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Transforming waste heat into clean energy
Do you feel the warmth coming off your computer or cell phone? That's wasted energy radiating from the device.
With automobiles, it is estimated that 60% of fuel efficiency is lost due to waste hea...
EU aims to become powerhouse of battery production and recycling
The EU plans to invest billions of euros developing a “green label”, sustainable electric vehicle battery industry in a bid to challenge Asia’s market dominance.
The EU battery market could b...
Researchers discover surprising quantum effect in hard disk drive material
Scientists find surprising way to affect information storage properties in metal alloy.
Sometimes scientific discoveries can be found along well-trodden paths. That proved the case for a cobalt-iro...
An environmentally friendly method to recover materials from lithium-ion batteries
Rice University researchers literally have a solution to deal with the glut of used lithium-ion batteries left behind by the ever-increasing demand for electric vehicles, cellphones and other electron...
Scientists find new way to power electric cars using cobalt
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Lowell (USA) have developed a new method to produce hydrogen and to use it to power electric vehicles. This new technique uses only water, carbon dioxide...
Metal-organic frameworks composed of cobalt ions to tackle climate change
A WSU research team is working on solutions to climate change. A new process could capture and separate carbon dioxide from gases emitted from industrial processes. The main reason they are researchin...
