Electronics & Semiconductors
In the effort to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, one strategy involves harvesting the waste heat that is already being produced by our energy systems. Thermoelectric generators can convert waste heat to clean electricity, ...
May 1, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Making steel was responsible for about 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2020. That's because steelmakers in countries like China, Japan and South Korea have long relied on fossil fuels like coal to make steel in blast ...
Apr 4, 2023
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Automotive
Researchers at University College Cork (UCC) and Columbia University have developed new research that will improve the accuracy of estimating future demands for passenger and freight transport, that collectively account for ...
Apr 3, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Deployment of new wind and solar power plants needs to be drastically ramped up by the end of the decade to meet the world's climate goals, the International Renewable Energy Agency said Tuesday.
Mar 28, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
A Chinese research team has developed a new concept for extracting thermal energy from low-temperature waste heat sources and reusing it on demand simply by controlling the pressure.
Feb 17, 2023
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Business
The chemical industry is the world's largest industrial energy consumer and the third-largest source of industrial emissions, according to the International Energy Agency. In 2019, the industrial sector as a whole was responsible ...
Feb 1, 2023
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Business
As electric vehicles continues to speed ahead in the market, a new study from the University of Maryland's Center for Global Sustainability (CGS) found that homebuyers are willing to pay a premium in areas where it's easy ...
Jan 30, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
California is embarking on an audacious new climate plan that aims to eliminate the state's greenhouse gas footprint by 2045, and in the process, slash emissions far beyond its borders. The blueprint calls for massive transformations ...
Jan 27, 2023
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Engineering
Every year, the United States spends nearly a trillion dollars fighting metallic corrosion, an electrochemical reaction that occurs when metals oxidize and begin to rust. By taking on this surprisingly insidious issue, researchers ...
Jan 24, 2023
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Engineering
Steel is one of the most important materials in the world, integral to the cars we drive, the buildings we inhabit, and the infrastructure that allows us to travel from place to place. Steel is also responsible for 7% of ...
Jan 20, 2023
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