24/7 Energy News Coverage
November 12, 2025
SOLAR DAILY
Collaborative Agreement to Advance Solar Arrays for Satellite Power Systems



Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 12, 2025
Idemitsu Kosan and Source Energy Company have partnered to jointly develop solar array products for use in high-LEO and MEO satellite applications. The project will combine Idemitsu's CIGS thin-film solar cell technology with Source Energy's solar module and deployable array development capacity. The announcement comes amid increasing demand for satellite power systems and shortages of high-performance solar cells. This effort aims to offer a secure alternative to the gallium arsenide cells curren ... read more

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Diraq progresses to new stage in DARPA drive for practical quantum computers
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 12, 2025
Diraq announced it has advanced to Stage B of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Quantum Benchmarking Initiative. This program aims to assess whether any quantum computing platform ... more
TIME AND SPACE
FSU physicists discover new state of matter in electrons, platform to study quantum phenomena
Tallahassee FL (SPX) Nov 12, 2025
Electricity powers our lives, including our cars, phones, computers and more, through the movement of electrons within a circuit. While we can't see these electrons, electric currents moving through ... more
WATER WORLD
First evidence of Ice XXI phase observed at extreme pressure and room temperature
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 12, 2025
The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) has observed for the first time the multiple freezing-melting process of water at room temperature under ultrahigh pressures exceeding 2 ... more
CARBON WORLDS
Inexpensive materials transform waste carbon into energy-rich compounds
St Louis MO (SPX) Nov 12, 2025
Turning waste carbon into useful products is a vital part of sustainable manufacturing. Recycling carbon dioxide creates carbon monoxide, which through electricity can be converted into energy-rich ... more
TIME AND SPACE
NICT achieves first entanglement swapping by sum-frequency generation between single photons
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 12, 2025
The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) has demonstrated, for the first time, entanglement swapping using sum-frequency generation (SFG) between single photons - a ... more
CHIP TECH
New wafer-scale memristor integration advances prospects for brain-inspired AI chips
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 12, 2025
A research team led by Professor Sanghyeon Choi from DGIST has achieved the mass-integration of memristors at wafer scale, marking a major development in semiconductor technology for artificial inte ... more
CHIP TECH
Princeton's new quantum chip built for scale
Princeton NJ (SPX) Nov 12, 2025
In a major step toward practical quantum computers, Princeton engineers have built a superconducting qubit that lasts three times longer than today's best versions. "The real challenge, the th ... more
ENERGY TECH
Recharge reactor extracts lithium from EV battery waste for direct reuse
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2025
Engineers at Rice University have developed a process that recovers lithium from electric vehicle battery waste using electricity and water, skipping the need for strong acids and complex chemical s ... more

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Reshaping Properties of Two Dimensional Janus Semiconductors with Light Enables Tunable Optical Devices
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 12, 2025
Rice University researchers studying a class of atom-thin semiconductors called transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have found that light can shift their atomic lattice, creating a tunable mecha ... more
ROBO SPACE
Robots gain guarded acceptance in elderly care if safety and trust align
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 12, 2025
A major survey by Chiba University researchers reveals that a significant portion of people are prepared to accept home-care robots, provided these systems secure privacy and safety and maintain use ... more
TECH SPACE
Self-driving lab learns to grow materials on its own
Chicago IL (SPX) 12, 2025
When scientists make the thin metal films used in electronics, optics, and quantum technologies, they usually spend months tinkering with the temperature, composition and timing of the process, hopi ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Solar-powered redox reactions advance with perovskite-based heterojunctions
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 12, 2025
Researchers from Xi'an Jiaotong University, Zhejiang University of Technology, and Northwestern Polytechnical University have published a review on the development of metal halide perovskite (MHP) h ... more
WATER WORLD
Threat from mining waste disrupts twilight zone ocean food webs
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 12, 2025
A new study led by the University of Hawaii at Manoa, published in Nature Communications, presents the first evidence that waste discharged from deep-sea mining in the Pacific's Clarion-Clipperton Z ... more
WATER WORLD
Threat from sand mining places Southeast Asia's largest freshwater lake at severe risk
London, UK (SPX) Nov 11, 2025
Intense sand mining is destabilizing Tonle Sap Lake, Southeast Asia's largest freshwater lake and a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. New research has pinpointed sand extraction in the Mekong River as the p ... more
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Renewables outpace fossil fuels despite US policy shift: IEA
Paris (AFP) Nov 12, 2025
Renewable energy is still expanding faster than fossil fuels around the world despite policy changes in the United States, with oil demand possibly peaking "around 2030", the International Energy Agency said Wednesday. ... more
CHIP TECH
SoftBank tanks after $5.8-bn Nvidia stock sale
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 12, 2025
Shares in SoftBank Group plunged as much as 10 percent on Wednesday after the Japanese tech investor said it had sold all its stock in US chip titan Nvidia for $5.8 billion. ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Brazil tries to avoid climate bust up at COP30 summit
Belem, Brazil (AFP) Nov 12, 2025
COP30 hosts Brazil will seek to land a compromise on Wednesday as some nations seek to put ambitious climate action and financial obligations on the summit agenda - flashpoints that have stalled past negotiations. ... more
ENERGY NEWS
'Trump is temporary': California governor Newsom seizes COP30 spotlight
Belem, Brazil (AFP) Nov 11, 2025
With US President Donald Trump skipping the UN's climate summit in the Amazon, California Governor Gavin Newsom grabbed the spotlight Tuesday and unleashed a barrage of attacks on the fossil fuel agenda of his political nemesis. ... more
OIL AND GAS
Venezuela announces big military deployment to counter US presence
Caracas (AFP) Nov 11, 2025
Venezuela on Tuesday announced what it called a major, nationwide military deployment to counter the US naval presence off its coast. ... more
SOLAR DAILY
University of Freiburg receives four ERC Synergy Grants for major research initiatives
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 08, 2025


