A "charged" metal hydride is still at least 90% metal and, as of today, 7% or so hydrogen. Energy density is not as good as a ...

The International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts a 37% increase in world energy demand by 2040 (Ref. 1). Rising to this gargantuan challenge is all the more daunting, because it must be done in an ...

Researchers led by Genki Kobayashi at the RIKEN Pioneering Research Institute (PRI) in Japan have discovered a way to max out the amount of hydrogen that can be stored in perovskite crystalline powder ...

Superconductivity came with a lot of unfulfilled promises. Power without loss? Sign me up. Superconducting magnetic resonance imaging magnets? They’re, ahem, cool. And CERN couldn’t operate without ...

TOKYO — In a world where lithium ion power packs are the norm and buzz is building around solid-state batteries, old nickel-metal hydride batteries seem like yesterday's news. After all, Toyota has ...