Amazon's second Prime Day sale falls flat on social media
Amazon.com Inc.'s Prime Day sequel is generating about the same sales as a regular day—at least so far.
Oct 12, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Inexpensive device that can harvest energy from a light breeze and store it as electricity
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a low-cost device that can harness energy from wind as gentle as a light breeze and store it as electricity.
Oct 6, 2022
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Online tool offers industry easier way to track carbon footprint
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed an online tool that offers industrial plants an easier way to track and download information about their energy footprint and carbon emissions.
Oct 4, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
How to ensure the world's largest pumped-hydro dam isn't a disaster for Queensland's environment
To quit coal and move to renewables, we need large-scale energy storage. That's where pumped hydro comes in. Queensland's ambitious new plan involves shifting from a coal-dominated electricity grid to 80% renewables within ...
Oct 4, 2022
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Engineering
3D-printed, ultra-strong and ductile alloys form nanostructures
Additive manufacturing techniques used to produce metal alloys have gained popularity due to their ability to be fabricated in complex shapes for use in various engineering applications. Yet the majority of studies conducted ...
Oct 3, 2022
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Business
Bitcoin as environmentally costly as beef production
Taken as a share of the market price, the environmental costs of mining the digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin are more comparable to the climate damages of producing beef than gold mining costs, according to analysis published ...
Sep 29, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Clean hydrogen: A long-awaited solution for hard-to-abate sectors?
One of the world's biggest climate challenges is decarbonizing fossil energy uses that cannot be directly electrified using renewable power. Among so-called "hard-to-abate" (HTA) sectors are major industries that rely on ...
Sep 29, 2022
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Business
Cyberattacks a top concern across all business sizes, economic uncertainty a close second, new survey shows
Cyberattacks are now so common that the majority of businesses responding to a new survey not only viewed them as their top concern but a majority saw a future attack on their organization as inevitable.
Sep 27, 2022
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Engineering
Promoting the expansion of photovoltaics by cutting production times for high-efficiency solar cells by half
When producing silicon solar cells, it is important to have a high throughput. This reduces production costs and alleviates supply bottlenecks as more photovoltaics installations are being deployed in Germany and worldwide. ...
Sep 27, 2022
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Automotive
EVs at Detroit Auto Show? Consumers have questions
The emerging fleet of electric vehicles (EV) provoked fascination at the Detroit Auto Show, but many consumers were not yet ready to take the plunge to own one themselves.
Sep 25, 2022
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