The University of Freiburg has secured four coveted Synergy Grants from the European Research Council, strengthening its role as a leader in collaborative science and technological innovation. The ... more

CIVIL NUCLEAR
$450,000 gift fuels nuclear research at UTA
Arlington TX (SPX) Nov 12, 2025
The University of Texas at Arlington celebrated the naming of the HF Controls Student Success Center - "The Bughouse" - with a ribbon-cutting ceremony last month. The event recognized a $450,0 ... more
TECH SPACE
AI Data Center Growth Drives Major Power and Water Demands
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2025
Cornell University researchers have assessed the environmental impact of expanding artificial intelligence data centers across the United States. Their analysis finds that, if current growth continu ... more
WOOD PILE
Amazonian forests altered by human actions show broad changes in diversity and evolutionary patterns
London, UK (SPX) Nov 11, 2025
A comprehensive international study has found that human activity is driving deep changes in the Amazon rainforest, reshaping its ecological functions and evolutionary history. Researchers led by La ... more
CHIP TECH
Breakthrough material gyromorphs pave the way for advanced photonic computing
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 07, 2025
Researchers at New York University have unveiled a new class of materials called gyromorphs that offer promising capabilities for the development of computers powered by light rather than electricit ... more
TECH SPACE
Chemical insights enable plastics to bond metals without adhesives
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 11, 2025
Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University have revealed how plastics adhere to metals on an atomic scale, providing molecular guidelines for designing lighter, strong hybrid materials for transpo ... more
TECH SPACE
Earth-Based 3D Printing Technology Offers New Path to Affordable Housing in Australia
Sydney, Australiaby Clarence OxfordLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 03, 2025
Researchers at Swinburne University of Technology are developing a 3D printing system that constructs durable homes using earth, plant fibers, and natural materials. Led by Dr Mohamed Gomaa, the app ... more
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Enhanced fluorinated interface layer extends lifespan and boosts efficiency of perovskite solar cells
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 08, 2025
Perovskite solar cells are inexpensive and deliver high electricity output per surface area, yet they have lagged behind silicon standards due to stability limitations. An international collaboratio ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Enhanced solar water splitting achieved with MoS2 GaN nanorod heterostructures
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 12, 2025
Researchers at CSIR-National Physical Laboratory and IIT Madras have fabricated MoS2-coated GaN nanorods on tungsten foil to improve the photoelectrochemical efficiency of water splitting. Gallium n ... more
CARBON WORLDS
High-efficiency membrane electrolyzer converts air and flue gas CO2 to pure formic acid
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 08, 2025
A research team led by Professor Xiao-Ming Chen and Professor Pei-Qin Liao at Sun Yat-Sen University has developed an electrolyzer that integrates a metal-organic framework (MOF) membrane. This devi ... more
CHIP TECH
Leading quantum at an inflection point
Cambridge, Massachusetts (SPX) Nov 11, 2025
Danna Freedman is seeking the early adopters. She is the faculty director of the nascent MIT Quantum Initiative, or QMIT. In this new role, Freedman is giving shape to an ambitious, Institute-wide e ... more
TECH SPACE
New AI process boosts material property analysis through machine learning
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 11, 2025
Scientists at Tokyo University of Science have developed a machine learning system to automate the identification of material properties from X-ray absorption spectroscopy data. This approach stream ... more
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