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A new battery electrode designed at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) combines liquid-state cesium and sodium to dramatically improve on the efficiency, safety and useful life of sodium-beta batteries (NBBs).

Researchers from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have designed a new type of anode that increases lithium-sulfur battery-life by four times, bringing the technology closer to maturity.

In order to better understand and protect wild stocks of salmon, it's necessary to track their whereabouts using implanted acoustic tags. Scientists are now improving those tags, by developing batteries that have both a smaller size and higher energy density than conventional fish tag batteries.

Engineers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have created a continuous process that produces useful crude oil minutes after harvested algae is introduced. The final product of this process can be refined into aviation fuel, diesel, or gasoline.

Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is developing a hybrid solar/gas system that converts natural gas power plants into hybrid solar/gas power plants.

A new, small-scale solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system that boasts a record efficiency of up to 57 percent could be used for household and neighborhood power generation.

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has created a giant inflatable plug designed to contain flooding or dangerous gases in mass transit tunnels.

Scientists have determined the molecular structure of proteins that allow bacteria cells to transfer electrical charge, which could be a big step towards more efficient microbial fuel cells.

A little wax and soap can help build electrodes and will allow battery developers to explore lower-priced alternatives to the lithium ion-metal oxide batteries currently on the market.

Zinc oxide coatings on copper or aluminum substrates has proven the best heat dissipation technique yet.

US scientists propose that artificially introducing aerosols to the atmosphere will brighten clouds and increase reflectivity which could help defend the Earth from global warming.

Reversible Acid Gas Capture is an energy efficient, cost effective, water-saving process in which acid gases such as carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide found in power plant emissions can be trapped in a reusable organic liquid.