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April 29, 2026
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US and Europe Lock In Decade-Long Stellarator Fusion Research Deal



Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 29, 2026
A new 10-year project agreement will advance research on the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) stellarator, an experimental fusion energy system, paving the way for continued collaboration between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Germany. The collaboration between DOE and IPP is also the first project established under a new model project framework between the United States and the European Commission, setting a standard for how the two sides struct ... read more

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ENERGY TECH
Quantum Tunneling Drives Hydrogen Transport in Lanthanum Trihydride Near Practical Temperatures
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 29, 2026
For decades, ion transport in solids has been described as a classical barrier-climbing process, in which an ion must acquire sufficient activation energy to surmount an energy barrier before it can ... more
SOLAR DAILY
LMU Munich Team Boosts Perovskite Solar Cell Performance With Surface Treatment Advance
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 29, 2026
Researchers at LMU Munich have developed a targeted surface treatment for perovskite solar cell electrodes that improves molecular contact, boosting device efficiency, reproducibility, and long-term ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Desert Renewable Grids Built To Survive Extreme Heat And Calm
London, UK (SPX) Apr 29, 2026
Reliable electricity supply is critical in desert environments, where cooling systems must function continuously during heatwaves to protect human health. Researchers at King Abdullah University of ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
DOE and NRIC Name First Companies Selected for Nuclear Energy Launch Pad Program
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 29, 2026
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy and the National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) have announced the first developers selected for the newly established Nuclear Energy Launc ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Perovskite Diode Sets Records as Both a Solar Cell and an LED
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 29, 2026
A new study describes a perovskite diode that achieves 26.7% power-conversion efficiency when operated as a solar cell and 31% external quantum efficiency when operated as a light-emitting diode, pe ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Butterfly Wing Pattern Emerges From Hundreds of Fractional Quantum Hall States in Ultra-Cold Magnetic Fields
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 29, 2026
Technological advances in confining electrons to two dimensions opened the door to observing the quantum Hall effect under high magnetic fields. In low-temperature electrical transport measurements, ... more
BIO FUEL
Solar-Driven Process Converts Waste Plastics Into Hydrogen And Industrial Fuels
Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Apr 29, 2026
Researchers at Adelaide University are advancing a technology that uses sunlight to convert discarded plastics into hydrogen, syngas and other valuable industrial chemicals, offering a dual solution ... more
CHIP TECH
Harvard Team Achieves Milliwatt UV Light Generation On a Photonic Chip
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 29, 2026
Researchers at Harvard have demonstrated a chip-scale ultraviolet light source built on thin-film lithium niobate that generates 4.2 milliwatts of on-chip UV power at 390 nanometers wavelength - ap ... more

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Spire RF sensing data maps Arctic sea ice freeboard across winter
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 29, 2026
New research supported by the European Space Agency's Third Party Missions programme has produced Arctic-wide sea ice freeboard maps using GNSS-Reflectometry data collected by Spire Global Inc.'s mu ... more
UAV NEWS
China Moves To Convert Underused Airspace Into A New Industrial Growth Engine
Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 28, 2026
For decades, China's economic growth has largely unfolded on land - across factory floors, highways and ports. Now the country is turning its gaze upward. What was once empty airspace below co ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Geomagnetic Reversal Trigger Mechanism Study Finds Dipole Field Bi-Stability in Dynamo Simulations
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 28, 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
NANO TECH
Ultra-Thin Dual-Mode Shielding Film Blocks Electromagnetic Waves and Neutron Radiation Simultaneously
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 28, 2026s
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
TECH SPACE
Texas A and M Detonation Lab Bridges Explosive Physics From Industrial Safety to Dying Stars
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 27, 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
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SOLAR DAILY
Biochar Hydrogel Hybrid Pushes Solar Desalination to New Efficiency Levels
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 28, 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
SOLAR DAILY
Phase Change Foam Sustains Solar Desalination Through Low Light And Darkness
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 28, 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
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Air Pollution in Infancy Linked to Higher Rates of Respiratory Infections
Boston, United States (SPX) Apr 24, 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
OIL AND GAS
Waste Glycerol Powers New Electrochemical Route to Green Hydrogen and Formate
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 24, 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
CIVIL NUCLEAR
DOME test bed opens at Idaho lab to host privately built advanced reactors
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 17, 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
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Safety panel flags seismic risks at Nevada nuclear weapons lab
London, United Kingdom (SPX) Apr 17, 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
BIO FUEL
Iron and UV light drive simple hydrogen production from alcohol
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 17, 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
WIND DAILY
UK to accelerate clean energy drive amid Mideast war
London (AFP) April 20, 2026
Britain's government on Tuesday unveiled plans to accelerate its clean energy drive after oil and gas prices soared in the wake of the US-Iran war. ... more
CARBON WORLDS
X-raying rocks reveals their carbon-storing capacity
Cambridge MA (SPX) Mar 29, 2026
To avoid the worst effects of climate change, many billions of metric tons of industrially generated carbon dioxide will have to be captured and stored away by the end of this century. One place to ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Robotic AI System Runs 50000 Perovskite Solar Cell Experiments and Hits 27 Percent Efficiency
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 16, 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
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Sunlight process turns plastic waste into acetic acid
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 29, 2026
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a sunlight-driven process that converts plastic waste, including microplastics, into acetic acid, the main component of vinegar. The approach ... more
BIO FUEL
Waste water to clean energy: Japanese engineers harness the power of osmosis
Fukuoka, Japan (AFP) April 3, 2026
A Japanese water plant is harnessing the natural process of osmosis to generate renewable energy that could one day become a common power source. ... more
CARBON WORLDS
CO2 binding concrete aims to turn construction into carbon sink
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 29, 2026
Concrete is one of the most widely used construction materials, but its cement content makes it a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. Researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology are ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Molecular Lock Design Pushes Perovskite Solar Cell Efficiency Past 26 Percent
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 16, 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
SOLAR DAILY
Sensor-Free Prediction Method Guards Stirling Generators Against Piston Overshoot Damage
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 16, 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
SOLAR DAILY
Electron Microscopy Alone Can Now Fully Characterize Organic Solar Cells
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 16, 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
SOLAR DAILY
AI Forecasting Method Lifts Solar Output by Optimizing Panel Tilt Angles
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 16, 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
SOLAR DAILY
Improved Energy Management System Boosts Reliability of Off-Grid PV Fuel Cell Microgrids
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 16, 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
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Ion beam method to speed nuclear core material qualification
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2026
An ion beam based method for qualifying materials for use in the cores of advanced nuclear reactors is moving into industry standards this year, offering a path that is about a thousand times faster ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Study maps agrivoltaic tradeoffs for Midwest farms
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2026
In a world facing rising pressure to deliver both reliable food supplies and clean energy, scientists are exploring agrivoltaics as a way to combine solar power with crop production on the same land ... more
SOLAR DAILY
AI driven coatings enable full color solar windows without losing power
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2026
A new study has demonstrated that artificial intelligence can design color-tunable solar windows that maintain, and even enhance, their power output compared to conventional transparent solar cells. ... more
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