<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Traditional Energy - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest Traditional Energy news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening in your profession!]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 28 May 2019 08:01:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[ASU team throws new light on photosynthetic supercomplex structure]]></title><description><![CDATA[A team of scientists from Arizona State University has taken a significant step closer to unlocking the secrets of photosynthesis, by determining the structure of a very large photosynthetic supercomplex.<br />
This important discovery is laid out in their paper published today in Nature Structural &amp; Molecular Biology.&nbsp;The paper is titled &ldquo;The structure of the stress induced photosystem I &ndash; IsiA antenna supercomplex.&rdquo;Overall structure of the PSI-IsiA supercomplex.<br />
&ldquo;Sup]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/asu-team-throws-new-light-on-photosynthetic-supercomplex-structure/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2019 08:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/asu-team-throws-new-light-on-photosynthetic-supercomplex-structure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Data science helps engineers discover new materials for solar cells and LEDs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a high-throughput computational method to design new materials for next generation solar cells and LEDs. Their approach generated 13 new material candidates for solar cells and 23 new candidates for LEDs. Calculations predicted that these materials, called hybrid halide semiconductors, would be stable and exhibit excellent optoelectronic properties.<br />
The team published their findings on May 22, 2019 in the journal&nbsp;Energy &amp]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/data-science-helps-engineers-discover-new-materials-for-solar-cells-and-leds/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2019 06:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/data-science-helps-engineers-discover-new-materials-for-solar-cells-and-leds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[​3D Graphene/Carbon Nanotube Aerogels for Ultrahigh Volumetric-Energy-Density Li-S Batteries Developed]]></title><description><![CDATA[A research group led by WU Zhongshuai from the&nbsp;Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics&nbsp;(DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed high volumetric-energy-density and long-life lithium sulfur (Li-S) batteries based on the free-standing, densely compact, and integrated cathode.<br />
These Li-S batteries are derived from three-dimensional (3D) interconnected porous graphene/CNT aerogels, simultaneously serving as sulfur host and interlayer. Their findings were published in&nbsp;Nano Energ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/3d-graphenecarbon-nanotube-aerogels-for-ultrahigh-volumetric-energy-density-li-s-batteries-developed/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2019 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/3d-graphenecarbon-nanotube-aerogels-for-ultrahigh-volumetric-energy-density-li-s-batteries-developed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superconductor films convert heat into electricity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Films of a superconductor show excellent thermoelectric properties at very low film thicknessesWhen thinned down to a sheet a few atoms thick, the superconductor iron selenide (FeSe) can efficiently convert heat into electricity, researchers at RIKEN have discovered1. This opens up the possibility that similar multifunctionality may be lurking in other two-dimensional materials.<br />
Ultrathin films often behave quite differently from the same material in bulk form. For example, bulk FeSe superconduc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/superconductor-films-convert-heat-into-electricity/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2019 05:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/superconductor-films-convert-heat-into-electricity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[High energy textile lithium battery is highly flexible for wearable electronics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have developed a highly flexible, high-energy&nbsp;Textile Lithium Battery&nbsp;that offers more stable, durable and safe energy supply for wearable electronics with a myriad of applications, such as in healthcare monitoring, intelligent textiles, smartphones, Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking and Internet of Things (IoT)..PolyU&rsquo;s novel lightweight Textile Lithium Battery demonstrates high energy density of more than 450 Wh]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/high-energy-textile-lithium-battery-is-highly-flexible-for-wearable-electronics/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2019 05:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/high-energy-textile-lithium-battery-is-highly-flexible-for-wearable-electronics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Major step forward in the production of ‘green’ Hydrogen]]></title><description><![CDATA[The first thermodynamically-reversible chemical reactor capable of producing hydrogen as a pure product stream represents a &ldquo;transformational&rdquo; step forward in the chemical industryThe novel reactor, described today in the prestigious academic journal&nbsp;Nature Chemistry, avoids mixing reactant gases by transferring oxygen between reactant streams via a solid state oxygen reservoir.<br />
This reservoir is designed to remain close to equilibrium with the reacting gas streams as they follo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/major-step-forward-in-the-production-of-green-hydrogen/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2019 00:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/major-step-forward-in-the-production-of-green-hydrogen/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charging into the future–novel rock salt for use in rechargeable magnesium batteries]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rechargeable, high-energy density magnesium batteries with a novel rock-salt cathode synthesized by researchers at Tokyo University of Science<br />
