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Thermophotovoltaic cells top 40 percent efficiency

Black-hole physics and that iconic ‘shadow’ image, balloons and rockets probe the atmosphere’s acoustic duct

We speak to a geophysicist and an astrophysicist in this week’s podcast

The dilemma of corrosion and better corrosion management

Join the audience for a live webinar on 15 June 2022 sponsored by Hiden Analytical, in partnership with The Electrochemical Society

Research headlines

Undersea muon detectors monitor variations in water depth

Meteotsunami is detected in Tokyo Bay

Machine learning detects seismic activity in noisy cities

UrbanDenoiser algorithm is trained to filter out traffic and other human activity

Solar cell keeps going after sunset

New device produces power at night thanks to an integrated thermoelectric generator

Freeze–thaw battery could help store solar and wind energy

Device uses low-cost and abundant materials

Oscillating temperature gradient boosts heat flow in fluids

Discovery could improve climate models

Honeycomb-like nanopatterning boosts efficiency of ultrathin solar panels

“Hyperuniform disordered” design delivers 66.5% solar absorption

Podcasts about environmental physics

Green supercomputer with abstract binary code overlay

Cutting the carbon footprint of supercomputing in scientific research

Solar geoengineering is a ‘fire extinguisher’ for global warming, shark’s skin inspires underwater vehicles

Ion-based quantum computers could boost battery performance, how fuel cells are decarbonizing energy

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Opinion and reviews

Architect render of InterGen’s battery facility

Why we need to tackle renewable energy’s storage problem

Racing to save the planet

Diandra Leslie-Pelecky reviews Racing Green: How Motorsport Science Can Change the World by Kit Chapman

Business and industry must rise to the challenge of climate change

James McKenzie believes the climate crisis offers opportunities to business – but warns that solutions will only be found with the help of governments and financ...

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Weather could be controlled by making tiny changes to chaotic system

Small perturbations could prevent extreme events like tornadoes

A helicopter flying through the steam above Old Faithful geyser

Geophysical surveys reveal Yellowstone’s hydrothermal underworld

Natural plumbing system beneath the famously volcanic US national park mapped for the first time

Research infrastructures found to have an astronomical impact on astronomy’s carbon footprint

Study finds that research facilities emit at least 1.2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent every year

The huge carbon footprint of large-scale computing

Physicists working on large-scale experiments may have to consider the significant environmental impact of the computer power they require. Michael Allen investigates

Electrification and decarbonization of chemical synthesis

Available to watch now, The Electrochemical Society, in partnership with Hiden Analytical, The Royal Society of Chemistry and Cell Press, explores the decarbonization of the physical world

Higher-altitude solar geoengineering brings no cost benefit, study predicts

Researchers looked at five different ways of operating in the stratosphere

Solar energy output of India is reduced significantly by air pollution

Losses hinder India’s progress to achieve renewables target

Fermentation turns greenhouse gases into useful chemicals

A new carbon-negative process produces industrial-scale quantities of acetone and isopropanol

Photo of lettuce plants sprouting in a field

Plants accumulate nanoplastics mainly in roots, not shoots

New study used a lanthanide tracer to follow the uptake of tiny plastic particles through lettuce and wheat

Large-scale solar farms could increase rainfall in some arid regions

Freshwater supplies could be boosted on the Arabian Red Sea coastal plain, study suggests

Hydrogen production: from imagined colours to clean reality

Available to watch now, The Electrochemical Society in partnership with by Hiden Analytical, Element Six and TA Instruments – Waters, explores the methods used in hydrogen produc...

Solar panels can heat the local urban environment, systematic review reveals

Study of 116 research papers finds significant daytime heating

European hydrogen programs: from Hydrogen Manifesto to Clean Energy Act

Available to watch now, The Electrochemical Society, in partnership with Hiden Analytical, explore the main trends in the European landscape of hydrogen technology

Hydrogen’s big shot: where we are and where we are going

Available to watch now, The Electrochemical Society in partnership with Hiden Analytical, Scribner and Gamry Instruments, explore the benefits and economics of hydrogen within our ...

Nanoparticles in fuel could boost aircraft efficiency

Improvement of 8% seen in the lab-based ethanol combustion

Quantum phase transition detected deep inside the Earth

Spin crossover in iron could be linked to increases in the frequency of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions

Urban mining gets quicker and cleaner

New flash Joule heating technique recovers precious metals from electronic waste in seconds

Coal being loaded onto trucks in Jharia, Dhanbad, India

What next for India and coal?

Renewables transition requires a smarter focus on India’s development pathway

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