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Sep 19, 2022

Geothermal Energy May Be Key to Lithium Battery Technology Sustainability

Posted by in categories: energy, sustainability

The rapid development of geothermal energy can contribute not only to reducing greenhouse gas emissions but also to the production of environmentally sustainable lithium for EV batteries.


Jane Marsh describes how a Salton Sea project is producing both geothermal energy and lithium salts suitable for EV batteries.

Sep 18, 2022

Scientists discover bacteria that can use light to ‘breathe’ electricity

Posted by in categories: energy, nanotechnology

Researcher are now looking to make the most of this new discovery.

Did you know that bacteria in the natural world breathe by exhaling excess electrons, causing an intrinsic electrical grid? In a new study, Yale University researchers discovered that light could supercharge this electronic activity within biofilm bacteria, yielding an up to a 100-fold increase in electrical conductivity, according to a press release published by the institution earlier this month.


Yale researchers have found that bacteria buried underground have developed a way to respire by “breathing minerals” through tiny protein filaments called nanowires. This process can be amplified by light producing electricity.

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Sep 18, 2022

Scientists claim nanogenerators could produce significant electricity from sea waves

Posted by in categories: energy, nanotechnology

A group of researchers from China has found a way to use static energy to boost the power produced by wave energy. The invention could finally make the technology viable and efficient.

Sep 17, 2022

Vast Space to develop artificial-gravity space station

Posted by in categories: cryptocurrencies, energy, space

PARIS – Vast Space, a Southern California startup founded by cryptocurrency billionaire Jed McCaleb, plans to establish an artificial-gravity space station in low Earth orbit.

McCaleb envisions a future where millions of people are living throughout the solar system. Since other companies are helping to reduce launch costs, McCaleb thinks the next important step will be creating large structures where people can live and work in space.

“Earth has finite resources, but out in the solar system, there is an enormous untapped wealth, both in terms of energy and matter, that could support many ‘Earths,’” McCaleb told SpaceNews by email. “Likewise, mankind needs a frontier. Every prosperous civilization has had one to push off into – nevertheless, we haven’t had one for some time. Without a frontier, the world becomes a zero-sum game, which is detrimental to the psyche of a civilization. And in terms of the long-term future of humanity, we will need to live off of the Earth eventually.”

Sep 16, 2022

“Brick toaster” aims to cut global CO2 output

Posted by in categories: energy, sustainability

Industrial heat consumes a huge proportion of global energy. Rondo Energy says its brick-toasting heat storage device is so cheap and efficient that it makes decarbonization an instant no-brainer across a huge range of industries. Bill Gates agrees.

Sep 14, 2022

Prime Movers Lab Raises A $500 Million Early Growth Fund To Invest In Breakthrough Science

Posted by in categories: energy, food, satellites, science

The new fund will be focused on startups in energy, manufacturing, agriculture, healthcare, satellites and more.

Sep 14, 2022

Pulling Energy Out Of Thin Air

Posted by in categories: energy, law

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During the middle ages, the concept of the perpetual motion machine would develop. The first law, known as the Law of Conservation of Energy, would prohibit the existence of a perpetual motion machine, by preventing the creation or destruction of energy within an isolated system.

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Sep 14, 2022

New insights revealed through century-old photochemistry technique

Posted by in categories: chemistry, energy, food

As the poet Dylan Thomas once explained, it is “the force that through the green fuse drives the flower.”

Organic photochemistry brings life to Earth, allowing plants to “eat” sunlight. Using this power of light to make new molecules in the lab instead of the leaf, from fuel to pharmaceuticals, is one of the grand challenges of photochemical research.

What is old is new again. Sometimes gaining new insight requires a return to old tools, with a modern twist. Now, a collaborative team from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Princeton University has resurrected a century-old microwave technique to reveal a surprising feature of well-established light-driven chemistry.

Sep 13, 2022

Boron-powered Chinese missile will work in the air and underwater

Posted by in categories: energy, military

Boron as rocket fuel has been a tough nut to crack.

Rocket scientists in China are working to develop a boron-powered supersonic missile that can fly like a commercial airliner and then swim in the water to act as a torpedo, South China Morning Post.


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Sep 13, 2022

This Canadian company wants to build a train-plane ‘hybrid’ that can go 620 miles per hour—take a look

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, energy, transportation

Move over, Elon Musk and Richard Branson: A Canadian company wants to join the fight for better high-speed train travel.

Toronto-based TransPod recently unveiled plans for a “FluxJet,” a fully-electric transportation system that’s “a hybrid between an aircraft and a train.” The project, currently in the conceptual stage, would involve 82-foot-long, magnetically levitated trains that would carry passengers at roughly 621 miles per hour.

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