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Despite the remarkable technological advances that fill our lives today, the ways we work with the metals that underlie these developments haven't changed significantly in thousands of years. This is true of everything from ...
Oct 18, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
In 2022, a quick internet search for Lake Mead or Lake Powell returns startling images of drying lake beds and parched land.
Sep 22, 2022
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Software
When Hurricane Maria, a Category 4 storm with 155-mph winds, made a direct hit on Puerto Rico in 2017, it ravaged the island's power grid and caused the longest blackout in U.S. history. Maria left many residents without ...
Aug 10, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
A Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) research team recently developed a new model of an important device that acts as a kind of translator, allowing renewable power sources like wind and solar to better add their ...
Jun 3, 2022
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Engineering
Cleaning up legacy radioactive waste from nuclear weapons production has been a daunting, lengthy, and expensive process.
May 12, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
The smarter our buildings become, the more data they generate. Lighting control data, in particular, could prove valuable for facilities managers, manufacturers, and lighting designers.
Apr 26, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is lending its expertise to support big building efficiency and decarbonization improvements in the Big Apple.
Mar 23, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
In the spring of 2020, most offices and schools shuttered, causing people to move work and school to their homes. This created an unprecedented source of uncertainty for the electrical grid. How would COVID-19 affect electricity ...
Mar 22, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
A team of scientists has assembled a first-of-its-kind system to help them understand how to harness energy from deep below ground.
Mar 1, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
America's most critical piece of energy infrastructure—the grid—is more vulnerable than ever before. The reasons are two-fold: a shift in power source mix is affecting grid stability, combined with an uptick in natural ...
Feb 1, 2022
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