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Scientists bottle the sun with liquid battery

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A new bio-inspired molecule captures solar energy and releases it as heat on demand, outperforming lithium-ion batteries

Feb 13, 2026

Cleaner solar manufacturing could cut global emissions by eight billion tonnes

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Next-gen solar panel manufacturing could dramatically cut global carbon emissions, with newer designs outperforming current tech in nearly all environmental measures, a new study finds.

Feb 13, 2026

Perpetuus reports positive outcomes of GNPs-enhanced cooling fluid test

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UK-based Perpetuus Advanced Materials has reported a reduction in operating temperature using low loadings of plasma treated, surface engineered graphene nanoplatelets (SE-GNPs) homogeneously dispersed into a standard propylene glycol water coolin...

Feb 13, 2026

Solidion Technology enters MOU to supply pouch cells for energy storage systems

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Solidion Technology has announced that it has entered into a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with an entity that manufactures and distributes energy storage systems to supply pouch cells for use in energy storage systems.

Feb 13, 2026

New type of magnetism discovered in 2D materials

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In collaboration with international partners, researchers at the University of Stuttgart have experimentally demonstrated a previously unknown form of magnetism in atomically thin material layers. The discovery is highly relevant for future magnet...

Feb 7, 2026

Encapsulated PbS quantum dots boost solar water splitting without sacrificial agents

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A research team affiliated with UNIST has developed stable and efficient chalcogenide-based photoelectrodes, addressing a longstanding challenge of corrosion. This advancement paves the way for the commercial viability of solar-driven water splitt...

Feb 7, 2026

Grapherry expands battery-related partnerships to evaluate its graphene in anode materials

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Grapherry, a Chicago-based clean-tech materials company, has announced that it is expanding partnerships with battery companies to evaluate its waste-derived graphene for use in battery anode materials. The ongoing collaborations focus on assessin...

Feb 7, 2026

Researchers observe superfluid-insulator transition in bilayer graphene excitons

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Researchers from Columbia University, Brown University, University of Texas at Austin and the National Institute for Materials Science have observed a unique quantum phase transition in bilayer graphene, where an excitonic superfluid abruptly beco...

Feb 6, 2026

Mini tornadoes spin out dried cellulose nanofibers

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Researchers at the University of Maine and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are collaborating on a new way to dry non-aggregated cellulose nanofiber—a material that could replace plastics in a wide ra...

Jan 31, 2026

Mini tornadoes spin out dried cellulose nanofibers

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Researchers developed a vortex method to dry non-aggregated cellulose nanofibers from slurry, offering a more efficient, scalable alternative to freeze and spray drying.

Jan 31, 2026

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