Life today depends heavily on electricity. However, the unrelenting demand for electricity calls for increasingly greener and &ldquo;portable&rdquo; sources of energy. Although windmills and solar panels are promising alternatives, the fluctuation in output levels depending on external factors renders them as unreliable. Thus, from the viewpoint of resour]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/charging-into-the-futurenovel-rock-salt-for-use-in-rechargeable-magnesium-batteries/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2019 00:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/charging-into-the-futurenovel-rock-salt-for-use-in-rechargeable-magnesium-batteries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Geothermal energy’s earthquake problem – and possible solutions]]></title><description><![CDATA[A geothermal energy project triggered a damaging earthquake in 2017 in South Korea. A new analysis suggests flaws in some of the most common ways of trying to minimize the risk of such quakes when harnessing Earth&rsquo;s heat for energy.<br />
On a November afternoon in 2017, a magnitude 5.5 earthquake shook Pohang, South Korea, injuring dozens and forcing more than 1,700 of the city&rsquo;s residents into emergency housing. Research now shows that development of a geothermal energy project shoulders]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/geothermal-energys-earthquake-problem-and-possible-solutions/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2019 00:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/geothermal-energys-earthquake-problem-and-possible-solutions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australian rare-earth ore processor wants to build a plant in the US]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rare-earth minerals are mostly processed in China, but a new project could change that<br />
This week, two rare-earth mineral-processing companies announced a new joint-venture whose aim will be to establish a rare-earth ore processing plant in Hondo, Texas..<br />
Construction takes place at the site of Lynas Corp.&rsquo;s Advanced Materials Plant in the Gebeng Industrial Zone near Kuantan, Malaysia, on Thursday, April 19, 2012.<br />
.Lynas Corp., an Australian rare-earths processor, and Blue Line Corp., a che]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/australian-rare-earth-ore-processor-wants-to-build-a-plant-in-the-us/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2019 00:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/australian-rare-earth-ore-processor-wants-to-build-a-plant-in-the-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists Develop High-efficiency, Stable Thermoelectric Module Based on High-performance Liquid-like Materials]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two Articles:<br />
Scientists Develop High-efficiency, Stable Thermoelectric Module Based on High-performance Liquid-like Materials<br />
Based on high-performance liquid-like materials, scientists from the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Northwestern University in US innovatively fabricated a Cu2Se/Yb0.3Co4Sb12&nbsp;thermoelectric module with eight n-type Ni/Ti/Yb0.3Co4Sb12&nbsp;legs and eight p-type Ni/Mo/Cu2Se legs.<br />
Their strategy goes beyond the normal design of TE]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-develop-high-efficiency-stable-thermoelectric-module-based-on-high-performance-liquid-like-materials/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2019 17:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-develop-high-efficiency-stable-thermoelectric-module-based-on-high-performance-liquid-like-materials/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waste not want not; empowered by heat: converting waste heat into electricity]]></title><description><![CDATA[[This article from 2014 is about the thermoelectric material magnesium silicide. An RG article from January 2018 was about a similar use for ytterbium silicide. While both studies come from Japan, they are independent: one is from Osaka University and the other is from the Tokyo University of Science. Professor Iida from TUS was hoping for implementation of his technology for automotive applications by 2020, when tighter EU regulations for CO2 emissions take effect. His website currently states:]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/waste-not-want-not-empowered-by-heat-converting-waste-heat-into-electricity/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2019 16:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/waste-not-want-not-empowered-by-heat-converting-waste-heat-into-electricity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PixelGreen: A hybrid, green media wall for existing high-rise buildings]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers at Deakin University and the University of Hong Kong have recently designed a hybrid green architectural wall system for high-rise buildings that integrates a vertical micro-farm and a media screen. They presented this wall, called PixelGreen, in&nbsp;a paper published on Research Gate. PIXEL GREEN is designed for integration into the wall surfaces of existing buildings, turning them into analogue media screens.<br />
&ldquo;In this research, we explore the opportunity for new design possi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/pixelgreen-a-hybrid-green-media-wall-for-existing-high-rise-buildings/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2019 19:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/pixelgreen-a-hybrid-green-media-wall-for-existing-high-rise-buildings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Need for rigorous procedures within electrochemical production of ammonia]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many experimental studies of electrochemical synthesis of ammonia are flawed&mdash;a new study in&nbsp;Nature&nbsp;highlights the need for rigorous protocols moving forwardAmmonia (NH3) is one of the most widely produced chemicals, with a global output of 170 megatons per year. It is the key ingredient in the production of fertilizers and thus plays a critical role in sustaining the world&rsquo;s population. However, more than 1 per cent of global energy is consumed by the production of ammonia]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/need-for-rigorous-procedures-within-electrochemical-production-of-ammonia/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2019 18:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/need-for-rigorous-procedures-within-electrochemical-production-of-ammonia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning magnets could lead to energy-efficient data processing]]></title><description><![CDATA[The power consumption of data centres around the world is increasing. This creates a high demand for new technologies that could lead to energy-efficient computers. In a new study, physicists at Radboud University have demonstrated that this could also be achieved by using chips whose operation is inspired by that of the human brain. The study was published in the scientific journal&nbsp;Applied Physics Letters&nbsp;on 16 May.<br />
