Energy & Green Tech
A major approach to achieving net-zero carbon emissions relies on converting various parts of the economy, such as personal vehicles and heating, to run via electricity generated from renewable sources. But carbon cannot ...
May 1, 2024
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Engineering
The lithium-ion batteries used to power electric vehicles are key to a clean energy economy. But their electrodes are usually made using a wet slurry with toxic solvents, an expensive manufacturing approach that poses health ...
Jul 18, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Green hydrogen production technology is absolutely necessary to finally realize the hydrogen economy because unlike gray hydrogen, green hydrogen does not generate large amounts of carbon dioxide in the production process.
Feb 21, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers have developed a system that can transform plastic waste and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels and other valuable products—using just the energy from the sun.
Jan 9, 2023
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Robotics
For years, the Stanford Biomechatronics Laboratory has captured imaginations with their exoskeleton emulators—lab-based robotic devices that help wearers walk and run faster, with less effort. Now, these researchers will ...
Oct 12, 2022
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Business
The first major study of driving forces behind government funding of energy RD&D—and the public institutions generating it—over the 21st century shows that competition created by China's rise as a technology superpower ...
Sep 12, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
China's demand for coal imports, including from Australia, will drop significantly by 2025, according to new modeling led by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU).
Apr 20, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
As countries race to become carbon neutral, a new commentary from Prof Richard Herrington, Head of Earth Sciences Department at the Natural History Museum, has examined the cost of our green future and concludes that we may ...
May 24, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Ammonia has sustained humanity since the early 20th century, but its production leaves a huge carbon footprint. Now researchers have found a way to make it 100 percent renewable.
Jan 20, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
To meet the Paris Agreement's daunting goal of preventing Earth's average temperature from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above its level in preindustrial times, one of the best options for the ...
Oct 27, 2020
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