Energy, fuels and sustainable energy – Page 32
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FeatureHarvesting heat
Philip Ball looks at the thermoelectric materials that harness waste heat and turn it into useful energy
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News
Nuclear chief heads back to academia
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s chairman resigns, saying she has achieved her mission of ‘righting the ship’
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CareersNuclear energy's next generation
Sarah Houlton meets the graduates training for careers in the nuclear industry
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ResearchFiring up battery safety
Smart battery provides early warning to prevent overheating hazard
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NewsPyrolysis touted as billion dollar US industry
Rapid deployment of plastics-to-oil could add $9 billion to America’s economy and 40,000 jobs
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NewsWorld’s first carbon capture coal plant opens
A $1.4 billion retrofit of a Canadian power station will mean 1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide is captured per year
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ResearchSawdust cellulose offers alkane pipeline
Biomass alkanes could fit into existing crude oil feedstock infrastructure
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NewsLos Alamos lab’s safety lapses faulted for radioactive leak
Audit finds lab’s poor safety likely to be at blame for a transuranic waste leak that closed US’s only permanent nuclear waste repository
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ResearchOil reserves put under the microscope with new lab-on-a-rock
A microfluidic device made from rock could unlock the secrets of hard-to-reach oil reservoirs
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NewsBacklash as EPA considers fracking chemicals disclosure rules
EPA has been warned that forcing greater transparency could jeopardise trade secrets
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ResearchPerovskite solar cells show hydrogen production promise
Highly efficient solar cells and catalysts made from cheap, common materials use sunlight to split water
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ResearchMolten metal batteries set to store grid power
Tests show that cheap, scalable battery should still have 85% of its storage capacity a decade later
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NewsUS bid to control power plant emissions challenged
Republican governors from 15 fossil fuel-heavy states claim CO2 rules on shaky legal ground
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ResearchPoplar biofuel has potential to offer substantial environmental savings
New study seeks to alleviate controversies regarding the global adoption of bioethanol
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Work starts on US carbon capture project
$167 million project in Texas will capture 1.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide
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ResearchFlexible solar cell woven into fabric
Solar cell textiles could one day power wearable electronics
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ResearchConcerns over chemical treatment of reclaimed fracking fluid
Current recycling procedure may do more harm than good
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ResearchFirst ionic liquid made from plant waste
Closed loop recycling could see ionic liquids made from biofuel by-products used to make more biofuel