Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) National Ignition Facility (NIF) laser system has set a new record, firing 2.15 megajoules (MJ) of energy to its target chamber — a 15 % improvement over NIF’s design specification of 1.8 MJ, and more … Weiterlesen …

It almost looks like chocolate, but this is aerogel: solid, highly porous material with low density and low thermal conductivity. Still, the production of pure lignin aerogels is not possible. A team led by the Professor Irina Smirnova from the Technical … Weiterlesen …

The squishy solids look and feel something like a child’s toy but offer new possibilities for energy storage and flexible electronic sensor applications, according to James Tour, chemist at Rice University. The technique is an extension of groundbreaking work by the Tour lab … Weiterlesen …

The idea to generate hydrogen with the help of electrolysis is more than 200 years old. The idea to use hydrogen generation for the purpose of energy storage and thus to contribute to the energy transition is also not new. … Weiterlesen …

The MTU Hybrid PowerPack from Rolls-Royce could be used on the Lake Constance Belt Railway and thus simultaneously provide environmentally friendly, economic and reliable rail operations even before electrification of the line. These are the findings of simulations that have been carried … Weiterlesen …

The professional refurbishing of a single smartphone saves 14 kg of primary resources and 58 kg of greenhouse gas emissions. This was the conclusion reached by the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology (UMSICHT) in a study project that was … Weiterlesen …

The supply of metals and energy products depends on various factors, i.e. how raw material prices develop, how transparent and accessible the markets are, and whether high environmental and social standards can be achieved in mining. In a position paper, … Weiterlesen …

Phosphors have long been in daily use, e.g. in TV screens or PC monitors and in science for investigating plasmas and particle or antiparticle beams. It was hitherto not known, however, that the light emission due to electrons is much … Weiterlesen …

The industrial use and series production of carbon fiber brought an huge impact on the automotive industry some years ago. The same is currently happening with additive manufactoring. Now, RapidFit, a tool manufacturer and subsidiary of the 3D printing specialist Materialise, is … Weiterlesen …

Cooling devices are considered to be power guzzlers, in which polluting refrigerants are still used, even after the ban on chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). An environmentally friendly alternative are systems which use water instead. A research team at the Institute of Inorganic … Weiterlesen …