Energy & Green Tech
The announcement Wednesday that seven major automakers are joining to build a large North American electric vehicle charging network should pull people off the sidelines to at least consider shifting away from gas-powered ...
Jul 26, 2023
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Engineering
A better way to wirelessly charge over long distances has been developed at Aalto University. Engineers have optimized the way antennas transmitting and receiving power interact with each other, making use of the phenomenon ...
Jul 21, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Sweat, like blood, can tell us a lot about a person's health. And conveniently, it's a lot less invasive to collect. This is the premise behind the wearable sweat sensors developed by Wei Gao, assistant professor of medical ...
Jul 20, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Lithium (Li) metal batteries, batteries that contain a metallic Li-based anode, are currently used to power a wide range of electronic devices. Most of these batteries contain carbonate-based electrolytes, which are unable ...
Energy & Green Tech
A Toyota Corolla with a 1.8L engine requires 6.2 liters of gas to drive for 100 kilometers on a highway. But on city roads, it would require 7.9 liters of gas. A 2022 Ford F-150 requires 9.4 and 12.1 liters per 100 km for ...
Jun 29, 2023
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Engineering
The U.S. Department of Energy reported a major scientific breakthrough in nuclear fusion science in December 2022. For the first time, more energy was released from a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it.
Jun 28, 2023
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Other
In a race against the clock on the high seas, an expanding international armada of ships and airplanes searched Tuesday for a submersible that vanished in the North Atlantic while taking five people down to the wreck of the ...
Jun 21, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
A research team at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), led by Prof. Zhao Bangchuan, has developed a high-performance aqueous zinc-ion battery with ultra-long cycle life in a ...
Jun 14, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Like most scientists, Chengping Chai is not content with the surface of things: He wants to probe beyond to learn what's really going on. But in his case, he is literally building a map of the world beneath, using seismic ...
Jun 12, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The next generation of sustainable energy technology might be built from some low-tech materials: rocks and the sun. Using a new approach known as concentrated solar power, heat from the sun is stored then used to dry foods ...
May 30, 2023
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