Compared to our current computers, the human brain uses a fraction of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/learning-magnets-could-lead-to-energy-efficient-data-processing/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2019 18:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/learning-magnets-could-lead-to-energy-efficient-data-processing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Threat or promise? E-auto boom could cost industry jobs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over 115 years the auto industry in the east German town of Zwickau has lived through wrenching upheavals including World War II and the collapse of communism. Now the city&rsquo;s 90,000 people are plunging headlong into another era of change: top employer Volkswagen&rsquo;s total shift into electric cars at the local plant.<br />
The world&rsquo;s largest carmaker is creating its first all-electric plant and phasing out production of the internal combustion-engine cars built by generations of local]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/threat-or-promise-e-auto-boom-could-cost-industry-jobs/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2019 18:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/threat-or-promise-e-auto-boom-could-cost-industry-jobs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strain Enables New Applications of 2D Materials]]></title><description><![CDATA[Superconductors&rsquo; never-ending flow of electrical current could provide new options for energy storage and superefficient electrical transmission and generation, to name just a few benefits. But the signature zero electrical resistance of superconductors is reached only below a certain critical temperature, hundreds of degrees Celsius below freezing, and is very expensive to achieve.<br />
Physicists from the University of Belgrade in Serbia believe they&rsquo;ve found a way to manipulate superth]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/strain-enables-new-applications-of-2d-materials/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2019 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/strain-enables-new-applications-of-2d-materials/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zero-carbon electric transport is already in reach for small islands]]></title><description><![CDATA[At a recent talk on the UK&rsquo;s energy sector, the head of an electric utility company claimed that &ldquo;the problem of decarbonising our electricity sector is fixed&rdquo;. Eyebrows were raised at this, but his point quickly became clear. The technologies needed to decarbonise the UK&rsquo;s electricity system now exist, he explained. Indeed, grid operators in the UK expect&nbsp;a zero carbon electricity system by 2025.<br />
But far greater challenges remain in&nbsp;the heat and transport secto]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/zero-carbon-electric-transport-is-already-in-reach-for-small-islands/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2019 17:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/zero-carbon-electric-transport-is-already-in-reach-for-small-islands/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In-car technology: are we being sold a false sense of security?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The retired football star David Beckham&nbsp;recently received&nbsp;a six-month driving ban after being photographed using his hand-held phone while driving. Unfortunately, Beckham is not alone in apparently thinking that time spent driving can also be usefully spent doing something else.<br />
But it isn&rsquo;t just phones that can distract us while driving. Increasingly, vehicles come pre-installed with technology that promises to improve our lives and let us get that little bit more productivity o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/in-car-technology-are-we-being-sold-a-false-sense-of-security/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2019 17:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/in-car-technology-are-we-being-sold-a-false-sense-of-security/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mathematically-designed graphene has improved electrocatalytic activity]]></title><description><![CDATA[An international research group has improved graphene&rsquo;s ability to catalyse the &lsquo;hydrogen evolution reaction&rsquo;, which releases hydrogen as a result of passing an electronic current through water. They designed a mathematically-predicted graphene electrocatalyst, and confirmed its performance using high resolution electrochemical microscopy and computational modelling. The findings were published in the journal Advanced Science.<br />
Akichika Kumatani of Tohoku University&rsquo;s Adva]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mathematically-designed-graphene-has-improved-electrocatalytic-activity/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2019 17:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mathematically-designed-graphene-has-improved-electrocatalytic-activity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why EU-funded E-ferry is set to electrify the passenger ship sector]]></title><description><![CDATA[Danish operator &AElig;r&oslash; Kommune&rsquo;s all-electric ferry&nbsp;Ellen&nbsp;breaks several barriers: with its route covering a 22-nautical mile crossing, it will travel a greater distance than any other all-electric ferry and will have the largest battery pack installed at sea. It is also likely to be the first electric ferry to have no emergency back-up generator.<br />
Creating this&nbsp;E-ferry prototype&nbsp;Ellen, due for delivery in May, involved designing, building and demonstrating a f]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/why-eu-funded-e-ferry-is-set-to-electrify-the-passenger-ship-sector/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2019 17:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/why-eu-funded-e-ferry-is-set-to-electrify-the-passenger-ship-sector/</guid></item></channel></rss>