6 hours ago

Engineering

Production of solar fuels: Storing the sun's heat at 1,200°C

Closing the CO₂ cycle by converting climate-damaging carbon dioxide back into kerosene, gasoline and diesel: That is the idea behind Synhelion. The ETH spin-off uses the heat of the sun to produce synthetic fuels (Synfuels) ...

Energy & Green Tech

Investigating heat transfer for PEM fuel cell cooling channels

A research group at the Department of Energy Engineering of the University of Seville and collaborators at AICIA and Harbin Institute of Technology in China have achieved a better understanding of the cooling of polymer electrolyte ...

Business

Supply chain report tackles hydropower's missing links

Solar panels and wind turbines get a lot of attention in the current conversation about renewable energy. Meanwhile, hydropower is quietly, consistently producing large amounts of clean energy—and has been for more than ...

9 hours ago

Engineering

Engineers 3D print sturdy glass bricks for building structures

What if construction materials could be put together and taken apart as easily as LEGO bricks? Such reconfigurable masonry would be disassembled at the end of a building's lifetime and reassembled into a new structure, in ...

Automotive

Five tips for staying safe on an e-scooter

As the popularity of electronic scooters (also called e-scooters) skyrockets, University of Alberta safety experts are hoping to slow the accompanying rise in injuries by advocating for better regulation and rider education.

12 hours ago

Business

'Hunger Games' studio Lionsgate to partner with AI company

Lionsgate will work with artificial intelligence research company Runway to create and train a new artificial intelligence model customized to the "Hunger Games" and "John Wick" studio's film and TV content, marking the AI ...

18 hours ago

Electronics & Semiconductors

Organic thermoelectric device can harvest energy at room temperature

Researchers have developed a new organic thermoelectric device that can harvest energy from ambient temperature. While thermoelectric devices have several uses today, hurdles still exist to their full utilization. By combining ...

Business

Meta and Spotify blast EU decisions on AI

A group of companies including Meta and Spotify blasted the European Union Thursday for its "fragmented and inconsistent" decision-making on data privacy and artificial intelligence (AI).