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The Home of the Future

Artistic representation of a smart home

How Microgrids Can Help Communities Adapt to Wildfires

Griffith Park brush wildfire and the Woolsey fire in California.

Railways Could Be a Key 'Utility Player' for Backup Power

Illustration of a train connected to a city via a power grid.

Meet the Autonomous Lab of the Future

Dark-haired scientist in the center of the frame looks toward the camera. They are standing behind the clear glass of an encased automated lab.

Underground Water Could be the Solution to Green Heating and Cooling

Illustration depicting a city connected to a geothermal aquifer system.

Electric Vehicle Batteries Could Get Big Boost With New Polymer Coating

Illustration of a blue electric vehicle with light streaming from it against a black background.

On the Road to Better Solid-State Batteries

Scanning transmission electron microscope images reveal the elemental distribution in a “disordered” solid electrolyte.

New Compound That Withstands Extreme Heat and Electricity Could Lead to Next-Generation Energy Storage Devices

A new type of polysulfate compound can be used to make polymer film capacitors that store and discharge high density of electrical energy while tolerating heat and electric fields beyond the limits of existing polymer film capacitors.

Rinse and Repeat: An Easy New Way to Recycle Batteries is Here

Two hands with blue gloves are golding tubes in a lab setting. One tube is filled with a piece of copper that has been cleaned of other components and the other with the alkaline solution used to dissolve the quick-release battery binder

Balancing a Battery-Powered Future With Energy Justice

Sunset at the Salton Sea with mountains in the distance.

National Laboratories Launch Buildings Consortium Leveraging Benefits of Thermal and Electrochemical Energy Storage for All Americans

Illustration of a smart home running on electric and thermal battery power.

Taking Freight Trucks Electric Would Have Big Economic and Environmental Benefits for India

Trucks on an asphalt road in a rural landscape at sunset.