Osmotic energy, often called blue energy, is a promising way to generate sustainable electricity from the natural mixing of salt and fresh water. It exploits the voltage that arises when ions from ...

Recently, a research team led by Prof. Zhao Bangchuan from the Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Prof. Xiao Yao ...

A long-standing mystery in bile acid biology has been solved. Bile acids are often introduced as digestion helpers, but they are also powerful chemical messengers that help coordinate metabolism ...

Seawater has tons of lithium, but it is present at a concentration of just 200 parts per billion (ppb) and is drowned by ...

Thermoelectric generators built entirely from food-grade hydrogels and vanillin harvest heat from hot meals to power edible ...

A new thermodynamic design links ion movement and concentration to energy output, creating soft polymer films that generate steady electrical power from tiny temperature differences such as body heat.

The proposed approach allows precise and independent control of average composition, slope, and curvature of full concentration gradients in high-nickel cathodes, resulting in lithium-ion batteries ...

Plasma-droplet interactions significantly promote the reactivity transfer of gas phase species from the plasma to the liquid phase. Nonetheless, experimental studies on the impact of droplet ...

This innovative battery design incorporates a dual-gradient cathode that aims to boost performance and reduce costs. (Representational image)kynny/iStock Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s ...