Misc
How Deep Sea Water is Now Drinkable
Freshwater may soon flow from the depths of the ocean to drought-stricken coastal cities. A handful of companies are betting that crushing deep-sea ...
Renewable Energy
How Waves Could Quietly Overtake Solar & Wind
Every crashing wave delivers a pulse of power. Add them all up, and the ocean carries more energy than the roughly 30,000 TWh ...
Energy Storage
How Structural Batteries Just Got 10X Better
When is a battery more than just a battery? That’s not a riddle. A battery is more than a battery when it’s also ...
Sustainable Tech
How Magnetic Cooling Is Breaking All the Rules
What if I told you your fridge — that humming box in the kitchen — could be cooled without gas, without chemicals … ...
Energy Storage
Why the Biggest Battery Company is Betting Against Lithium
Sodium-ion battery technology isn’t exactly new, but something interesting is happening. CATL, the world’s biggest lithium battery manufacturer, says that up to half ...
Energy Storage
How This Battery Runs on Sugar… Seriously
You’ve heard of paper straws and cups, but how about a paper battery? One you can compost when you’re done with it. Two ...
Energy Storage
How This Overlooked Battery Might Change Everything
Lithium-sulfur batteries were once kind of a joke. A chemistry so unstable and unreliable that no one took them seriously. But now? Multiple ...
Sustainable Tech
Why Ice Might Be the Future of Heating
Heat from ice? It sounds like a joke—or maybe a paradox. But what if the future of warm, cozy homes lies in freezing ...
Energy Storage
Why Isn’t This Revolutionary Battery Everywhere?
Vanadium redox flow batteries are hitting the bigtime, and I mean big. One of the biggest Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESSs) ever is ...
Renewable Energy
How We Solved Renewables BIGGEST Problem
CORRECTION: the original version stated that silver “price has tripled in the past three years.” It’s demand that tripled, not price. As renewable ...
