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A new, more user-friendly language for programming supercomputers

Decades ago, computers were costly, complex and rare.

Jul 3, 2019

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Double-sided solar panels that follow the sun prove most cost effective

Solar power systems with double-sided (bifacial) solar panels—which collect sunlight from two sides instead of one—and single-axis tracking technology that tilts the panels so they can follow the sun are the most cost ...

Jun 3, 2020

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Pan-European 'supergrid' could cut 32% from energy costs

A European wide 'supergrid' could cut almost a third from energy costs according to a new study from the UCD Energy Institute.

Feb 10, 2022

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Answer to energy storage problem could be hydrogen

Hydrogen has the greatest potential among technologies for seasonal energy storage in the future, according to an analysis conducted by researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

Jun 26, 2020

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Mining bitcoin uses more energy than Denmark: study

Extracting a dollar's worth of cryptocurrency such as bitcoin from the deep Web consumes three times more energy than digging up a dollar's worth of gold, researchers said Monday.

Nov 5, 2018

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Green hydrogen production from curtailed wind and solar power

Designing future low-carbon energy systems to use power generated in excess of the grid's demands to produce hydrogen fuel could substantially lower electricity costs, according to new work published by Advances in Applied ...

Jul 21, 2021

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Engineers find ankle exoskeleton aids running

Running is great exercise but not everyone feels great doing it. In hopes of boosting physical activity—and possibly creating a new mode of transportation—engineers at Stanford University are studying devices that people ...

Mar 25, 2020

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Getting to net zero—and even net negative—is surprisingly feasible, and affordable

Reaching zero net emissions of carbon dioxide from energy and industry by 2050 can be accomplished by rebuilding U.S. energy infrastructure to run primarily on renewable energy, at a net cost of about $1 per person per day, ...

Jan 27, 2021

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Researchers create 'brain-inspired computing architecture'

An international team of scientists including researchers at University of Limerick in Ireland have discovered a new molecule which could further increase ultra-fast decision making in computers.

Sep 1, 2021

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Fusion's future in the US could come down to dollars and cents

Fusion energy is often hailed as a limitless source of clean energy, but new research from Princeton University suggests that may only be true if the price is right.

Mar 16, 2023

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