Five ways to cool cities as temperatures soar
As Australia heads into an El Niño summer, UNSW's Dr. Negin Nazarian, an expert in urban climate, explains five crucial strategies to keep cities—and people—cooler.
Nov 16, 2023
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New cooling ceramic can enhance energy efficiency for the construction sector and help combat global warming
A significant breakthrough in developing a passive radiative cooling (PRC) material has been announced by researchers at City University of Hong Kong (CityU). The findings have been published in the journal Science in a paper ...
Nov 10, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Battery materials: What is the battery of the future made of?
The Empa research group led by Maksym Kovalenko is researching innovative materials for the batteries of tomorrow. Whether it's fast-charging electric cars or low-cost stationary storage, there's a promising material or a ...
Nov 7, 2023
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California startup to 'sponge' CO2 from the atmosphere
Scrubbing carbon dioxide from the air is imperative if humanity is to limit global warming, experts say, and a California startup says it can do just that, using limestone as a carbon-sucking sponge.
Oct 30, 2023
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Robotics
Bidirectional reflectivity measurements for ground-based objects
Measuring bidirectional reflectivity of ground-based objects has long posed a challenging task, hampered by limitations in both ground-based and satellite-based observations from multiple angles. However, in recent years, ...
Oct 27, 2023
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Design strategies for rechargeable aqueous metal-ion batteries
Rechargeable aqueous metal-ion batteries (AMBs) have attracted extensive scientific and commercial interest due to their potential for cost-effective, highly safe, and scalable stationary energy storage. However, their limited ...
Oct 26, 2023
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How to beat 'rollout rage': The environment-versus-climate battle dividing regional Australia
In August, Victoria's Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny made a decision that could set a difficult precedent for Australia's effort to get to net-zero emissions by 2050.
Oct 23, 2023
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As surging threats teeter electrical power grids, scientists offer insights to make them more resilient
Power grids—the web of electrical networks that sprawl across countries and continents—are under stress. Extreme weather events and volatile energy demands often push the system to the brink. Although these high-impact ...
Oct 18, 2023
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The past and present of 3D-printed critical materials for rechargeable batteries
3D printing, as a promising additive manufacturing technology, is being widely used in the development of various electrochemical energy storage devices (EESD), such as batteries and supercapacitors at both nano and macro ...
Oct 11, 2023
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Mitigating electrode-level heterogeneity using phosphorus nanolayers on graphite for fast-charging batteries
In a major stride toward achieving fast-charging lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) with reliable cyclability, researchers at UNIST have made a groundbreaking discovery. Their study, published in ACS Energy Letters, introduces ...
Oct 5, 2023
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