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When Manuele Aufiero was a child, his parents would take him hiking along a reservoir in northern Italy. It wasn’t a typical reservoir, though. This one drained and refilled constantly, with pumps ...

Solar panels and wind turbines give the world bountiful energy — but come with a conundrum. When it’s sunny and windy out, in many places these renewables produce more electricity than is actually ...

A recent test shows that Quidnet’s technology can store energy in pressurized water underground for months at a time. The Texas-based startup Quidnet Energy just completed a test showing it can store ...

Imagine a house that doesn’t just shelter you but also stores electricity. It may sound like science fiction, but it’s now closer to reality than ever before. A research team at Aarhus University has ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) When water evaporates and condenses in the atmosphere, it carries energy - the same process that drives weather patterns and can be harnessed for power generation. While power ...

Scientists create a biohybrid by combining E. coli with a metal-organic framework, enabling charge storage through microbial electron transfer. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Harnessing biological systems for ...

An iron-air battery that stores and releases energy through a reversible rusting process has become the first of its kind to connect with a public electricity grid. On 30 July, the Dutch start-up Ore ...

Maria Skyllas-Kazacos works for UNSW Sydney and consults for/owns shares in mineral company Tivan. She receives funding from various government funded projects including the Trailblazer for Recycling ...