Engineering
The push to prepare American cities and towns for greater climate resilience has become more urgent in recent years as scientific evidence of warming mounts and extreme weather events grow more common. Officials in many states, ...
May 11, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
New research suggests that many households could break even on their solar panels investments as early as 2027, as solar electricity becomes a more competitive electricity source, according to scientists at the University ...
May 10, 2023
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Business
On March 22, 2023, thousands of researchers and tech leaders—including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak—published an open letter calling to slow down the artificial intelligence race. Specifically, the letter ...
May 5, 2023
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Business
While upstate New Yorkers are evenly split on utility-scale solar farms, naysayers object partly due to a perception that rural residents unfairly bear the burden of meeting downstate urban energy demands without compensation, ...
May 4, 2023
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Business
The magnets in wind turbines come from China, and the materials in our electric car batteries are for the most part sourced from Congo. Today, key minerals and metals are being transported to Europe from politically unstable ...
May 3, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Nuclear power is the single largest source of carbon-free energy in the United States and currently provides nearly 20 percent of the nation's electrical demand. Many analyses have investigated the potential of future nuclear ...
May 2, 2023
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Robotics
The social separation imposed by the pandemic led us to rely on technology to an extent we might never have imagined—from Teams and Zoom to online banking and vaccine status apps.
Apr 28, 2023
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Automotive
Honda is gearing up for an electrification shift in North America with two models developed with General Motors going on sale next year and a bigger EV with a new platform in 2025, a year earlier than initially announced.
Apr 26, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
To satisfy demand and manage consumption peaks, electricity suppliers have to be able to predict grid loads. A team of scientists from Zurich University of Applied Sciences has developed an artificial intelligence system ...
Apr 24, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Australia's first National Electric Vehicle Strategy, released today, details the government's long-awaited plans to accelerate the adoption of these vehicles.
Apr 19, 2023
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