The University of Rochester (URochester)’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) is a research center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). LLE ...

Imagine a world where your fitness tracker or smart watch never needs to be recharged, not because it has a battery that never dies, but simply because your body provides the power it needs to ...

The Department of Energy (DOE) has given the green light for construction to begin on a high-energy upgrade that will further boost the performance of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), the world ...

Finnish scientists sent electricity wirelessly using sound waves and lasers. "Acoustic wire" uses ultrasonic waves for contactless electricity transmission. Finland pioneers practical wireless ...

Ocean waves are a vast and steady source of renewable energy, but capturing their power efficiently has long frustrated engineers. A researcher at The University of Osaka has now explored a bold new ...

While nuclear power has the potential to help cut humanity’s addiction to fossil fuels, scientists are still working on how to deal with its radioactive leftovers. The Thomas Jefferson National ...

Developing the lithium-ion battery took decades of research. A new multi-institutional project led by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) aims to cut that ...

Nuclear fusion, the process that powers every star in the observable universe, has moved from theoretical physics into the realm of real laboratory results. On December 5, 2022, scientists achieved ...

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