Business
A team of researchers at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Austria has conducted an assessment of the incentives in place in Texas to winterize the energy market to determine if they are sufficient ...
Engineering
More than 90 years ago, physicist Eugene Wigner predicted that at low densities and cold temperatures, electrons that usually zip through materials would freeze into place, forming an electron ice, or what has been dubbed ...
Oct 5, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
In response to the recent freeze-inspired power outages in Texas, some politicians blamed the historic blackouts on wind turbines. The dubious, and largely dismissed, claims nevertheless spotlighted an intriguing fact: Texas, ...
Mar 18, 2021
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Security
"The chilling reality of cold boot attacks" is the title of a video posted by F-Secure on Thursday. The chilling reality is that savvy security mischief-makers can still perform the attacks, as two researchers learned recently.
Engineering
The Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) Nitrogen Blowdown Facility has succeeded at recreating the intense conditions of a gas event, making it possible to test subsurface safety valves' (SSSV) ability to withstand associated ...
Oct 14, 2021
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Software
"Minecraft", "Valheim", and "Raft", just to name a few: Small or even one-man teams from Sweden have produced more video game hits than one would expect from a small country.
May 13, 2024
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Engineering
To deal with the current climate and energy crisis, the world is moving towards a sustainable energy economy. Concentrated solar power (CSP) plants are becoming a major player in this field. CSP plants use lenses and mirrors ...
May 23, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Geothermal heat offers a promising source of renewable energy with almost zero emissions, but it remains a relatively expensive option to generate electricity. A new technique proposed by Penn State scientists may help prevent ...
Sep 20, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Skylights are an aesthetically pleasing design choice, but they're also an underappreciated source of sustainable heat energy for buildings, according to a new study from UO researchers.
Nov 4, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Humanity must remove up to 660 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere by the end of the century to limit global warming to 1.5°C. That's according to the most recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel ...
Sep 22, 2022
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