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Chemicals
CATL batteries target AI data centers as the Chinese giant expands beyond EVs
CATL is leveraging its dominance in electric vehicle batteries to enter the fast-growing AI infrastructure market, developing advanced energy storage systems designed to power next-generation data centers.
Paolo Travisi•31 July 2026

Chemicals
Molten salt batteries gain ground as…
New findings from the European SALTOpower project highlight molten salt batteries as…
Alessandro Petrone•13 April 2026

Chemicals
EU approves new methodology to assess…
The EU has set a 70% emissions reduction threshold for low-emission hydrogen,…
Editorial Team•11 July 2025

Tech innovations and Startups
Fungi, organic waste and 3D printing create new biomaterials
Growing mushrooms on organic waste compounds moulded from 3D printed moulds allows to obtain biomaterials totally…
26 May 2023

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Hydrogen liquefaction: what if solid air enters the equation?
A team of researchers proposes to use solid oxygen as a means to recycle cooling energy
24 May 2023

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Producing hydrogen without platinum, prickly pears teach how
The surface structure of the leaves of prickly pears inspires the creation of a new catalyst…
18 May 2023

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Zinc water batteries, the secret of efficiency is a “low-sodium diet”
An international team of engineers and chemists has developed a new approach to make zinc ion…
25 April 2023

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Photovoltaic in perovskite triple junction, efficiency is record
A team of researchers at the University of Toronto created a new perovskite-based solar cell, achieving…
17 April 2023

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Use 3 times more efficient resin for CO2 adsorption
Compared to the sorbents traditionally used for DAC, the hybrid sorbent developed by researchers at Lehigh…
25 March 2023

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Solar green hydrogen: how to make water photoelectrolysis competitive
A new approach has been studied to couple the photoelectrochemical separation of water with the hydrogenation…
23 March 2023

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Solar cells tandem only perovskite, is again record
A team of international scientists has created a monolithic tandem cell based on perovskite alone with…
17 November 2022

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A new photocatalyst to produce hydrogen from hydrogen sulphide
LED lights and gold nanoparticles to produce hydrogen from refinery waste
2 November 2022

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Solar storage, the advantages of microcapsules of phase change materials
Researchers at Shanghai Polytechnic University have developed a new design for PCM that can improve heat…
25 October 2022

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Capture of CO2 directly into the exhaust pipes? Soon it could be…
Starting from melamine, an ant component, a team of researchers has developed a microporous material for…
11 August 2022

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Hydrogen powder, the technological breakthrough of Deakin University
Developed a new process to separate, store and transport huge amounts of gas safely and without…

