Green is the new black
Green cars and green energy are not new. Very few conversations go by without someone mentioning green variations of energy.
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Report: Grubhub considers sale as competition intensifies
Grubhub may put itself up for sale with competition in the online delivery business growing increasingly intense.
Jan 09, 2020
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Physicists create highly efficient rocket fuel
Scientists at the Faculty of Physics and Engineering, working with the Tomsk company Scientific and Production Center Chemical Technologies, have created and tested an improved model of a hybrid rocket engine. The team synthesized ...
Dec 31, 2019
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Breakthrough innovation enabling cheaper solar energy production is one step closer to the market
While the need for renewable energy around the world is growing exponentially, Lithuanian and German researchers have come up with a novel solution for developing low-cost solar technology. Material, synthesised by Kaunas ...
Dec 19, 2019
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A flaky option boosts organic solar cells
An inexpensive material, made from tungsten disulfide flakes just a few atoms thick, has helped to improve the performance of organic solar cells1. The discovery by KAUST researchers could be an important step toward bringing ...
Dec 16, 2019
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This small German town took back the power—and went fully renewable
The case for ambitious and transformative environmental policy is being made with increasing fervor and a series of "Green New Deals"—a reference to Roosevelt's economic reform program in the 1930s—have been proposed ...
Dec 06, 2019
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Addressing the obstacles preventing the commercialization of lithium-rich layered sulfides
Anionic redox chemistry is a fairly new research area that could pave the way for the development of more efficient lithium ion-battery cathode materials such as Li-rich layered oxides. So far, however, anionic redox chemistry ...
Dec 06, 2019 feature
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For the sake of the planet, refrigeration tech needs an update
Refrigeration has been such an integral part of our everyday lives for so long that we rarely think of it. Our food is fresh and our offices and living rooms are temperature-controlled thanks to vapor compression technology ...
Nov 25, 2019
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Smart buildings face challenges but have plenty of potential
We often hear the word "smart" applied to everyday objects: smartphones, smart TVs, smart appliances—and now, smart buildings.
Nov 20, 2019
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Smooth and stable electric vehicle charging
Siwar Khemakhem, Mouna Rekik, and Lotfi Krichen of the Control and Energy Management Laboratory at the National Engineering School of Sfax, in Tunisia, are investigating the potential of home energy management based on plug-in ...
Nov 08, 2019
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Scientists use inorganic ingredients to limit perovskite solar cells defects, retain efficiency
Rice University scientists believe they've overcome a major hurdle keeping perovskite-based solar cells from achieving mainstream use.
Nov 05, 2019
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Business
India's IndiGo makes $33bn mega-order of Airbus jets
Indian airline IndiGo has placed an order for 300 A320neo family aircraft, Airbus said Tuesday, in one of its largest-ever orders from a single firm, worth over $33.2 billion at catalogue prices.
Oct 29, 2019
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Why modified carbon nanotubes can help the reproducibility problem
The search for sustainable energy generation technology has led researchers to investigate various materials and their combinations in many types of devices. One such synthetic material, perovskite, is low-cost and easy to ...
Oct 21, 2019
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Research group advances perovskite solar technology for green energy production
In a new research paper published in Nature Energy earlier this month, Professor Michael McGehee and his research team demonstrate how to dramatically improve the stability of tin-containing perovskite material used in stacked ...
Oct 18, 2019
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Chilled electricity
It should be possible to generate electricity and refrigerate simultaneously using low-grade waste heat from industry, according to research published in Progress in Industrial Ecology, An International Journal. The key is ...
Oct 15, 2019
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