFP) April 29, 2026 At a dusty lot an hour outside Beijing, a steady stream of vehicles come and go for a quick battery charge - just one node in China's rapidly expanding network of electric trucks. ... more 
Chinese EVs, flying cars take centre stage at world's biggest auto showBeijing (AFP) April 24, 2026 Thousands squeezed into the world's biggest car show Friday, snapping selfies beside Chinese electric vehicles as automakers showcased AI, humanoid robots and flying-car ambitions in a cut-throat market. ... more 
'Joint venture in reverse': foreign carmakers seek edge with China partnersHefei, China (AFP) April 27, 2026 In a sprawling office in Hefei, the eastern Chinese electric vehicle hub, hundreds of employees and several robotic arms sat refining software developed jointly by German behemoth Volkswagen and Chinese EV maker XPeng. ... more  
Sweden arrests Chinese captain of suspected 'shadow fleet' shipStockholm (AFP) May 4, 2026 The Chinese captain of a ship that Sweden boarded this weekend over suspicions it belonged to Russia's 'shadow fleet' has been arrested, the Swedish prosecution authority said on Monday. ... more |
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