05/01/2026

Energy & Green Tech

Q&A: Developing a sustainable power grid in the era of AI

Le Xie, Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), wants to know how we can modernize the electric grid to support rapid electrification and the growing ...

Energy & Green Tech

German renewable energy shift slowed in 2025

The share of renewables in German power production almost stagnated in 2025, data showed Monday, as concerns grow about a shift away from green policies under conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

Engineering

A cost-effective solution for monitoring aging infrastructure

The partial collapse of the Carola Bridge in Dresden in September 2024 was a wake-up call for Germany's infrastructure policy. At least 8,000 highway bridges and roughly 18,000 kilometers of railroad in Germany are now considered ...

Electronics & Semiconductors

The hidden carbon footprint of wearable health care

University of Chicago and Cornell University researchers analyzed wearable health care electronics and reported carbon impacts of 1.1–6.1 kg CO2-equivalent per device. With global device consumption projected to rise 42-fold ...

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