Carbon nanotubes can open and close in response to acidity, guiding water and ions one by one and mimicking how natural cell channels work. (Nanowerk News) When water and ions move together through ...

A cheaper, safer, and more abundant alternative to lithium is finally making its way into cars—and the grid. For decades, lithium-ion batteries have powered our phones, laptops, and electric vehicles.

A major stride in battery science has unlocked a pathway that could accelerate solid-state innovation. A team, co-led by engineers at the University of California, San Diego, has unveiled a strategy ...

NASA’s Interplanetary Overlay Network (ION) is an implementation of Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN). DTN is a digital communication networking technology that enables data to be conveyed ...

ION CEO Jorge Diaz Schneider (L) with CTO Greg Hitz (R) holding a Cornerstone cell Photo: ION Storage Systems Maryland-based ION Storage Systems shipped its first commercial generation of solid-state ...

Whether it’s to keep the lights on after a natural disaster or just to avoid peak energy rates, more people than ever are adding battery energy storage to their home solar systems. With some 45% of ...

There are a few free options to watch ION TV for WNBA games, NWSL matches and episodes of Blue Bloods, Chicago Fire, Criminal Minds, Law & Order: SVU and other programming. By Rudie Obias If you ...

An E10X sodium-ion-powered microcar in yellow. E10X, a microcar made by the Chinese firm JAC Yiwei, a joint venture between JAC and Volkswagen, is one of the first mass-produced vehicles to be powered ...

Redox flow batteries have a reputation of being second best. Less energy intensive and slower to charge and discharge than their lithium-ion cousins, they fail to meet the performance requirements of ...