Nintendo sees dwindling impact from pandemic megahit game
Nintendo's April-June profit declined 13% from the same period the previous year, when the hit game "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" dramatically boosted sales.
Aug 5, 2021
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Pedestrians should get the green light on traffic signal prioritisation
Whether you're driving behind the wheel, cycling on a bike or a pedestrian at a junction waiting to cross, it may feel like traffic lights are never working in your favor.
Jul 27, 2021
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A global comparison of life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions from passenger cars
A far-reaching new study of the life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from passenger cars, including SUVs, draws sharp and meticulous distinctions between the climate impacts of battery and fuel cell electric vehicles ...
Jul 21, 2021
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Electric car obsession impedes race to net zero: More active travel is essential
Globally, only one in 50 new cars were fully electric in 2020, and one in 14 in the UK. Sounds impressive, but even if all new cars sold were electric, it would still take 15-20 years to replace the world's fossil fuel car ...
Jun 15, 2021
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One-step method to improve performance of cathode materials in Na-ion batteries
Na-ion batteries are promising in large-scale energy storage owing to the abundant raw material resources, low cost and high safety.
May 24, 2021
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Using waste heat to power an environmentally sustainable future
In his most recent published research, appearing in Applied Thermal Engineering, City, University of London's Dr. Martin White explores a novel organic Rankine cycle system, based on a two-phase expansion through numerical ...
May 24, 2021
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Sustainable electricity generation at low temperatures
Low-temperature heat in the form of waste heat from industry or geothermal power plants offers big potential for sustainable and need-tailored power supply. The Modular Low-temperature Cycle Karlsruhe (MoNiKa), the only research ...
Apr 22, 2021
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Mapping performance variations to see how lithium-metal batteries fail
Scientists have identified the primary cause of failure in a state-of-the-art lithium-metal battery, of interest for long-range electric vehicles. Using high-energy X-rays, they followed the cycling-induced changes at thousands ...
Apr 19, 2021
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Experts recreate a mechanical Cosmos for the world's first computer
Researchers at UCL have solved a major piece of the puzzle that makes up the ancient Greek astronomical calculator known as the Antikythera Mechanism, a hand-powered mechanical device that was used to predict astronomical ...
Mar 12, 2021
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Researchers assess the life-cycle of industrial air capture plants operated by Climeworks
The ultimate target of many environmental interventions is to drastically reduce CO2 emissions and minimize its presence in the air. One tool that could help to achieve this goal is direct air capture (DAC) technology, which ...
