Transforming oil wells into batteries for the sun and wind
What happens when oil and gas wells run dry? The answer: little good.
Jan 13, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
News tagged with environmental engineering
Business
Union at Google parent Alphabet seeks bigger role for workers
Employees at Google and other units of parent firm Alphabet announced the creation Monday of a union, aiming for a bigger role in company decisions in a move which steps up the activism brewing in Silicon Valley giants.
Jan 04, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Engineers go microbial to store energy, sequester carbon dioxide
By borrowing nature's blueprints for photosynthesis, Cornell University bioengineers have found a way to efficiently absorb and store large-scale, low-cost renewable energy from the sun—while sequestering atmospheric carbon ...
Dec 15, 2020
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Automotive
Automakers prep for stronger mileage standards under Biden
Now that it's clear Joe Biden soon will be president, the fight over automobile pollution and fuel efficiency standards is likely to peter out, and U.S. consumers should see a broader selection of electric and efficient vehicles.
Dec 03, 2020
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Software
A software application to ease the reuse of construction materials
New software developed at EPFL can help architects to design building structures that incorporate both new and reused components, thereby lowering their environmental impact.
Oct 30, 2020
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Radiative cooler that cools down even under sunlight
Now that autumn is upon us, there is a large temperature gap between day and night. This is due to the temperature inversion caused by radiative cooling on the Earth's surface. Heat from the sun during the day causes its ...
Oct 20, 2020
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Automotive
Researchers develop framework to identify health impacts of self-driving vehicles
Autonomous vehicles (AV) are the wave of the future in the automobile industry, and there's extensive discussion about the impacts on transportation, society, the economy and the environment.
Oct 15, 2020
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Internet
Researcher explains benefits of using geotagged content in research
In a recent commentary published in the journal Nature Human Behavior, UB geographic information science expert Yingjie Hu and colleague Ruo-Qian Wang wrote about how Twitter's decision to remove users' ability to tag the ...
Oct 13, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Hydrogen-based heating could help UK reach net-zero carbon by 2050
Using hydrogen instead of natural gas for heating could help the UK to achieve net carbon-neutrality by 2050, according to new Imperial research.
Oct 07, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Algorithm boosts efficiency, nutrition for food bank ops
Cornell University systems engineers examined data from a busy New York state food bank and, using a new algorithm, found ways to better distribute and allocate food, and elevate nutrition among its patrons in the process.
Sep 17, 2020
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