Energy & Green Tech
Imagine a psychic telling your parents, on the day you were born, how long you would live. A similar experience is possible for battery chemists who are using new computational models to calculate battery lifetimes based ...
May 6, 2022
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Dr. Joey Iuliano of the University of Arizona, a 2020 NITC dissertation fellow who earned his Ph.D. in 2021, has published a journal article in the March 2022 issue of Cogent Social Sciences: Where and how Tucsonans ride ...
Apr 8, 2022
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Automotive
If you're thinking about buying an electric vehicle, whether due to soaring fuel prices or to lower your greenhouse gas emissions, where you live can make a huge difference to how climate-friendly your car is.
Apr 8, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Scientists have created a battery designed for the electric grid that locks in energy for months without losing much storage capacity.
Apr 4, 2022
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Engineering
Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of single-use face masks are discarded every day, creating a huge surge in plastic pollution. In a recent study, researchers investigated the feasibility and potential environmental ...
Mar 9, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Nuclear power generation can play a crucial role in helping the world reach a key goal of zero carbon emissions by the middle of the century, especially in countries with low wind resources, according to new work in Nature ...
Feb 14, 2022
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Engineering
Solid electrolytes may overcome key technological hurdles associated with the narrow electrochemical and thermal stability of conventional lithium (Li)-ion and sodium (Na)-ion batteries.
Jan 24, 2022
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Automotive
A study of nearly 35,000 routes to work revealed that people were most likely to choose to cycle when traffic speeds along their route were under 20mph—providing evidence to debates about speed limits in urban areas.
Dec 22, 2021
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Automotive
The average driver in London spent 148 hours in traffic jams in 2021—twice the national average, according to a new report by Inrix, a firm that analyzes road traffic. These findings prompted a BBC story that attributed ...
Dec 9, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
As a world first, a new residential district in Aarhus is using secondary water from the local water utility for toilets and washing machines. The solution is supported by a life cycle assessment.
Nov 18, 2021
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