Sodium-Air Battery Offers Rechargeable Advantages Compared to Lithium
What if we could make a battery out of two extremely common things, like salt and air? Recent Developments in Lithium-Air (Li-Air) and Sodium-Air (Na-Air)...
What Might the Ocean Mission to Drill into Earth’s Mantle Release?
The Journey of the Chikyu: A Deep-Sea Exploration Vessel As of 2024, the Japanese deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu is actively engaged in scientific exploration in...
Discovery: Humans Hunted for Meat 1.6 Million Years Earlier than Thought
Recent archaeological discoveries have significantly advanced our understanding of early human hunting practices, revealing that systematic hunting for meat occurred approximately 2 million years...
The Looming Data Center Energy Catastrophe
Each day in the U.S., vast amounts of data are generated as individuals engage in activities such as streaming movies, checking bank balances, sending emails,...
Nano-Material Sets Record Turning Heat to Electricity
Recent developments in thermoelectric materials have significantly improved their efficiency in converting heat into electricity, pushing the boundaries of what was previously thought possible....
Clean Fusion Power This Decade
Clean Fusion Power: Closer Than We Think? The dream of harnessing fusion energy, the power source of stars, may be closer to reality than previously...
California May Use Vibrational Energy of Driving to Generate Power
When you drive your car, whether for your daily commute or a weekend trip, you generate more than just the energy from burning fossil...
For Farmers In Fukushima, Japan, Growing Uncertainty
In 2024, farming in Fukushima Prefecture continues to recover from the devastating effects of the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster. The region has seen...
Berkeley Scientists Discover Inexpensive Metal Catalyst for Generating Hydrogen from Water
An article about this was first written in May 2010 and this article is an update for October 2024. The summary is that hydrogen...
Bacteria Provide New Insights into Human Decision Making
Bacterial Survival Strategies Offer Insights into Human Decision-Making and Survival Recent research into how bacteria respond to stress and make collective survival decisions is providing...